PBS News Hour

June 29, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode

Saturday on PBS News Weekend, the debate over using school voucher programs to pay tuition at religious schools with taxpayer dollars. Then, the effect on students of gun violence just outside school walls. Plus, how climate change is changing family planning and reproductive health in Bangladesh.

The debate over public funding for religious schools

8m 16s

According to an analysis by The Washington Post, the vast majority of school voucher money nationwide is going to religious schools. John Yang speaks with Robert Enlow of EdChoice and Richard Katskee of Duke University's Appellate Litigation Clinic for two perspectives on the debate over religion in publicly supported schools.

Previews + Extras

  • How gun violence outside of schools harms millions of kids: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How gun violence outside of schools harms millions of kids

    S2024 E182 - 6m 18s

    From 2014 to 2023, communities across the U.S. saw more than 188,000 shootings within 500 yards of a school, an average of 57 shootings per day, according to a new analysis by The Trace. The report found that in 2023 alone, 6 million students had a shooting occur near their school. Olga Pierce, one of the journalists who did this analysis, joins William Brangham to discuss the findings.

  • How climate crisis is changing family planning in Bangladesh: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How climate crisis is changing family planning in Bangladesh

    S2024 E182 - 6m 16s

    Few places in the world are suffering more from the effects of climate change than Bangladesh. Most of the country is no higher than 50 feet above sea level, making it vulnerable to severe flooding after monsoon rains. As a result, women in Bangladesh are changing the way they think about having children. John Yang speaks with Sally Dijkerman, a senior researcher for Ipas, to learn more.

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