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May 18, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode

26m 45s

Saturday on PBS News Weekend, with nearly 115,000 people waiting for a new organ in the U.S., we look at what can be done to improve the transplant system. Then, why students and teachers are pushing for climate change to be taught in schools. Plus, we examine what’s behind the recent popularity of Japanese comics and animations in America.

Episodes

  • May 5, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    May 5, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    S2024 E127 - 26m 45s

    Sunday on PBS News Weekend, we look at how students and administrators at some colleges are diffusing tensions over pro-Palestinian demonstrations. Then, a quickly changing civil war is putting Myanmar on the brink of becoming a failed state. Plus, a new book tells the stories of some of the millions of Americans who have struggled with mental health issues.

  • May 4, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    May 4, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    S2024 E126 - 26m 44s

    Saturday on PBS News Weekend, what the Biden administration’s expansion of health care privacy means for people seeking abortions. Then, as American troops leave Chad and Niger, concerns rise about security and stability in Africa. Plus, how one Ukrainian family is rebuilding their life in the U.S. after losing everything in the Russian invasion.

  • May 3, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    May 3, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    S2024 E125 - 57m 46s

    Friday on the NewsHour, the Department of Justice and Google make closing arguments in a landmark trial that could change how we use the internet. Trump White House communications director Hope Hicks takes the stand in the former president's hush money trial. Plus, on World Press Freedom Day, a Palestinian journalist's firsthand account of his family's fight to survive the war in Gaza.

  • May 2, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    May 2, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    S2024 E124 - 57m 46s

    Thursday on the NewsHour, police forcefully break up the UCLA encampment as arrests and protests against the war in Gaza spread to more college campuses. We hear from the niece of an Israeli American hostage nearly eight months after he was taken captive by Hamas. Plus, a closer look at this consequential Supreme Court term, the cases heard and the ideological divide on display.

  • April 28, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 28, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    S2024 E120 - 26m 45s

    Sunday on PBS News Weekend, with cases of gut disorders on the rise, we look at how to sort through the good and the bad information to stay healthy. Then, why the soaring cost of cocoa may have chocolate lovers paying the price. Plus, how a powerful solar phenomenon has the potential to disable satellites and overpower electric grids.

  • April 27, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    April 27, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode

    S2024 E119 - 26m 44s

    Saturday on PBS News Weekend, we examine the future of noncompete agreements after the Federal Trade Commission voted to ban the practice. Then, why Ecuador, once known as a major tourist destination, is now a hotbed for violence and turf wars. Plus, a new book explores the history of climate change, uncertainty about the planet’s future and a dose of hope for saving it.

Extras and Features

  • Lenny Kravitz on individualism and his unique sound: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Lenny Kravitz on individualism and his unique sound

    S2024 E83 - 8m 32s

    Lenny Kravitz has been busy. He has a new single out Friday from his album set for release in May, an international tour planned for this summer and earlier this month, he earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Geoff Bennett spoke with Kravitz in Los Angeles and visited some of his old haunts. It's for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

  • Princess Kate reveals she has cancer, undergoing treatment: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Princess Kate reveals she has cancer, undergoing treatment

    S2024 E83 - 5m 9s

    Kate, the Princess of Wales, announced that she is undergoing treatment for cancer. The news came amid rampant and often irresponsible speculation about her in the British press and beyond. It also came after missteps by the royal family itself about her whereabouts and condition. Amna Nawaz discussed the announcement with Jennie Bond.

  • A Brief But Spectacular take on super communication: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A Brief But Spectacular take on super communication

    S2024 E83 - 3m 22s

    Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author whose latest book seeks to unlock the secret language of communication. He shares his Brief But Spectacular take on super communication.

  • Muslim judge nominated to appeals court faces roadblock: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Muslim judge nominated to appeals court faces roadblock

    S2024 E83 - 7m 52s

    President Biden’s nomination of the first Muslim American to a federal appeals court appears to be in peril. Adeel Mangi is a veteran litigator unanimously rated “well qualified” by the American Bar Association, but he’s faced attacks from Republican senators. The White House calls it an Islamophobic smear campaign. Laura Barrón-López discussed more with former federal judge Timothy Lewis.

  • Arizona lawmaker on decision to end non-viable pregnancy: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Arizona lawmaker on decision to end non-viable pregnancy

    S2024 E82 - 6m 27s

    The patchwork landscape of abortion restrictions in post-Roe America can be both confusing and dangerous. This is true even for some lawmakers, one of whom took to the floor of the Arizona state Senate to describe her experience with a non-viable pregnancy. Amna Nawaz discussed that with Eva Burch, the Democratic Whip of the Arizona Senate.

  • Military suicide rates highest among tank brigades: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Military suicide rates highest among tank brigades

    S2024 E82 - 8m 34s

    The military has experienced suicide in its ranks for decades. In recent years, it was partly attributed to the stresses and strains members experienced in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But those conflicts are over and suicides remain at what the Pentagon calls an unacceptably high level. Nick Schifrin reports.

  • How evictions can have deadly consequences: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How evictions can have deadly consequences

    S2024 E82 - 8m 7s

    With pandemic protections like eviction moratoriums and emergency rent assistance drying up, eviction filings have risen more than 50 percent in some cities. New research shows that housing instability can have deadly consequences. Stephanie Sy reports.

  • How dysfunction has defined the House: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How dysfunction has defined the House

    S2024 E82 - 6m 30s

    Congress is on the verge of passing its yearly budget, six months into its fiscal year and with less than 48 hours left before the government shuts down. Dysfunction is one of the defining features of this House narrowly divided along party lines and within its Republican majority. Lisa Desjardins reports on what's made this Congress one of history's most dysfunctional.

  • WWII 'Ghost Army' soldiers receive Congressional Gold Medal: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    WWII 'Ghost Army' soldiers receive Congressional Gold Medal

    S2024 E82 - 1m 6s

    Some 1,100 World War II soldiers who served in the so-called "Ghost Army" received long overdue recognition at the U.S. Capitol. During the war, they belonged to units that specialized in trickery to outwit the Germans. Their methods included inflatable tanks, sound effects and phony radio transmissions. Thursday, three of the seven known surviving members accepted the Congressional Gold Medal.

  • Calif. passes homelessness plan, critics say it's not enough: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Calif. passes homelessness plan, critics say it's not enough

    S2024 E82 - 6m 6s

    California voters narrowly passed a ballot measure that will fund billions of dollars to help the state tackle its homelessness crisis. Gov. Newsom celebrated the victory, but opponents say it doesn’t do enough to keep people from becoming homeless in the first place and gives the state too much control over mental health spending. William Brangham discussed the initiative with Christine Mai-Duc.

  • Why the DOJ is suing Apple in a landmark antitrust case: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Why the DOJ is suing Apple in a landmark antitrust case

    S2024 E82 - 5m 58s

    The Department of Justice and more than a dozen states sued Apple in a landmark antitrust case. They argue the tech giant created a monopoly in the smartphone market by using excessively restrictive hardware and apps that keep customers locked into Apple’s ecosystem, putting a “chokehold on competition.” Amna Nawaz discussed the case with Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Doha Mekki.

  • Unionizing marks latest challenge to student-athlete model: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Unionizing marks latest challenge to student-athlete model

    S2024 E82 - 5m 38s

    March Madness is underway and underlying the excitement of brackets and potential upsets is a conversation around athletes' efforts to unionize. It is the latest challenge to the student-athlete model that has defined college sports. John Yang discussed what could happen next with Gabe Feldman, director of Tulane’s sports law program and the school’s associate provost for NCAA compliance.

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