April 16, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
April 16, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
Extras and Features
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Rwanda marks 30 years of reconciliation after genocide
S2024 E101 - 8m 43s
Rwanda is holding observances to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the genocide in that East African nation that took one million lives. Rwanda has won praise for rebuilding efforts, but democratic backsliding and conflict just outside its borders have raised concern over the country’s future stability. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports. A warning, this story discusses and has imagery of genocide.
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Appalachian cultural hub faces recovery after floods
S2024 E101 - 8m 20s
In the summer of 2022, historic flooding in eastern Kentucky washed away homes and entire communities, claiming more than 40 lives. It also devastated an important cultural hub for the larger region, Appalshop, home to a large archive of Appalachian history and culture. Jeffrey Brown first brought us Appalshop’s story in 2018 and recently returned for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
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Minnesota on frontline in fight over fair pay for rideshares
S2024 E100 - 5m 44s
The latest battle over fair pay for rideshare drivers is taking place in Minneapolis, where Uber and Lyft have threatened to leave the city over a new ordinance that sets minimum wages for drivers. As special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports, it’s leading to bigger questions about the state of the gig economy.
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Millions of people witness a rare total solar eclipse
S2024 E100 - 8m 50s
Millions of people on Monday watched a rare total eclipse cut across the U.S., Mexico and Canada, plunging some towns and cities into darkness for several minutes. In many other places it was a chance to view a partial eclipse. Miles O'Brien, who witnessed the spectacle from Dallas, has our report.
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A Brief But Spectacular take on painting farmworkers
S2024 E100 - 3m 16s
Narsiso Martinez is an artist whose work celebrates the vital and often invisible labor performed by farmworkers. Martinez’s work is informed by his own experiences as a farmworker, spending summers picking produce in Washington state to support himself while studying at California State University, Long Beach. He gives his Brief But Spectacular take on painting the people who feed America.
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Israeli forces withdraw from southern Gaza as talks resume
S2024 E100 - 5m 14s
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he set a date for the invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza, where 1.4 million people have sought shelter. This comes as hostage and ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas again appear to be at an impasse and Palestinians return to a devastated Khan Yunis. Nick Schifrin reports.
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Examining the push to reform the Insurrection Act
S2024 E100 - 5m 40s
A bipartisan group of former senior officials are urging lawmakers on Capitol Hill to reign in a president’s ability to deploy the U.S. military within the country through a provision in the centuries-old Insurrection Act. Harvard Law School's Jack Goldsmith, one of the leaders of these proposed reforms and former assistant attorney general, joins Geoff Bennet to discuss.
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Leigh Ann Caldwell and Stephen Fowler on the GOP and Ukraine
S2024 E100 - 9m 7s
Leigh Ann Caldwell of The Washington Post and Stephen Fowler of NPR join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including Congress' packed agenda, the House speaker's attempts to hold together a fragile majority and the presidential candidates try to reach key voting blocs with new messages and policies.
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News Wrap: Judge rejects Trump's bid to delay criminal trial
S2024 E100 - 4m 34s
In our news wrap Tuesday, an appeals judge in New York denied former President Trump's bid to delay his hush money criminal trial, the Vatican restates its opposition to gender-affirming surgery and surrogate parenting, dozens of people were killed near Mozambique when a boat sank, the FAA reviews a new incident with a Boeing 737 and the men's national basketball title is on the line.
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Biden announces new plan to forgive student loan debt
S2024 E100 - 7m 34s
President Biden on Monday announced new plans to cancel student debt for millions of borrowers, his broadest student loan forgiveness attempt since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his more sweeping plan over a year ago. Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, who covers the economics of higher education for The Washington Post, joins Lisa Desjardins to discuss.
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Why these historic Phoenix buildings are ‘living textbooks’
S2024 E99 - 7m 33s
Some people see older buildings as revered artifacts that have stood the test of time, but others see them as occupying sites that could be used for new development. That tension is currently playing out in Phoenix, Arizona, a city that’s a rich source of one specific style of architecture. Ali Rogin reports.
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News Wrap: Israel lowers military presence in southern Gaza
S2024 E99 - 2m 44s
In our news wrap Sunday, Israel said it’s pulling some of its troops out of southern Gaza, a top Iranian official’s remarks stoked fears of wider regional conflict, Russia declared a national emergency after a dam broke during flooding, Rwanda marked 30 years since government-backed extremists killed an estimated 800,000 people, and a winning Powerball ticket worth $1.3 billion was sold in Oregon.
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