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PBS NewsHour, Toni Morrison On Capturing A Mother's "Compulsion" To Nurture In "Beloved"

produced by NewsHour Productions; interview by Charlayne Hunter-Gault, 1942-, in PBS NewsHour (Arlington, VA: NewsHour Productions LLC), 13 mins

To remember Toni Morrison, the PBS NewsHour unearthed this 1987 interview with the celebrated American author. At the time, Morrison's "Beloved" had just been published.

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PBS NewsHour, Interview with poet Seamus Heaney

produced by NewsHour Productions; interview by Elizabeth Farnsworth, 1943-, in PBS NewsHour (Arlington, VA: NewsHour Productions LLC, 2000), 11 mins

Interview with poet Seamus Heaney on his translation of the poem Beowulf"

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PBS NewsHour, Americans Are Drowning In Medical Debt, So This Nonprofit Is Buying — And Forgiving — It

produced by Public Broadcasting Service; interview by Paul Solman, 1944-, in PBS NewsHour (Arlington, VA: NewsHour Productions LLC, 2019), 7 mins

Collectively, Americans owe nearly a trillion dollars of medical debt, and Congress is trying to figure out a policy response. But in the meantime, economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on an unusual non-profit’s effort to relieve the burden of medical debt for those in need.

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PBS NewsHour, How Chanel Miller took her story back after her rapist’s lenient sentence left her feeling ‘invisible’

produced by NewsHour Productions; interview by Amna Nawaz, 1979-, in PBS NewsHour (Arlington, VA: NewsHour Productions LLC, 2019), 9 mins

For years, she was known to the world as "Emily Doe," the survivor of a sexual assault that garnered national attention in part because her attacker served only three months in prison, a sentence that sparked outrage. This week, Chanel Miller is stepping into the spotlight with a new memoir, "Know My Name." Miller...

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PBS NewsHour, These Forest Fungi Are A Bounty For Arizona Mushroom Hunters

produced by Public Broadcasting Service, in PBS NewsHour (Arlington, VA: NewsHour Productions LLC, 2019), 3 mins

Mushroom hunters have long fanned out across the forest floor seeking what can be lucrative and delicious finds for teas, broths and medicinal remedies. But what does climate change mean for the fungi? From the Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University, Melanie Porter reports on what the foragers o...

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PBS NewsHour, Why Chernobyl has suddenly become a hotspot for global tourists

produced by NewsHour Productions, in PBS NewsHour (Arlington, VA: NewsHour Productions LLC, 2019), 6 mins

"The site of the world’s worst radiological catastrophe is unexpectedly coming back to life -- due to an American television show. Scores of tourists are visiting Chernobyl, located in northern Ukraine, in response to an HBO miniseries that illuminates the disaster, which occurred before Ukraine’s independence...

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PBS NewsHour, Aug 7, 2019, How The Cayman Islands Could Become A New Health Care Destination

produced by NewsHour Productions, in PBS NewsHour, Aug 7, 2019 (Arlington, VA: NewsHour Productions LLC, 2019), 7 mins

As health care costs continue to rise, practitioners in India are working to lower prices -- and bring their innovations closer to American shores. Health City Cayman Islands is a new frontier for India’s largest for-profit hospital chain. Focused on efficient health care delivery, its services are now drawi...

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PBS NewsHour, Aug 22, 2019, In Europe, Business Booms When Cruise Ships Arrive — But Is It Worth The Bother?

produced by NewsHour Productions, in PBS NewsHour, Aug 22, 2019 (Arlington, VA: NewsHour Productions LLC, 2019), 7 mins

Cruise liners offer scenic views you can’t replicate from land, but they also cause downstream consequences. In Europe, some beautiful waterfront cities are joining forces to limit the impact of thousands of passengers being disgorged onto their picturesque streets. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant repo...

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PBS NewsHour, Aug 23, 2019, A Scientific Approach To Evaluating Global Anti-Poverty Programs

produced by NewsHour Productions, in PBS NewsHour, Aug 23, 2019 (Arlington, VA: NewsHour Productions LLC, 2019), 8 mins

In Ethiopia, over a quarter of the population survives on less than two dollars a day. International organizations and foreign governments provide funds to address the rampant poverty in this country and others, but little data is available to assess the effectiveness of such programs. Special correspondent Fr...

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PBS NewsHour, Aug 27, 2019, Managing School Stress By Bringing Yoga Into The Classroom

produced by NewsHour Productions, in PBS NewsHour, Aug 27, 2019 (Arlington, VA: NewsHour Productions LLC, 2019), 3 mins

The back-to-school period can mean a stressful transition for students, parents and teachers alike. To help them manage that anxiety, the nonprofit program Y.O.G.A. for Youth is bringing techniques for mindfulness and relaxation to the classroom. Damien Henson of Student Reporting Labs has the story.

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