JUDY WOODRUFF: As we reported earlier in the program, a congressional subcommittee held hearings on legislation that would pay reparations for slavery. The purpose of the hearing was to examine the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade, its continu...
JUDY WOODRUFF: And now to the day's other news. U.S.-Iran tensions are still running high, amid new military moves, but both sides are playing down a possible confrontation. Iran's President Hassan Rouhani insisted today that his nation will not wage...
Hari Sreenivasan: For more on the confrontation between Iran and the United States, we turn to Barbara Slavin, director of the Future of Iran Initiative at the Atlantic Council in Washington D.C. Thanks so much for joining us. Barbara Slavin: Sure, m...
JOHN YANG: How do you find hope after a horrendous crime? As Maya Trabulsi of public media station KPBS in San Diego us, a group of mothers who lost children to murder have a message for inmates in prison for committing violent crimes. MAYA TRABULSI:...
JOHN YANG: With eight months before the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses, the largest group of presidential hopefuls descended on the Hawkeye State this weekend. As Lisa Desjardins reports, this will be a decisive week in the 2020 campaign. LISA DES...
JUDY WOODRUFF: A group of mothers who lost their sons and daughters to homicide are taking their powerful message of loss into state prisons. Their goal is to break down the walls between victim and offender. The inmates, so moved by their stories, r...
AMNA NAWAZ: It was another busy weekend for the crowd of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, with many of them flocking to a new and unexpected battleground state. SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (I-VT), Presidential Candidate: There is no middle ground. AM...
WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Earlier this month, our Brief But Spectacular team highlighted the need to raise awareness of sexual assault cases on the Navajo Nation. Tonight, Meskee Yanabah Yatsayte tells us about another silent epidemic in the Navajo community...
JUDY WOODRUFF: After a holdup that lasted for months, the U.S. Senate has overwhelmingly passed a funding bill to help communities hit by natural disasters. The vote was 85-8. The House is expected to quickly follow suit, and the president said today...
JUDY WOODRUFF: It is perhaps the most controversial issue facing the country, but, this weekend, Democratic candidates for president didn't shy away from the issue of abortion, and neither did the president. Amna Nawaz brings us up to speed. AMNA NAW...
