New polling data suggests a struggle for Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections
A new PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll is out Friday and it has good news for Republicans, but indicates a rocky road ahead for President Biden and Democrats as the midterm election season swings into gear. Lisa Desjardins joins Judy Woodruff to…
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Three decades after Rodney King’s beating, police reform in Los Angeles remains elusive
Thirty years ago on Friday, parts of Los Angeles erupted in unrest after a jury acquitted four White Los Angeles police officers over the videotaped beating of Rodney King, a Black motorist. Stephanie Sy revisits the fallout from the assault…
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Antisemitic incidents hit a record high in 2021. What’s behind the rise in hate?
The Anti-Defamation League, which tracks anti-Semitic behavior nationwide, found 2,717 incidents in 2021. That’s a 34 percent rise from the year before and averages out to more than seven anti-Semitic incidents per day. Jonathan Greenblatt is the CEO of the…
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News Wrap: Wall Street rout ends month marked by its worst losses in decades
In our news wrap Friday, a Wall Street rout ended a month marked by its worst losses in decades as worries over inflation and interest rates drove a sell-off, U.S. consumers prices jumped 6.6 percent in March, China reaffirmed its…
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Heavy casualties and low morale hamper Russia’s war effort in Ukraine
With the war raging in eastern Ukraine, there is a divide between the war aims declared by the Russian high command in Moscow, and the reality of the war on the ground. Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder of the Silverado Policy Accelerator,…
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As Ukrainian forces hold off Russian advances, the roar of artillery remains relentless
Desperate attempts to evacuate the besieged city of Mariupol continue Friday, with the United Nations trying to strike a deal with Russian forces that would allow more than 100,000 civilians to leave the port city. Fighting raged elsewhere in Ukraine’s…
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Stanford nurses go on strike over wages, mental health
Nurses at Stanford Health are picketing outside their hospitals after two years of fighting COVID-19. Kathy Stromberg, vice president of CRONA Nurses, explains why they’re taking a stand.
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