Jobs Report Provides Mixed News

Jobs Report Provides Mixed News

Employers added 390,000 jobs in May, much more than expected. Most of these jobs are in leisure and hospitality as Americans keep spending and traveling. The unemployment rate is hovering near 50-year lows but inflation is still outpacing wage growth…

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PBS NewsHour full episode, June 3, 2022

PBS NewsHour full episode, June 3, 2022

Friday on the NewsHour, the latest jobs report shows a solid labor market but also a potential economic cooldown. Then, we speak with Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S. as the country continues to fend off the Russian assault and the…

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Hallie Jackson NOW - June 3 | NBC News NOW

Hallie Jackson NOW – June 3 | NBC News NOW

The Russian invasion of Ukraine hits its 100th day, the U.S. May jobs report beats expectations as the unemployment rate holds at 3.6 percent, and a behind-the-scenes look at an active shooter training at a Dallas middle school. » Subscribe…

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A Pulitzer Prize winner's modern take on Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'

A Pulitzer Prize winner’s modern take on Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’

A reworking of Shakespeare “Hamlet” called “Fat Ham” recently won the Pulitzer Prize in drama. Jeffrey Brown has the story from New York for our arts and culture series, “CANVAS.” Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find…

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Brooks and Capehart on the wave of gun violence in America

Brooks and Capehart on the wave of gun violence in America

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join William Brangham to discuss the week in politics, including President Biden’s plea for “common sense” gun reform amid a spate of mass shootings and the potential…

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Vivica A. Fox CALLS OUT Jada Pinkett Smith for Oscars Slap Remarks

Vivica A. Fox CALLS OUT Jada Pinkett Smith for Oscars Slap Remarks

Vivica A. Fox is calling out Jada Pinkett Smith! On Thursday’s episode of ‘The Wendy Williams Show,’ the actress got emotional over the comments Jada made on Wednesday’s ‘Red Table Talk,’ where she finally addressed her husband, Will Smith, slapping…

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Students speak out about the impact gun violence has on their daily lives

Students speak out about the impact gun violence has on their daily lives

Tragically, school shootings have become all too common in America. While the attack at a Uvalde elementary school is the deadliest in nearly a decade, it’s also the 27th school shooting this year alone. Our national network of young reporters…

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Communities affected by mass shootings face 'reverberating loss' in the years ahead

Communities affected by mass shootings face ‘reverberating loss’ in the years ahead

Gun violence and the lasting impacts of mass shootings in the U.S. have consumed much of the nation in recent weeks, after the massacres in New York, Texas, Oklahoma, and elsewhere. The New York Times’ Elizabeth Williamson, author of “Sandy…

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