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In North Carolina, which has had some of the most progressive voting practices and highest voter turnout rates in the country, some residents are grappling with the state’s new voter ID law that goes into effect in 2016.
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View NewsHour’s interactive map to compare voter turnout as well as same-day registration laws state to state. Continue reading →

After the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn a key part of the Voting Rights Act, North Carolina’s Republican-led state legislature passed a new voter ID law and reversed many of the voting procedures civil rights leaders spent years trying to win. Now, the law is being challenged in federal court. NewsHour’s Jeff Greenfield reports. Continue reading →

The Boston Teacher Residency, an AmeriCorps service program that recruits future teachers and places them in schools for practical experience is being heralded as a model for training teachers. And other cities have begun to take notice. NewsHour’s Christopher Booker reports. Continue reading →

At a New York City high school, a technique called blended learning replaces a portion of traditional face-to-face instruction with online learning. The computerized curriculum has been shown to help at-risk students learn at the own pace. NewsHour’s Hari Sreenivasan reports. Continue reading →

Federal authorities say that the shooter who killed nine people at Umpqua Community College in Oregon had body armor and six guns with him, and seven more guns found at his apartment. Neighbors describe the gunman, who died in a shootout with police, as reclusive. Special correspondent Cat Wise reports on how the Roseburg community is mourning. Continue reading →

The violence in Oregon is one of nearly a thousand mass shootings to have taken place since the Newtown shooting in 2009. For all of the discussion of what can be done to prevent future tragedies, little has changed. What can be done to stop the violence? Judy Woodruff talks with Todd Clear of the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice and Jeffrey Swanson of Duke University. Continue reading →

Gunfire broke out at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, mid-morning on Thursday. Police confirmed that 10 people died, including the shooter. Ian Campbell of News Review offers an update from Roseburg and Judy Woodruff examines how campuses try to prevent attacks with S. Daniel Carter, director of 32 National Campus Safety Initiative. Continue reading →

A record number of African-American actors won Emmy Awards for their performances on television this year, but the entertainment industry often still doesn’t reflect the full diversity of America. Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks with Darnell Hunt of UCLA about the underrepresentation of people of color and women on screen and behind the camera. Continue reading →

How did Volkswagen get caught rigging the emissions software of its diesel vehicles? William Brangham talks with John German of the International Council on Clean Transportation, one of the engineers who helped catch the automaker. Continue reading →