JUDY WOODRUFF:We turn to education and the impact tougher discipline policies are having on minority students. It turns out young black and Hispanic students are far more likely to receive tough school punishments, including suspensions, than white s

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JEFFREY BROWN:Tonight, a special PBS broadcast called After Newtown begins a national dialogue about the issues raised by that tragedy. Gwen Ifill will host this evening's collaboration of our national news and science programs. Yesterday, she sat do

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JEFFREY BROWN:And finally tonight, one woman's story of survival during the Holocaust and her new life in America as a champion of immigrants and citizenship. Judy Woodruff has our conversation. And a warning: It includes some disturbing images. GERD

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight: Yesterday was Earth Day, with celebrations around the globe. Hari Sreenivasan talked recently to a geologist who is also the host of a new film. And he's traveled the globe looking for ways human ingenuity has solved t

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MARGARET WARNER:Finally tonight: Just how old is the Grand Canyon? The conventional wisdom holds that this natural wonder of the world was shaped by the Colorado River about five or six million years ago. But there's been a long-running debate over w

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JEFFREY BROWN:And next: a hard-lived life amid the sound, success and sorrow of rock 'n roll. MAN:One, two, one, two, three. JEFFREY BROWN:From the bench behind his Hammond B-3 organ, Gregg Allman has been belting out the rock 'n roll blues for more

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JEFFREY BROWN:And finally tonight: doling out history lessons on Twitter. Gwen Ifill has that. GWEN IFILL:NewsHour regular Michael Beschloss has written eight books and countless commentaries on the American presidency, but recently he's discovered a

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GWEN IFILL:Finally tonight, an unflinching look back at the war in Bosnia, as told by Angelina Jolie. Jeffrey Brown recently sat down with the Oscar-winning actress and the stars of her new film. JEFFREY BROWN:She's one of the most recognizable women

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GWEN IFILL:Finally tonight: remembering jazz giant Dave Brubeck. The pianist and composer died today after a seven-decade career that spanned much of the post-war jazz world. Born in California in 1920, he and his quartet would become known for rhyth

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JEFFREY BROWN:And now to part two of our investigative look at the safety of America's drinking water. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports on the toxic chemical made famous in the movie Erin Brockovich, its potentially harmful effect on human

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JUDY WOODRUFF:Negotiators in Washington signaled publicly today that there had been little progress in reaching a deal to avert the fiscal cliff with 19 days to go until a year-end deadline. REP. JOHN BOEHNER, R-Ohio: I remain the most optimistic per

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JUDY WOODRUFF:Government officials said today the trust fund fueling the nation's Medicare program is in somewhat stronger shape than it was last year. They projected it will stay solvent until 2026, two years later than last year's projections. At t

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RAY SUAREZ:With just a week left before automatic spending cuts are set to begin, the Obama administration stepped up pressure on Republicans in Congress today. The latest warnings came over the potential impact that furloughs would have on air trave

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JUDY WOODRUFF:Finally tonight: Dolly Parton's longtime passion project, passing on the gift of reading. The NewsHour's special correspondent for education, John Merrow, has the story. JOHN MERROW:Most of you are probably familiar with Dolly Parton, b

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RAY SUAREZ:Next: to our series about the digital world's cultural impact. NewsHour political editor Christina Bellantoni is here with the Daily Download team. CHRISTINA BELLANTONI:Ordinary citizens have more opportunities to talk directly to the pres

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6.jpg RAY SUAREZ:Next: a story about love, life and the quest for success in a modern metropolis. Jeffrey Brown has our book conversation. JEFFREY BROWN:A poor boy from a rural village comes to a sprawling, wild, sometimes violent city and struggles,

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JUDY WOODRUFF:As the Supreme Court took up arguments last week in two high-profile cases looking at same-sex marriage, many users of Facebook, Twitter and other forms of social media took to changing their profile pictures. What was behind that viral

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GWEN IFILL:Next tonight: the debate over the role of the federal government. The issue was a central focus of last year's presidential campaign, and it is at the heart of a new book by Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia's attorney general and a candidate for g

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JEFFREY BROWN:A giant of American culture has died. Van Cliburn rocked the classical and Cold War worlds in the late 1950s and beyond. He died today at his home in Fort Worth of bone cancer. I had the chance to spend time with Van Cliburn in 2008. He

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RAY SUAREZ:New Year's Day marks the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, and the National Archives in Washington, D.C., honors the occasion with a rare public viewing. It's one of the defining documents of American democracy, issued on

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