Report that black and brown families are on the wrong end of a huge gap in wealth. A big year and what it means to all of us. Meanwhile, star bucks is asking if you wanted to talk about it over a cup of coffee. This is the inside story. The Equality Index of black america is up this year only slightly. With small declines declines. The index of hispanic america also rose in the urban leagues estimation with improvements in all categories except civil engagement. Lets look at the overall report. Welcome to the program. Great to be with you. Why do this . Why try to sum up the lived experience of tenss of millions this. We thought that creating a number would help people understand a complex issue. And its the complex issue of Race Ethnicity and its affect on everyday lives of americans and the numbers to quantify obviously a difficult set of conditions and circumstances. However, i think what the number does is create clarity. This year it includes a city by city index on unemployment a
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions woodruff what could be the biggest blizzard in decades blanketed the northeast today with up to three feet of snow expected in some areas. Good evening. Im judy woodruff. Brown and im jeffrey brown. On the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the monster storm from bernie rayno of accuweather. Woodruff then, should the u. S. Arm the rebels in syria . Ray suarez examines a growing rift between the white house and key members of the president s cabinet. Brown Spencer Michels has the story of new discoveries about mars coming from the rover vehicle known as curiosity, the product of nasas jet Propulsion Lab. It may sound familiar but what scientists here at jpl are actually looking for are signs of life past and present on the red planet woodruff mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. Brown and we close with a conversation with Pulitzer Prizewinning humorist dave barry about miami, the insane city thats the focus of his n
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions woodruff what could be the biggest blizzard in decades blanketed the northeast today with up to three feet of snow expected in some areas. Good evening. Im judy woodruff. Brown and im jeffrey brown. On the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the monster storm from bernie rayno of accuweather. Woodruff then, should the u. S. Arm the rebels in syria . Ray suarez examines a growing rift between the white house and key members of the president s cabinet. Brown Spencer Michels has the story of new discoveries about mars coming from the rover vehicle known as curiosity, the product of nasas jet Propulsion Lab. It may sound familiar but what scientists here at jpl are actually looking for are signof lfeast and present on the red planet woodruff mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. Brown and we close with a conversation with Pulitzer Prizewinning humorist dave barry about miami, the insane city thats the focus of his new no
Miles, with long hours of snowfall still to come. Fueling the fall, two low pressure systems one from the midwest, the other from the southeast colliding over the northeast and new england. Blizzard warnings were posted in seven states from new jersey on up to maine. At least three declared emergencies, and schools closed in a number of cities. Forecasters predicted new england would get the worst of it with up to three feet of snow likely in boston. Mayor thomas menino. This is a storm of major proportions. Stay off the roads. Stay home. Let the public works crews do their job. Brown the region also braced for winds reaching 75 miles an hour that will pile up drifts and almost guarantee widespread power outages. As ever, the threat prompted shoppers to pack stores, stocking up on supplies. This is panic shopping, so bread, milk, a snow shovel in case our snow shovel breaks. Youve got to plan ahead. A couple feet of snow would shut everything down and, who knows, it could be a couple o
The landscape for hundreds of miles, with long hours of snowfall still to come. Fueling the fall, two low pressure systems one from the midwest, the other from the southeast colliding over the northeast and new england. Blizzard warnings were posted in seven states from new jersey on up to maine. At least three declared emergencies, and schools closed in a number of cities. Forecasters predicted new england would get the worst of it with up to three feet of snow likely in boston. Mayor thomas menino. This is a storm of major proportions. Stay off the roads. Stay home. Let the public works crews do their job. Brown the region also braced for winds reaching 75 miles an hour that will pile up drifts and almost guarantee widespread power outages. As ever, the threat prompted shoppers to pack stores, stocking up on supplies. This is panic shopping, so bread, milk, a snow shovel in case our snow shovel breaks. Youve got to plan ahead. A couple feet of snow would shut everything down and, who