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Why is New York City cracking down on Airbnb?
This report aired on PBS NewsHour Weekend on August 1, 2015. Short-term housing rental industry giant Airbnb now lists more than 1 million rooms available in 192 countries. The platform’s largest...
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The opioid epidemic’s toll on pregnant women and their babies
The risk for overdose from opioid painkillers and heroin among women, including pregnant women, has skyrocketed, which means a growing number of babies are born dependent on opioids. NewsHour Weekend...
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Rethinking wages for tipped workers
This report aired on PBS NewsHour Weekend on March 26, 2016. Due to low federal minimum wages for tipped workers, many grapple with poverty rates. Seven states, however, pay tipped workers full minimum...
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As opioid epidemic worsens, rethinking how doctors are taught to treat pain
Pain is the most common reason that people go to the doctor. Yet physicians and medical students have limited training in pain management and prescribing opioids. As the nation suffers from an opioid...
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Why thousands of students are seeing Broadway smash ‘Hamilton’
This spring, 20,000 public high school students from low-income neighborhoods in New York City will get the opportunity to see “Hamilton,” the Broadway smash hit nominated this week for a record 16...
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Foreign-born workers in the UK share their fears for the future
This report aired on PBS NewsHour Weekend on June 26, 2016. Uncertainty prevails in Britain after Brexit has left immigrants feeling vulnerable. The service sector, a large part of the British...
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Democratic National Convention: How Democrats have changed since the Bill...
This report aired on PBS NewsHour on July 24, 2016. This week’s Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia will have a “back to the future” feel as another Clinton readies to become a presidential...
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Native community in Louisiana relocates as land washes away
This report aired on PBS NewsHour Weekend on July 30, 2016. Isle de Jean Charles in Louisiana has lost 98 percent of its land to coastal erosion caused by sinking land and exacerbated by rising seas...
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Can this project clean up millions of tons of ocean plastic?
About 9 million tons of plastic are dumped into the world’s oceans every year — enough to fill a football stadium 23 miles high. But a project dubbed the Ocean Cleanup aims to eliminate it with a...
View ArticleWhat happens when Photoshop goes too far?
This story aired on PBS NewsHour Weekend on July 26, 2015. A New York exhibit chronicles prominent cases of images altered by journalists and asks: If seeing is believing, how often are you, the viewer...
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