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September 11, 2026 – PBS News Hour full episode
by PBS News on September 11, 2026 at 11:34 pm
Friday on the News Hour, Americans remember the lives lost in the 9/11 attacks 25 years ago. We look at how that day led to the longest war in U.S. history and how it transformed the nation. Iran-backed Houthi rebels capture an island at the entrance to the Red Sea, threatening one of the world’s key shipping lanes for oil exports. Plus, Republicans wrap up their first-ever midterm convention. […]
The lasting health toll of 9/11 on rescue workers and survivors
by PBS News on September 11, 2026 at 11:00 pm
It’s now believed that more people have died because of the toxic exposures they got from the 9/11 sites than were killed by the terrorists on that day. Survivors, first responders and volunteers have faced everything from cancer to respiratory disorders to PTSD. Horizons moderator William Brangham explores the long-term health impacts with Dr. Michael Crane, Dr. Benjamin Luft and John Feal. […]
Important Friday Night News Update
by Aaron Parnas on September 11, 2026 at 10:02 pm
Happy Friday, everyone.
When the Market Destroys a Community
by Evelina Johansson Wilén on September 11, 2026 at 7:13 pm
Steelworks 80, a planned steel expansion that brought workers to northern Sweden, was derailed by a global downturn. Its story shows how communities built around the promise of investment are left with the consequences when it disappears.
“The Uprising” Is a Grim But Scattershot History Lesson
by Justin Chang on September 11, 2026 at 6:47 pm
In Paul Greengrass’s dramatization of the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381, the imperatives of historical re-creation and hyperkinetic action filmmaking fight each other to a draw.
Colin Kaepernick Misses the Game
by David Remnick on September 11, 2026 at 6:00 pm
In his new memoir, “The Perilous Fight,” the former N.F.L. star recounts the backlash he faced from the league.
Film Workers Should Fight for Good Movies, Not Just Jobs
by Alex McCarron on September 11, 2026 at 5:02 pm
Hollywood’s unions fight for tax credits and jobs but not for the movies themselves. That has to change. Unions can take up policies that could save American cinema not only as a way to make a living but as a vital art form.
The AfD’s Economic Populism Could Hardly Be Shallower
by Alexander Görlach on September 11, 2026 at 3:46 pm
Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party styles itself as populist and anti-elite. Yet it maintains close relationships with tech elites like Elon Musk, who was among the first to congratulate the party on Sunday’s election win.
25 Years After 9/11, the Zombie War on Terror Stumbles On
by Branko Marcetic on September 11, 2026 at 2:09 pm
Nobody seems to care anymore about the fears and threats that originally motivated the war on terror. Yet 25 years after September 11, 2001, that war continues to infect American life at home and abroad, more violently and menacingly than ever.
by Aaron Parnas on September 11, 2026 at 1:58 pm
Twenty five years after September 11th, America paused to remember nearly 3,000 lives lost, even as new chaos consumed the present.
Why Is It So Hard to Imagine the End of American Empire?
by Daniel Bessner on September 11, 2026 at 1:12 pm
Americans’ muted reaction to the quarter-century anniversary of 9/11 reveals a waning zeal for the American imperial project. We tolerate it only because we believe it can’t end. But it can.
by Joshua Rothman on September 11, 2026 at 10:00 am
In the wake of turmoil at OpenAI and Anthropic, it’s become common to describe A.I. as a kind of person, hatching plans and pursuing desires. The truth is a little trickier.
by Jennifer Berry Hawes on September 11, 2026 at 10:00 am
The post Vouchers Promise Students With Disabilities a Path to Private School. Parents Say That’s Not the Reality. appeared first on ProPublica.
The Sartorial Riches of the Silent-Film Era
by Rachel Syme, Dan Stahl, Sheldon Pearce, Marina Harss, Brian Seibert, Richard Brody, Taran Dugal on September 11, 2026 at 10:00 am
Also: the neo-soul of Erykah Badu, a festival of Indian classical dance, John Wilson’s ode to concrete, and more.
EPA to Loosen Methane Rules, Boosting Pollution From Oil and Gas Wells
by Alex Cuadros on September 11, 2026 at 9:00 am
The post EPA to Loosen Methane Rules, Boosting Pollution From Oil and Gas Wells appeared first on ProPublica.
September 10, 2026 – PBS News Hour full episode
by PBS News on September 10, 2026 at 11:30 pm
Thursday on the News Hour, the GOP midterm convention opens with a claim of cash payouts. Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA wrestles with who will take up his mantle a year after his death. Iran-backed Houthis capture a Red Sea port, upending oil markets and threatening to push Yemen back into an all-out war. Plus, we speak with a man who was in the Pentagon on 9/11 about his miraculous survival. […]
“My Brilliant Career” Is the Best Show of the Summer
by Inkoo Kang on September 10, 2026 at 10:44 pm
A new pop-feminist interpretation of Miles Franklin’s 1901 Australian novel is both fizzy and intelligent.
The GOP’s Enemy #1 for the Midterms: Socialism
by Ben Burgis on September 10, 2026 at 7:40 pm
Donald Trump and the Republicans want you to be terrified of socialists. But they really don’t want to talk about our core economic policies, because the moment you spell those policies out, they sound pretty good.
Universities Are Teaching the Virtue of Overwork
by Nicholas Liu on September 10, 2026 at 4:29 pm
At American universities, nap pods and meditation apps paper over backbreaking workloads. As higher education increasingly conforms to corporate logic, its most durable product becomes a student with a proven capacity for overwork.
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