NewsWorks Tonight May 13, 2016 – Full Show

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    Tom MacDonald reports on the death of former Temple University president, Peter Liacouris. Laura Benshoff brings the story of a student newspaper’s fight with school administrators over the use of the term “redskins.” Eleanor Klibanoff looks into how some Pennsylvania counties plan to use a tax to drum up tourism. In this week’s edition of What Are We Thinking, host Dave Heller speaks with Frank Newport, editor-in-chief at the Gallup Poll, about the annual gathering of pollsters in Austin, Texas. Newsworks blogger Solomon Jones offers a commentary on George Zimmerman’s attempt to auction off the gun that killed Trayvon Martin. Anne Hoffman reports on a push to give trauma care specialized for young black men. Peter Crimmins gets a preview of an exhibits that focuses on African art and artifacts.

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