Arts Jun 30 Openly gay puppeteer uses his art to bring understanding to his small hometown in Kansas During Pride Month, parades and other celebrations have been held in some of the nation's largest cities to celebrate LGBTQ rights, but smaller towns have also been marking the occasion. Cat Wise traveled to rural Kansas, where an artist is…
Health Jun 29 Lack of adequate mental health care places heavy burden on young people The U.S. surgeon general issued a rare public advisory in December, warning of a “devastating” mental health crisis among American teens. Symptoms of depression and anxiety for children and adolescents have doubled during the COVID pandemic. Special correspondent Cat Wise…
Nation Jun 26 Nonprofit tackles inequities by building playgrounds in low-income neighborhoods Nearly 30 million children in the U.S. do not have a park within a 10-minute walk of their home. And children from lower-income neighborhoods tend to have less access to parks than those in high-income areas. But as special Correspondent…
Politics Jun 16 How anti-abortion activists laid the groundwork for rollback of Roe v. Wade Last month, a leaked draft opinion showed that the Supreme Court may soon overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that provided a right to abortion across the country. That decision is not yet final, but as special correspondent…
Nation May 17 In Buffalo, Biden condemns ‘poison’ of white supremacy President Biden offered both consolations and a call to reject racism, extremism and white supremacy Tuesday during a visit to Buffalo. The president delivered his remarks less than 72 hours after a white supremacist allegedly shot 13 people, killing 10,…
Nation May 16 Buffalo mourns as details emerge about gunman’s plans for second attack Federal authorities are investigating the massacre in Buffalo as a potential hate crime. Law enforcement officials also reported Monday that the accused gunman had planned to continue his shooting spree at another location if he had escaped. That news came…
Education May 10 Colorado college reckons with a troubling legacy of erasing Indigenous culture Over the course of more than 100 years beginning in the 1800s, hundreds of thousands of Native American children in the U.S. were removed from their families, placed in federal boarding schools and forced to abandon their Native languages and…
Education May 04 San Antonio, Texas tackles education inequality with free or reduced college tuition President Biden proposed providing two years of tuition-free community college after he took office, but the idea was dropped after congressional opposition. Yet efforts persist at the local and state level to boost college attendance. More than 400 such programs…
Arts Jan 21 How one artist’s viral virtual art class is helping kids around the world Individual ingenuity has become a hallmark of the pandemic with artists producing an array of creative in-person and virtual innovations. Special correspondent Cat Wise has the story of how one San Francisco artist stepped in to help out during the…
Nation Oct 11 Many Greenville residents struggled to get fire insurance. Then the Dixie Fire came For over two months straight this summer, the Dixie Fire ravaged Northern California, burning nearly one million acres before firefighters were able to put out the flames. One small historic town was nearly destroyed in its wake. Special correspondent Cat…