Nation Jul 15 Could the military child care system be a model for the nation? For the U.S. military, high quality child care is not just a family issue, it’s a matter of national security. Taking care of military families ensures soldiers can be ready to deploy at any time. Could the government-supported child care…
Nation Jul 14 Parents in Shickley, Nebraska desperately needed child care. The public school stepped up The lack of affordable child care is not just an issue in urban and suburban communities. In rural America, limited access also takes a toll on small town economies. Special correspondent Cat Wise and producer Kate McMahon traveled to Nebraska…
Nation Jul 13 Combining job training, child care could be ‘magic road’ to single moms’ economic security Special correspondent Cat Wise and producer Kate McMahon report from Mississippi, where many working parents struggled to find affordable, quality child care long before the pandemic. Among the most impacted: single mothers who are often stuck in low-paying jobs and…
Nation Jul 12 The market controls child care costs in the U.S. Can that be changed? During the pandemic, the federal government spent more than $50 billion to shore up the child care industry. But advocates say cost and access are still big hurdles. Over the past several months, special correspondent Cat Wise and producer Kate…
Health Mar 26 The Longest Year: The people we’ve lost to COVID-19 Four people who lost a loved one in the pandemic tell us about what they remember, how they’re grieving and how they're trying to move forward.
Health Mar 19 The Longest Year: How the pandemic made inequality in America worse Generations of inadequate medical care, deeply entrenched economic disparities and a biased system of justice all came to a head, a reminder that for many Americans the hazards of structural racism are a daily reality. We hear the story of…
Health Mar 12 The Longest Year: How COVID-19 has reshaped our lives Take a second to remember what your life was like one year ago. For most of us, it all feels like a distant memory. From how we work to how we learn, who we see and where we can go,…
Nation Mar 05 The Longest Year: Fighting ‘the invisible enemy’ In the first episode of a series we're calling "The Longest Year," which tells the stories of the isolation, uncertainty, fear, loss and new understanding that have spread alongside the virus, we focus on the people on the front lines.
Health Feb 05 Why we haven’t cracked the mystery of COVID ‘long-haulers’ For people whose COVID-19 symptoms linger for months, the effects can be devastating and debilitating.
Nation Jan 08 What we saw the day the Capitol was attacked On Jan. 6, for the first time in more than two centuries, Congress was attacked and overrun, this time by its own citizens. The PBS NewsHour's anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff talks to correspondents Lisa Desjardins, Amna Nawaz and…