Politics Jun 21 Mark Shields, a voice of political civility across decades, dies at 85 For 30 years, PBS viewers tuned into the NewsHour on Friday nights to hear what Shields had to say about the most pressing political issues of the week. Mark brought a lifetime of Washington experience to the conversation, drawing upon…
Politics Jun 21 Who is Wandrea ArShaye ‘Shaye’ Moss and why is she testifying before the Jan. 6 committee? Wandrea ArShaye “Shaye” Moss , a Georgia elections worker who became a target of Former President Donald Trump’s false claims of voter fraud, will testify June 21 before the House Jan. 6 committee.
Politics Jun 21 Who is Rep. Rusty Bowers and why is he testifying before the Jan. 6 committee? Republican Rep. Russell “Rusty” Bowers, speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, will testify about pressure he faced from former President Donald Trump and his allies to intervene in his state’s election results.
Nation Jul 16 Raising the Future: What history can teach us about child care in the U.S. There’s a national debate brewing over child care in the U.S. sparked by decades of frustration over access and affordability—issues that have been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. To understand where things stand today, we decided to explore the history…
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.
Politics Jan 20 Biden speaks at Lincoln Memorial: ‘I have never been more optimistic about America’ President Joe Biden addressed the country on Jan. 20 from the Lincoln Memorial after the sun had set on his Inauguration Day festivities. “America’s story depends on not any one of us, but on all of us,” Biden said. “That’s…