Episode Jul 06 July 6, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode Monday on the NewsHour, the U.S. observes a muted holiday weekend as the novel coronavirus spreads with alarming speed across much of the country. Plus: The latest data on pandemic racial disparities, Latinx women struggle with job losses, the hurricane…
World Jul 06 News Wrap: Judge halts Dakota Access Pipeline pending environmental review In our news wrap Monday, a federal judge has ordered the shutdown of the Dakota Access Pipeline pending an environmental review. The decision represents a major victory for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. Also, Chicago suffered one of its bloodiest…
Health Jul 06 How federal response has failed to address racial disparities in pandemic's toll For months, it's been clear that the pandemic is taking a disproportionate toll on people of color. Now, new data quantifies the disparities, showing that African American and Latinx people are nearly three times as likely to contract COVID-19 as…
Politics Jul 06 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on public response to Trump's race rhetoric NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including President Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric on race and American history, what polls say about how effective he is on these…
Arts Jul 06 A Brief But Spectacular take on turning COVID-19 grief into action Mike Smith co-founded the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt in 1987. Now living through his second pandemic, Smith is finding ways to help out amid COVID-19 -- and to inspire others to do the same. He shares his Brief But…
Episode Jul 05 July 5, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Sunday, July 5, Fourth of July weekend sees a spike in COVID-19 cases, Jeff Greenfield on President Trump’s campaign strategy, opioid overdose is a hidden epidemic during the pandemic, and, ‘superspreaders:’ what they are and how…
Science Jul 05 Experts focus on 'superspreaders' to study virus transmission As businesses reopen and cases across several states in the U.S. and across the world surge, experts worry that “superspreaders,” a small percentage of infected people are transmitting the virus to a much larger percent, could be fueling the pandemic.
Health Jul 05 Drug overdoses: The hidden epidemic in the pandemic Suspected cases of drug overdoses soared between March and May, according to data from medical teams,hospitals and the police. According to a Washington Post report, the isolation and economic upheaval caused by the pandemic are fueling this hidden epidemic. Heather…
Politics Jul 05 Trump's campaign strategy to focus on statues, 'traditional American values' President Trump’s campaign will focus on claiming Trump is all that stands between America and the ‘un-American left wing forces’ trying to destroy the country's cultural heritage, and paint Joe Biden as too weak to stop it, according to Special…
Episode Jul 04 July 4, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Saturday, July 4, Americans celebrate the holiday weekend amid a surge in COVID-19 cases and Black Lives Matter protests, criticism against Chicago police’s holiday weekend security plan, and an Arab-Israeli orchestra celebrates 20 years of intercultural…