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Nation Apr 03

FEMA administrator discusses expanding access to disaster relief

Last month, FEMA made what it calls the “most significant updates to disaster assistance in 20 years.” It expands access to money for food, water, and other essentials, funds immediate housing needs when people can’t return home, helps repairs not…

Nation Apr 01

America’s Safety Net

“America’s Safety Net,” a series from the PBS NewsHour, is focused on the complex web of programs meant to help Americans in need. View the series here.

Nation Mar 25

Families slip back into poverty after pandemic-era child tax credit expires

During the pandemic, lawmakers dramatically, but temporarily, expanded the social safety net, including more money for families with children. The impacts of those changes are still being felt and debated to this day. Amna Nawaz and producer Sam Lane report…

Nation Mar 17

U.S. support for LGBTQ+ rights is declining after decades of support. Here’s why

For the last few decades, LGBTQ+ rights in America have seen increasing public support. But now, a new survey finds a slight decline in that support for the first time in years. William Brangham speaks with Melissa Deckman, CEO of…

World Mar 11

As global migration surges, trafficking has become a multi-billion dollar business

Amid a global migration surge, the trafficking industry has become a multi-billion dollar business. Mexican officials estimate as many as 6,000 people cross into Mexico every day from diverse places like Russia and Venezuela. Amna Nawaz heads south to Chiapas,…

Nation Mar 04

Exploring America’s social safety net and the political fights around it

Our new series, "America’s Safety Net," is focused on the complex web of programs meant to help Americans in need. Over the coming weeks, we’ll take an in-depth look at the different forms of welfare in the U.S. Up first,…

Nation Feb 08

St. Paul makes history as 1st major U.S. city to elect all-female city council

In the last election, the city of St. Paul, Minnesota, did something it had never done before: elect an all-female city council. The state’s capital became one of the largest American cities to hold that distinction. Special correspondent Fred de…

Nation Feb 01

What is Christian nationalism and why it raises concerns about threats to democracy

White Christian nationalism has been in the headlines quite a lot as of late. Brad Onishi is a former evangelical minister who once identified as a Christian nationalist himself. He left the church in 2005 and began studying religion and…

Nation Jan 29

Psychiatrist advocates for reforming U.S. approach to gun safety

Already this year, there have been more than 3,000 firearm deaths in the U.S., according to the Gun Violence Archive. Dr. Jonathan Metzl, director of Medicine, Health and Society at Vanderbilt University and author of the new book, “What We’ve…

Nation Jan 17

Why a growing number of American men say they are in a ‘friendship recession’

American men are stuck in what’s been dubbed a friendship recession, with 20 percent of single men now saying they don’t have any close friends. More than half of all men report feeling unsatisfied with the size of their friend…

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