Nation Jun 25 What Chauvin’s 22.5 year sentence could mean for changing police behavior More than a year after George Floyd's murder set off national protests and a racial reckoning, former police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison by a Minnesota judge Friday. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro begins…
Health Jun 24 U.S. life expectancy sees ‘massive’ decline, especially in Black and brown communities A new study found that between 2018 and 2020, U.S. life expectancy decreased by the biggest margin since World War II. The pandemic took an outsized toll in America compared to other countries, with life expectancy as a whole dropping…
Nation Jun 23 A leaked UN report warns ‘worst is yet to come’ on climate change. Here’s how you can help A leaked draft report from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change paints the starkest picture yet of the accelerating danger caused by human use of coal, oil, and gas. It warns of coming unlivable heat waves, widespread hunger…
Nation Jun 18 Despite improving conditions, COVID will ‘scar’ a generation of health care workers On Thursday night, we looked at problems in Louisiana, where COVID-19 vaccination rates are lagging behind the rest of the country. William Brangham now turns focus to how vaccines have improved life dramatically in New York, but the toll on…
Health Jun 17 In Louisiana, government skepticism is hurting vaccination rates. Will incentives help? While COVID-19 vaccination rates in some parts of the country are approaching nearly 70%, other areas are seeing rates flatten or even decline. As William Brangham reports, vaccinations in the southern U.S. have been especially slow, with no southern state…
World Jun 14 Are the G-7 pledges to combat climate change enough? An expert weighs in As carbon emissions build up in the atmosphere more than ever before in human history, western leaders at the Group of Seven summit pledged to reduce their use of coal, lower their overall emissions, and help nations most impacted by…
World Jun 11 An endangered elephant herd is taking a mysterious trek in China. Are humans to blame? It’s not a sight you see every day -- a herd of elephants, leaving their home turf, making their way through southwestern China, most recently stopping in a city with millions of residents. But that’s what’s happening right now. William…
Health Jun 10 After 40 years of AIDS, progress has been made but major problems remain Four decades ago this past week, the first ever cases of the HIV/AIDS epidemic were publicly noted, and hardly noticed. But soon after, cases exploded around the world. It's estimated that roughly 35 million people have died from AIDS in…
World Jun 09 States pull out all the stops in push to increase vaccinations With the pace of vaccination in the U.S. slowing, the Biden administration’s goal of getting 70 percent of adults inoculated with at least one shot by July 4 is looking harder. Given that, a month-long campaign has begun with incentives…
Health Jun 02 The ‘trauma’ of the pandemic and how reopening is driving adolescent anxiety, suicide According to one large hospital system in Colorado, the pandemic's emotional toll on kids has become a “state of emergency," with adolescents experiencing high rates of anxiety, depression and self-harm. Suicide is now the leading cause of death for children…