Nation Feb 28 Why Seattle banned caste discrimination Nearly 5.4 million South Asians live in the U.S., most of whom trace their roots to Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan or Sri Lanka, according to the group South Asian Americans Leading Together. In many of these communities, a 3,000-year-old…
Politics Jun 28 Who is Cassidy Hutchinson and why is she important to the Jan. 6 hearings? In testimony June 28, Hutchinson offered new details about what former President Donald Trump and Meadows knew in the days before the attack and how they responded while it was underway.
Nation Nov 24 Analysis: What the Arbery verdict reveals about race and justice in America “We know for a fact that this was about race. We know for a fact that the reason that the men chased after Mr. Arbery was because of his race."…
Politics Nov 06 WATCH: What is happening now in the 2020 election? As votes are still being tallied in the 2020 presidential race, we take a look at the paths forward for President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden and which states still hang in the balance.
Nation Aug 03 WATCH: 2020 Hutchins Forum ‘America’s racial reckoning: The pandemic(s) and the election’ Join PBS NewsHour’s special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Henry Louis Gates Jr. (PBS’ “Finding Your Roots”) as they host and moderate the 2020 Hutchins Forum "America's racial reckoning: The pandemic(s) and the election."…
Politics Jul 28 Read the full prepared opening statement by Attorney General Barr Attorney General William Barr will testify before the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday, July 28 for the first time as the panel examines whether he has inappropriately politicized the Justice Department.
Nation Jun 02 WATCH: George Floyd’s family on ‘what those officers took from us’ The family of George Floyd, a Minnesota man who died after been held down by the neck by police in Minneapolis, held a news conference Tuesday where they spoke to the void his death had left in their lives.
Nation May 29 Read Obama’s statement on George Floyd: ‘It can’t be normal’ "If we want our children to grow up in a nation that lives up to its highest ideals, we can and must be better," the former president wrote.
Nation May 06 WATCH: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gives coronavirus update Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gave an update on May 6 on the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Nation Mar 16 READ: White House guidelines on novel coronavirus President Donald Trump on Monday released guidelines about slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. The release comes as the number of infections from the virus reached around 3,800, with at least 70 deaths in the U.S.