Nation Oct 24 In a redistricting battle, Missouri voters asked to reverse their 2018 decision In 2018, Missouri voters passed the “Clean Missouri” amendment, which took redistricting out of the hands of politically appointed commissioners and gave it to a single nonpartisan demographer. But this year Missouri’s legislature added a new option on the ballot…
Nation Sep 26 In rural Massachusetts, racial injustice persists despite big BLM turnout This summer, thousands of residents showed up for the Black Lives Matter protests in Great Barrington, Massachusetts -- a small town of less than 7,000 people. NewsHour Weekend’s Zachary Green, who grew up there, reports on how Black people in…
Nation Sep 26 In mostly white Great Barrington, MA, an effort to celebrate Black life Great Barrington, MA, is W.E.B. DuBois’s birthplace. It may be surprising to find these markers of Black culture in a town where almost every face is white, but they are reminders of a part of life here that few outside…
Arts Sep 05 Masks, smaller audience: The show goes on as states ease restrictions For almost six months, the art world has been at a standstill as museums, galleries, and theaters have all been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But as some states begin to lift restrictions, the arts have also slowly started…
Education Jun 07 Once homeless, a new college graduate looks to the future When we last spoke with Jaime Waldron earlier in April, she was a homeless college student worried about completing her online studies before graduation. Now, Waldron has officially graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a degree in criminal justice.
Nation May 16 Is COVID-19 delaying the fight for voting rights in Florida? In Florida, people with felony records are fighting to regain their voting rights. But the coronavirus has made that struggle more difficult. NewsHour Weekend’s Ivette Feliciano spoke to Desmond Meade of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition about what effect the…
Arts May 03 A dance troupe self-isolates, but finds an online venue Last summer, Reggie “Regg Roc” Gray premiered his latest dance piece at New York City art center, The Shed. Less than a year later, every major performance venue in New York is closed. But Gray and his fellow performers aren’t…
Nation Apr 25 School closures leave homeless students even more vulnerable There are more than 1.5 million homeless public school students in the United States. But with many of those young people relying on school for safety, stability and food, the mass closures of school buildings all over the country due…
Politics Apr 19 WATCH: Coronavirus task force briefing in 15 minutes for April 19, 2020 From swabs to reagents to columnists and China, President Trump and some of the White House coronavirus task force held a news briefing Sunday that covered a range of topics related to the global outbreak and beyond. NewsHour Weekend’s…
Nation Apr 18 WATCH: Coronavirus task force briefing in 6 minutes for April 18, 2020 NewsHour Weekend's Hari Sreenivasan and Zachary Green recap Saturday's White House coronavirus task force briefing in the latest edition of "Briefly."…