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FILE PHOTO: Carrefour teams up with Uber Eats for lockdown deliveries
Daily Video June 29 2020

Who is taking your money when you order takeout?
In this lesson plan, uncover the hidden economy behind our quarantine takeout orders.
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Daily News Lesson June 17 2020

How Generation Z is changing the world
In this lesson plan, discuss ways Generation Z is taking new approaches to activism and demands for reform.
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Daily Video June 17 2020

What will schools look like when they reopen?
Explore the plans of one school district in Texas that is re-opening now. Consider ways schools might re-open safely and fairly in the fall.
An election worker places a mail-in ballot into an election box at a drive-through drop off location at the Registrar of Voters in San Diego, California
Daily Video June 12 2020

Will more voters vote by mail this fall?
Examine the debate around increasing access to vote by mail as coronavirus presents new challenges.
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Daily Video June 12 2020

Coronavirus update: How states are preparing to reopen
Find out the latest updates on the coronavirus and how states are preparing to reopen.
House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Policing Practices and Law Enforcement Accountability
Daily Video June 11 2020

Philonise Floyd testifies before Congress day after brother's funeral
Reflect on the changes in American society since the killing of George Floyd and discuss the changes that may still be yet to come.
Voters line up to cast their ballots in Atlanta
Daily Video June 10 2020

Election 2020 update: As Biden clinches nomination, candidates set strategies
In this lesson plan, explore the strategies of Democratic and Republican presidential nominees while learning about the impact of polling station closures.
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Daily Video June 10 2020

Inequality in education funding
In this lesson plan, learn about one state's attempts to remedy an alarming gap between the funding of its wealthiest and poorest school districts.
Demonstrators rally near the White House against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd in Washington, D.C.
Daily Video June 05 2020

Help students understand the relationship between the police and the military
In this NewsHour lesson plan, learn about the history of the militarization of police departments across the country.
Terrence Floyd visits site where his late brother George was taken into police custody in Minneapolis
Daily Video June 03 2020

Minneapolis residents explain experiences with overt and systemic racism
In this NewsHour lesson, learn about the history of race relations in Minnesota and how it echoes throughout the country.
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