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Hurricane Ian aftermath in Florida

Daily News Lesson September 29 2022

FEMA administrator outlines federal response to Hurricane Ian

Discuss what the federal government is doing — and what volunteers can d — to help meet the needs of those impacted by Hurricane Ian

FILE PHOTO: A combine harvests wheat in a field in Kyiv region

Daily News Lesson March 22 2022

Russia’s war in Ukraine disrupts worldwide food prices and supply

Learn how war in Ukraine leads to threats to a larger part of the world

Los Angeles Food Bank volunteers hand out boxes of produce in Montebello

Daily Video October 07 2020

More families struggle to find enough food during COVID-19

Relief negotiations between Congress and the White House have stalled even as more families struggle.

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Daily Video September 11 2020

News Roundup: Week of September 5–11

Find out what happened this week, from wildfires out west to ways people are finding ways to connect despite COVID-19.

U.S. President Trump visits Ford Rawsonville Components Plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan

Daily Video May 27 2020

Economic role of government now and during Great Depression

In this NewsHour EXTRA lesson, learn how the coronavirus is impacting the economy and how it compares to the Great Depression.

Jose Enrique, Founder of World Kitchen Central, speaks on a cellphone at Odyssey Aviation in Nassau, Bahamas

Daily Video September 05 2019

How chef José Andrés feeds the storm-stricken Bahamas

In this PBS NewsHour lesson, find out why José Andrés, now a Nobel Prize nominee, decided to create an organization focused on providing homemade meals to people in disaster zones.

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