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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.
Protests after the death of George Floyd, in Washington
Daily Video June 09 2020

What does it mean to “defund the police”?
In this NewsHour lesson plan, learn about the current debate over defunding the police.
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Daily Video June 09 2020

Teens talk about encounters with injustice and police violence
In this NewsHour lesson plan, learn about two teenagers' experiences with racial injustice and the fight for change in their own lives.
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.
Protest following the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Washington
Daily Video June 01 2020

States mobilize National Guard amid protests
In this NewsHour lesson plan, discuss the ways city, state and national leaders have responded to civil unrest.
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Daily Video May 28 2020

Social media's role in monitoring misinformation
In this NewsHour EXTRA lesson, learn about Twitter's new initiative to fact check the tweets of influential figures such as President Trump and how it has stirred debate over the role of social media platforms as content moderators.
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Daily Video May 21 2020

COVID-19 adds to local concerns over Keystone XL pipeline
In this NewsHour EXTRA lesson, learn about health risks that thousands of out-of-state oil workers may bring into communities along the Keystone XL pipeline route.
Organizers and clergy hold a Poor People's Campaign rally at the U.S. Capitol
Daily Video May 18 2020

How felony convictions affect voting rights
In this PBS NewsHour EXTRA lesson plan, learn how people in Florida with felony records are fighting to regain their voting rights and Reverend William Barber's plan to fight voter suppression.
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Daily Video May 15 2020

How COVID disproportionately affects people of color
In this PBS NewsHour EXTRA current events lesson, learn how COVID-19 disproportionately affects communities of color and what is being done to address the problem.
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