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U.S. Senate holds confirmation hearing for Barrett to be Supreme Court justice in Washington
Daily Video October 14 2020

Why do Supreme Court nominees avoid answering so many questions?
Explore how the nomination and confirmation process works for Supreme Court nominees
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Daily Video April 09 2020

PBS news summary: Choose your own current event activity
In this current events lesson, check out the PBS NewsHour's 2-minute news wrap from April 8, 2020.
Staff nurse Lt. Gretta Walter awaits the arrival of coronavirus test patients in the emergency room at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital in Fort Belvoir
Daily Video March 24 2020

Health care workers on the frontlines of war against coronavirus
In this NewsHour current events lesson, learn about how health care professionals are handling the challenges of the coronavirus.
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Daily Video May 24 2019

High school journalists report on sex education and public health
Learn how PBS' teen reporters are covering important health care issues like teen pregnancy in this STEM Student Reporting Labs "Health Innovators" series.
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Daily Video May 21 2019

Study guide: Alabama and Missouri pass laws restricting access to abortion
Use this NewsHour lesson with your students to learn more about the recent wave of state laws restricting abortion.
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Daily Video April 06 2019

Asbestos still causing harm amid broken regulatory system
This NewsHour lesson explores how the U.S. continues to import asbestos despite its lethal health impacts.
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Lesson Plan January 09 2019

Lesson plan: The life and death stakes of health inequality
It has been long documented that African Americans have been historically under-served when it come…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Upsets Rep. Joseph Crowley In NY Primary
Daily News Lesson July 14 2018

Monitoring the midterms: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other primary result indicators
Interested in clear, unbiased news coverage for your students on the 2018 midterm elections? Check out NewsHour Extra's resources on what the primaries could mean for the Democratic Party, especially 28-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's victory in New York. June's primaries also went well for President Trump's candidates.
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Daily Video December 20 2017

Free eye exams and glasses give these students vision to learn
A new program called Vision for Baltimore provides eye exams and two pairs of glasses free of charge to every K-8 student in Baltimore City who needs them.
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Daily Video August 03 2017

Can Republicans and Democrats learn to work together?
Partisan politics in the U.S. Congress has been on the rise since the 1990s.
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