Oct 17 Watch 7:22 Native American tribes land buybacks start a commercial approach to social justice By Kira Kay, Jason Maloney In part two of a two-part series, Special Correspondent Kira Kay reports on the Nez Perce tribe and its efforts to regain control of part of the 7.5 million acres of land granted to it by the U.S. government in… Continue watching
Oct 16 Watch 7:31 A delayed transportation infrastructure project moves forward in the Northeast Corridor By Hari Sreenivasan, Connie Kargbo It's been called the most urgent infrastructure program in America — but for decades, the Gateway Program has been on hold. The $30-billion project would see a dramatic upgrade to transportation infrastructure in the most heavily used section of the… Continue watching
Oct 16 Watch 7:57 Why Native Americans are buying back land that was stolen from them By Kira Kay, Jason Maloney From 1877 to 1934, under a range of laws and reneged-upon treaties, the U.S. government appropriated tens of millions of acres of Native American land. In recent years there has been a growing movement known as “land back” to reclaim… Continue watching
Oct 15 Watch 4:33 Missouri city honors Black doctor whose land was taken decades ago through eminent domain By Gabrielle Hays, Talesha Reynolds, Ryan Connelly Holmes Historically, urban renewal and eminent domain have separated hundreds of thousands of African Americans from their property and locked them out of generational wealth. But a newly dedicated park outside St. Louis, Missouri is one of the latest attempts to… Continue watching
Oct 15 Watch 8:33 Lost to history, Questlove documentary brings iconic 1969 concert back to life By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet In the summer of 1969 cameras captured a series of concerts in Harlem featuring artists who would go on to become musical legends, like Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone and Gladys Knight. But for decades no one was interested in the… Continue watching
Oct 15 Watch 3:21 A Florida sheriff's Brief But Spectacular take on mental illness in county jails Ken Mascara has been the sheriff of St. Lucie County in Florida for the past 20 years. He has seen funding for mental health facilities plummet, and as a result, more and more mentally ill patients end up languishing behind… Continue watching
Oct 15 WATCH: Biden says 'silence is complicity' on human rights By Associated Press Biden also asserted that his administration is putting human rights is at the center of his foreign policy to "reassert our moral leadership on the global stage."… Continue reading
Oct 15 Chicago mayor takes police union head to court over vaccines By Don Babwin, Associated Press Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has taken her fight with the head of the city’s police officers union to court, arguing that his call for officers to ignore an order to report their COVID-19 vaccination status by Friday was illegal. Continue reading
Oct 15 FDA panel endorses booster shot for Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine By Matthew Perrone, Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press J&J has asked the Food and Drug Administration for flexibility with its booster, arguing the extra dose adds important protection as early as two months after initial vaccination -- but that it might work better if people wait until six… Continue reading
Oct 15 DOJ will ask Supreme Court to halt Texas abortion law By Associated Press The Texas law is the nation's biggest curb to abortion in nearly 50 years. Continue reading