• Retired Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski reflects on his long, illustrious career

    Retired Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski reflects on his long, illustrious career

    May 31, 2022 10:25 PM EST

    ... course of his career, Krzyzewski has never shied away from voicing his opinions. Protesters: Black lives matter~! Protesters: Black lives matter~! Judy Woodruff: In 2020, when the murder of George Floyd rocked the nation, he released a video statement after a series of conversations with his current and former players.

  • May 25, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    May 25, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    May 25, 2022 11:40 PM EST

    Wednesday on the NewsHour, residents of Uvalde, Texas mourn the students and teachers killed in a horrific shooting at an elementary school. Then, voters in Georgia make their voices heard in critical primary elections as former President Trump's endorsement yields mixed results. Plus, a new biography on George Floyd ...

  • News Wrap: FDA acknowledges missteps in baby formula shortage

    News Wrap: FDA acknowledges missteps in baby formula shortage

    May 25, 2022 10:40 PM EST

    ... s 1.5 percent. The S&P 500 added 37. That's 1 percent. Still to come on the "NewsHour": a new biography of George Floyd puts his life in context against the United States' legacy of systemic racism; former President Trump's endorsement deals mixed results in Georgia ...

  • How Biden's executive order will impact policing practices

    How Biden's executive order will impact policing practices

    May 25, 2022 10:30 PM EST

    Two years after George Floyd's death, President Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order aimed at overhauling policing practices. Among other actions, it revises use-of-force policies for federal law enforcement agencies and creates a national registry of officer misconduct. Christy Lopez, of the Georgetown University Law Center ...

  • Brooks and Capehart on the Buffalo mass shooting, primary results, public opinion on Roe

    Brooks and Capehart on the Buffalo mass shooting, primary results, public opinion on Roe

    May 20, 2022 10:35 PM EST

    ... saying, what are you talking about? You're over -- you're hypersensitive. That won't happen again, because -- I think because of Ferguson, because of George Floyd, where the two-year anniversary is coming up next week, because of the litany of things that we have been through, racial things ...

  • After Buffalo, civil rights leaders pitch anti-hate plans

    After Buffalo, civil rights leaders pitch anti-hate plans

    May 20, 2022 01:47 PM EST

    ... the list from legally purchasing a firearm. And on police reforms, the proposal calls on Biden to take executive action in lieu of the stalled George Floyd Justice in Policing Act before the two-year anniversary of Floyd’s murder next week. “All police and law enforcement officers must submit ...

  • As national discussion on race continues, within spy agencies a call to diversify

    As national discussion on race continues, within spy agencies a call to diversify

    May 19, 2022 04:56 PM EST

    ... and cultural misunderstandings inside America's largest intelligence service. The NSA and other intelligence agencies held calls for their staff shortly after the death of George Floyd. As Gen. Paul Nakasone listened, one person described how they would try to speak up in meetings only to have the rest of ...

  • News Wrap: Omicron variant drives spike in U.S. COVID-19 cases

    News Wrap: Omicron variant drives spike in U.S. COVID-19 cases

    May 18, 2022 10:55 PM EST

    ... alliance.Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane pleaded guilty today to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. His count of second-degree unintentional murder will be dismissed as part of his plea deal. Lane helped restrain Floyd alongside former officer ...

  • 'Philip Guston Now' portrays art of controversial and confrontational painter

    'Philip Guston Now' portrays art of controversial and confrontational painter

    May 12, 2022 10:20 PM EST

    Jared Bowen: In the wake of George Floyd's murder and ensuing protests, the museums, which also included MFA Houston and London's Tate Modern, chose to postpone the show four years, when, they announced, the work, including its KKK imagery, could be -- quote -- "more clearly interpreted." Matthew Teitelbaum: We ...

  • Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper details his fraught relationship with Trump

    Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper details his fraught relationship with Trump

    May 10, 2022 10:40 PM EST

    ... we thought just didn't make sense and would -- could end up doing more harm than good. Judy Woodruff: In particular, I mean, you open the book with June the 1st, 2020. This is in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd, when there had been protests in Washington.