Health Mar 21 Nurse reflects on struggles of working the frontlines during COVID By Sam Lane, William Brangham, Mike Fritz
Nation Mar 20 Watch 4:00 Restaurant owner reflects on the lasting impact of the pandemic We continue our look back at the COVID-19 pandemic, five years after the virus began spreading in the United States. Our latest reflection is from someone who spent much of his life working at his family's restaurant, only to have… By Mike Fritz, Sam Lane, Maea Lenei Buhre, William Brangham
World Feb 16 Watch 6:19 How’s the revolution going? Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef answers (satirically) Last week Egypt marked the five-year anniversary of the revolution that overthrew President Hosni Mubarak. But the road forward has been slow and tumultuous. Jeffrey Brown talks to Bassem Youssef, the political satirist some call the "Jon Stewart of Egypt,”… By PBS News Hour
World Feb 12 Watch 9:32 Can Egyptian women start a revolution against sexual violence? In Tahrir Square, the center of the Egyptian revolution five years ago, women safely joined men to protest for a new future. But that moment soon ended; hundreds, even thousands of female protesters were sexually assaulted. In some cases, activists… By PBS News Hour
World Feb 11 Watch 7:52 Has justice taken a backseat to civil order in Egypt’s courts? Egypt’s judiciary, once renowned as fiercely independent, now faces criticism for the harsh and lengthy imprisonment of political prisoners under the leadership of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Special correspondent Nick Schifrin talks with one family who have tirelessly fought for… By PBS News Hour
Feb 10 Watch 11:05 Egypt’s opposition forcibly muted five years since revolution By PBS News Hour Five years after the revolution that toppled the government, Egypt has yet to achieve the movement’s democratic ideals. But there are no more protests because protests are illegal. Freedom of speech curtailed, McCarthy-esque fear pervades under President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, with… Continue watching