Politics Mar 05 Who is Jason Palmer, Democrat who defeated Biden in American Samoa caucus? By Chris Megerian, Associated Press
Nation Apr 03 Watch 2:15 After eight months of waiting, American Samoa family reunited at home After nearly a year of shutting down to flights due to the pandemic, American Samoa is beginning to repatriate its residents on flights back home under a strict quarantine protocol. NewsHour Weekend’s Laura Fong spoke to one of the hundreds… By Laura Fong
Nation Jan 03 Watch 5:43 2020 in review: Prop 22, school shutdowns and stranded American Samoans NewsHour Weekend’s Laura Fong discusses some of the biggest stories she reported on in 2020: How COVID-19 and school shutdowns impacted students and how hundreds of American Samoans are stranded in the U.S. for months because the island territory closed… By PBS NewsHour
Nation Nov 28 Watch 6:25 Stranded in the U.S., American Samoans are unable to go home American Samoa is one of the few places in the world with zero reported COVID-19 cases. The U.S. territory, 2,600 miles from Hawaii, shut down its borders in March to commercial flights to prevent the spread of the virus to… By Laura Fong
Science May 16 Watch 9:30 Climate change threatens Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge One of the biggest impacts of climate change will be on islands and coastal regions. That includes Rose Atoll Marine National Monument, an uninhabited island and protected sanctuary for dozens of wildlife species in the equatorial Pacific’s U.S. territory of… By Mike Taibbi, Mori Rothman, Laura Fong
May 16 Samoan Islands: Shifting Tides By Laura Fong, Mori Rothman, Mike Taibbi To see how one of the most remote places on earth is being impacted by climate change, NewsHour Weekend traveled last fall to Rose Atoll, an uninhabited wildlife refuge in American Samoa. We had to get a special permit from… Continue reading
May 16 360 video: Visiting the ‘island of seabirds,’ an uninhabited remote wildlife refuge in American Samoa By Laura Fong, Mori Rothman, Mike Taibbi “Island of Seabirds” to the Samoan people, Rose Atoll Marine National Monument is a major nesting site to a dozen bird species, as well as green sea turtles and other wildlife. Experience the island's wildlife, sounds and natural beauty in… Continue reading
Mar 03 Bloomberg wins American Samoa caucus By Associated Press Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg has been declared the winner of the American Samoa caucus. Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch 10:02 Sea of obstacles imperil American Samoa’s tuna industry By Mike Taibbi, Laura Fong, Mori Rothman Locally based fishermen who supply the lone Starkist tuna cannery in American Samoa are facing a perfect storm of obstacles that are threatening their economic survival. A battle is now on in the U.S. territory to fend off those looming… Continue watching
Jan 18 Watch Making NewsHour Weekend: Covering stories at home, abroad and everywhere in between By PBS NewsHour Weekend NewsHour Weekend producers Laura Fong and Mori Rothman reported in 2019 on the impact of the U.S. trade war with China on farmers in North Carolina and Wisconsin a year ahead of the 2020 Republican and Democratic national conventions. They… Continue watching