Sep 04 Watch 3:06 Mourning 5 individuals lost to COVID-19 As yet another devastating week comes to an end, we take the time to honor individuals who have fallen victim to the novel coronavirus, including a 29-year-old father and a 60-year-old flight attendant. Judy Woodruff shares five stories. Continue watching
Aug 28 Chadwick Boseman, who embodied Black icons, dies of cancer By Ryan Pearson, Associated Press First Chadwick Boseman slipped on the cleats of Jackie Robinson, then the Godfather of Soul’s dancing shoes, portraying both Black American icons with a searing intensity that commanded respect. When the former playwright suited up as Black Panther, he brought… Continue reading
Aug 28 Watch 3:34 Remembering 5 people lost to the coronavirus As another difficult week for our country comes to a close, we want to take the time to honor a few of the more than 180,000 people in the U.S. who have lost their lives to the coronavirus. Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
Aug 21 Watch 3:13 Remembering 5 more victims of the coronavirus pandemic As we are every Friday during this pandemic, we take a moment to honor individuals lost to the coronavirus. Here are stories of five more, including a 22-year-old musician and a 48-year-old Marine Corps reservist. Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch 3:23 Remembering 5 lives lost to the coronavirus As we do at the close of every week during this pandemic, we want to take a moment to honor a group of individuals who lost their lives to the coronavirus. Judy Woodruff shares their stories, from a 21-year-old baseball… Continue watching
Aug 07 Watch 6:26 The intrepid journalist who exposed Hiroshima’s horror By Jeffrey Brown After the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, it was another year before first-hand accounts emerged. Journalist John Hersey helped expose the bomb’s lasting damage, which the U.S. government tried to downplay. In a new book, “Fallout,” which… Continue watching
Aug 07 Watch 3:22 Remembering 5 victims of the coronavirus pandemic By Judy Woodruff As another difficult week comes to a close, we want to take the time to remember some of the people who have lost their lives to the coronavirus. Judy Woodruff shares the stories of five victims, including a 29-year-old California… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch 7:56 In Japan, young people rush to document Hiroshima survivors’ memories By Grace Lee It has been 75 years since the United States dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, leveling the city and killing some 150,000 people. The horrifying aftermath of that attack, and one on Nagasaki three days later, has… Continue watching
Jul 31 Watch 3:30 Honoring 5 lives lost to coronavirus The United States passed another devastating milestone this week, with more than 150,000 dead from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Judy Woodruff takes a moment to remember a few of them. Continue watching
Jul 30 Watch 7:07 Remembering John Lewis, an American civil rights icon By Judy Woodruff, Jessica Yarvin The United States bid a final farewell to John Lewis in Atlanta Thursday, after more than a week of observations in his honor. A congressman and lifelong activist, Lewis endured threats, repeated imprisonment and physical violence to fight for civil… Continue watching