Aug 11 Watch 6:10 Why school districts like Michael Brown’s have suffered ‘rapid resegregation’ By PBS News Hour Since 1988, American schools have grown more segregated. Jeffrey Brown talks to New York Times Magazine writer Nikole Hannah-Jones -- who recently wrote about school segregation in Ferguson, Missouri -- and Sheryll Cashin of Georgetown University Law Center. Continue watching
Aug 10 Watch 7:20 How peaceful Ferguson anniversary protests turned violent By PBS News Hour Police critically wounded an 18-year-old black man overnight in Ferguson, Missouri, where mostly peaceful protests marked the anniversary of the killing of Michael Brown. Authorities say Tyrone Harris Jr. and others shot at officers, who in turn shot back, wounding… Continue watching
Aug 09 Watch One year after Michael Brown’s death, what has changed in Ferguson? By PBS News Hour Still healing one year after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown, Ferguson Councilman Wesley Bell joins Hari Sreenivasan via Skype from St. Louis, to discuss the state of the city today. Continue watching
Aug 09 Ferguson commemorates one year since Michael Brown’s death By Daniel Costa-Roberts One year ago, the police shooting of black teen Michael Brown brought Ferguson, Missouri to international attention, prompted a national conversation about race and justice and electrified the Black Lives Matter movement. On Sunday, one year since Brown's death, the… Continue reading
Aug 09 ‘There still is a lot stacked against us’: Ferguson inspires year of art By Carey Reed The death of Michael Brown and a grand jury's subsequent decision not to indict the officer who shot him spurred nationwide protests. But the events in Ferguson also inspired creative responses from artistic communities both within St. Louis County and across the… Continue reading
Aug 07 Watch 8:43 Ferguson takes steps toward change in year since Michael Brown’s death By PBS News Hour It’s nearly a year since Michael Brown, an 18-year-old black man, was shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, setting off a firestorm of protest and political activism around aggressive law enforcement and race. Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Jul 23 Watch 7:05 Ta-Nehisi Coates: We accept violence against African-Americans as normal By PBS News Hour In his new book, “Between the World and Me,” Atlantic magazine columnist Ta-Nehisi Coates writes about the looming violence that African-Americans endure every day, in the form of a letter to his 14-year-old son. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Coates about… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch 3:05 What really led to the choking death of Eric Garner? By PBS News Hour It has been almost a year since the release of the video showing the choking death of Eric Garner as he was being arrested in Staten Island, New York. Garner’s death, along with the police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, of… Continue watching
Mar 14 Watch 3:19 Ferguson under fire: After municipal shakeup, who’s accountable now? By PBS News Hour Following the Justice Department's scathing report about racism within the Ferguson Police Department this week, the city's manager, police chief and municipal judge were all forced out of their jobs. But so far, Ferguson Mayor James Knowles refuses to step… Continue watching
Mar 11 ‘Sad to read and sadder to live’: Members of Ferguson Commission react to DOJ report By Nora Daly We continue the conversation on the Justice Department's report on the Ferguson, Missouri, police department. Join us for a Twitter chat Wednesday with a member of the Ferguson Commission from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. EDT. Follow along using #NewsHourChats. Continue reading