Jun 05 Watch 5:42 An Indigenous woman tells her story: residential school, addiction, and learning to heal By Muriel Betsina, Global Reporting Centre Canadians are demanding answers after unmarked graves of Indigenous children were found on the grounds of a former residential boarding school in British Columbia. Similar schools existed across Canada and the U.S. aimed at “assimilating” Native peoples by removing them… Continue watching
Jun 05 Watch 5:43 How did the stimulus checks impact everyday Americans? By PBS NewsHour The COVID-19 relief bill provided emergency aid to tens of millions of Americans facing financial insecurity due to the pandemic. Despite ongoing debate over safety net policy, a new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau “household pulse” surveys looks at how… Continue watching
Jun 05 Justice Dept. says it’ll no longer seize reporters’ records By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Justice Department said Saturday that it no longer will secretly obtain reporters’ records during leak investigations, a policy shift that abandons a practice decried by news organizations and press freedom groups. Continue reading
Jun 05 D-Day spirit of remembrance lives on, despite the pandemic By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press Amid the coronavirus pandemic, this year's D-Day commemorations are taking place with travel restrictions that have prevented veterans or families of fallen soldiers from the U.S., Britain and other allied countries from making the trip to France. Only a few… Continue reading
May 30 Vets return to Memorial Day traditions as pandemic eases By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press About 10 miles away, scores of other vets and volunteers do the same, placing more than 37,000 small flags on the downtown Boston Common — a sea of red, white and blue meant to symbolize all the Massachusetts soldiers killed… Continue reading
May 30 Watch 6:31 Inside Sesame Street’s racism initiative for kids By PBS NewsHour The death of George Floyd and spate of hate crimes against Asian Americans have elevated conversations around race, racial identity and police brutality. To talk about these complex and sensitive issues with children, Sesame Street is developing new resources and… Continue watching
May 30 Netanyahu could lose PM job as rivals attempt to join forces By Josef Federman, Associated Press The head of a small hard-line party says he will try to form a unity government with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opponents. The announcement by Yamina party leader Naftali Bennett marks a major step toward ending the 12-year rule of… Continue reading
May 30 Police: 2 dead, 20+ injured in Florida banquet hall shooting By Associated Press Police in South Florida say two people have died and 20 to 25 people have been injured in a shooting outside a banquet hall. News outlets report the gunfire erupted early Sunday at the El Mula Banquet Hall in northwest… Continue reading
May 30 Watch 8:56 Asian business districts hope for recovery after shutdown, racist attacks By Laura Fong, Mori Rothman Even before COVID-19 forced non-essential businesses across America to shut down, Asian business districts like Chinatown in NYC, were already seeing a decline in revenue because of anti-Asian sentiment. More than a year later, as shops and restaurants begin to… Continue watching
May 29 Watch 7:40 Michio Kaku on his lifelong search for ‘The God Equation’ By Mori Rothman Michio Kaku is a theoretical physicist who was inspired as a young child to search for the ‘theory of everything.’ Kaku co-founded the string field theory, which he believes may be the answer to the long quest to understand our… Continue watching