Apr 22 Watch 7:19 Modi punts responsibility to states as India records highest global single day infections By Amna Nawaz, Harry Zahn This week, India set grim and global new high records Thursday with 315,000 cases in just 24 hours and another 2,100 deaths — the highest one day number of new COVID-19 infections of any nation since the pandemic began. The… Continue watching
Apr 20 Watch 4:08 News Wrap: Democrats block effort to censure Maxine Waters for Chauvin trial comments In our news wrap Tuesday, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives blocked a vote on censuring congresswoman Maxine Waters. Latino lawyers and community leaders in Chicago called for a federal investigation of the police shooting of Adam Toledo. The… Continue watching
Apr 17 Worldwide COVID-19 death toll tops a staggering 3 million By David Biller, Maria Cheng, Joshua Goodman, Associated Press The number of lives lost, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is about equal to the population of Kyiv, Ukraine; Caracas, Venezuela; or metropolitan Lisbon, Portugal. It is bigger than Chicago (2.7 million) and equivalent to Philadelphia and Dallas combined. Continue reading
Apr 16 Watch 5:02 News Wrap: AG Garland rescinds Trump-era curb on consent decrees for police In our news wrap Friday, the U.S. Justice department rescinded a Trump-era curb on consent decrees, making it easier to investigate police departments and press for major changes in use of force. An Indiana man has become the first person… Continue watching
Apr 14 Watch 9:06 How the U.S. plans to address educational inequities, teacher burnout and school shootings By Amna Nawaz, Courtney Norris and Rawan Elbaba, Student Reporting Labs More than half of public schools around the country are back to full time in-person classes. But many school districts still are using distance or hybrid learning, and there are many questions ahead about what it will take to reopen… Continue watching
Apr 10 Watch 5:18 The ethics of ‘vaccine passports’ and a moral case for global vaccine equity By PBS NewsHour As vaccines continue to roll out globally, wealthier nations have been inoculating their populations at much higher rate than the global South, sparking the debate over “vaccine passports.” Northwestern University professor Steven Thrasher, instead, argues in favor of focusing on… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch 6:43 EU finds possible link between the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and rare blood clots The European Medicines Agency said a very rare side effect of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is "unusual blood clots with low blood platelets." That's a blow to low- and middle-income countries because the vaccine is inexpensive, easier to transport and… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch 7:33 Balancing in-person and virtual learning during the pandemic takes toll on teachers By Jeffrey Brown, Courtney Norris Roughly 80 percent of K-12 teachers and staff in the U.S. are now at least partially vaccinated. But educators in many districts are still expected to teach students both in-person and online, and stress remains high for some. Jeffrey Brown… Continue watching
Apr 05 Watch 5:52 New COVID variants, relaxed public restrictions cause spike in Michigan hospitalizations By William Brangham, Courtney Norris, Corey Meador Even as more Americans receive vaccinations, parts of the U.S. are seeing a troubling surge in COVID cases. This is especially true for the upper Midwest and Northeast. Michigan is struggling with an especially strong spike. William Brangham speaks to… Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch 5:35 Strong jobs report offers signs of hope for an economic recovery By William Brangham, Alison Thoet The U.S. Labor Department reported Friday a net gain of 916,000 jobs last month, the most since August, while the unemployment rate fell to 6 percent. The upbeat jobs report seems to confirm some economists' forecasts that the economy is… Continue watching