Jun 26 Watch 5:14 Nonprofit tackles inequities by building playgrounds in low-income neighborhoods By Cat Wise Nearly 30 million children in the U.S. do not have a park within a 10-minute walk of their home. And children from lower-income neighborhoods tend to have less access to parks than those in high-income areas. But as special Correspondent… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch 4:39 After Roe, abortion rights advocate predicts worsening Black maternal mortality crisis By Amna Nawaz, Frank Carlson As abortion is banned in many parts of the U.S., it is “unconscionable” to ask states’ pandemic-strapped health care systems to absorb more patients, said Kelly Davis, executive director of New Voices for Reproductive Justice. Davis joins Amna Nawaz to… Continue watching
Jun 21 40 years after Vincent Chin’s death, activists work to keep legacy from fading By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang Correction: The original version of this story misspelled Yuji Ichioka’s name. It has since been updated. Director and writer Curtis Chin grew up in Detroit’s small, close-knit Chinatown. His family owned Chung’s, a long popular Chinese restaurant and local… Continue reading
Jun 20 Watch 9:52 Americans celebrate Juneteenth as the push for social justice persists By Amna Nawaz, Ryan Connelly Holmes Monday marked just the second time in U.S. history that the federal government has recognized Juneteenth. The holiday celebrates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought word of slavery’s end to Galveston, Texas, freeing the last enslaved people after the… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch 7:23 Examining Asian American civil rights 40 years after Vincent Chin’s murder June marks 40 years since the brutal death of Vincent Chin. The 27-year-old was beaten to death with a baseball bat by two men, who were fined $3,000 and received no jail time. His death sparked calls for justice and… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch 6:04 Juneteenth’s evolution into a national holiday and meaningful ways to celebrate By John Yang, Kaisha Young Monday will be the second time Juneteenth is a federal holiday. The day honors the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans, but some people are still figuring out how to best mark the holiday. John Yang spoke with two organizers about Juneteenth’s… Continue watching
Jun 11 Watch 4:59 How race played a role in the Capitol insurrection The Jan. 6 committee will hold its next public hearing on Monday morning. And while the panel's focus is on former President Trump and his closest allies, future witnesses are expected to draw a link between the Trump White House… Continue watching
Jun 03 Watch 7:26 A Pulitzer Prize winner’s modern take on Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet A reworking of Shakespeare "Hamlet" called "Fat Ham” recently won the Pulitzer Prize in drama. Jeffrey Brown has the story from New York for our arts and culture series, "CANVAS."… Continue watching
Jun 01 Watch 4:42 News Wrap: Buffalo grand jury formally charges suspect for racist rampage that killed 10 In our news wrap Wednesday, a grand jury in Buffalo formally charged a white 18-year-old suspect for the massacre of 10 Black people at a supermarket, Sheryl Sandberg is stepping down as chief operating officer for Meta, Shanghai residents celebrated… Continue watching
May 31 Watch 7:23 Architect Maya Lin helps a museum tell the larger story of Asian Americans By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet Maya Lin is known for her memorials, architecture, and her art. A new project adds a very personal side to her story and of millions of other Asian Americans. As the Museum of Chinese in America seeks to expand its… Continue watching