Jan 17 Watch 9:13 MLK Jr. would be 'greatly disappointed' by Senate inaction on voting reform, son says Monday has been a day to remember the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and also a day of calls to action on voting rights. Demonstrators marched through streets in Washington in support of voting legislation now stalled in… Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch 6:36 New museum aims to showcase history of creative labor by actors of color By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson The Academy of Motion Pictures is best known for the Oscars, and for the controversy in recent years about the lack of diversity in its ranks and awards. Now the organization has opened a new museum in Los Angeles —… Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch 3:34 Rebecca Hall's Brief But Spectacular take on 'Passing' and racial identity By Melissa Williams Rebecca Hall has been on-screen since age 10, but in her new film "Passing" she steps into the director role for the first time. It is based on a novel that was written in 1929 by Nella Lawson at the… Continue watching
Jan 09 Watch 6:54 In Mississippi, a long-running guaranteed income program is helping Black mothers By Zachary Green In the U.S. 30% of families headed by Black mothers live below the poverty line. But one initiative in Mississippi is trying to address that problem with a guaranteed income program Magnolia Mother’s Trust is giving $1,000 a month to… Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch 6:06 How Sidney Poitier's work pushed past white limitations on Black talent By Geoff Bennett, Anne Azzi Davenport Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier has died at the age of 94. Poitier transformed how Black characters were portrayed on screen and became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance. Throughout his life, the star… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch 9:38 One former foster child's simple approach to fixing a broken system By Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Jason Kane There are currently more than 400,000 children in foster care in the United States. While the pandemic has made life more difficult for these vulnerable kids, many say the foster care system itself has been putting them at risk for… Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch 8:56 What Hartford has learned in its fight to raise Black vaccination rates By Jason Kane and Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News About 72 percent of Americans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. During much of the vaccine rollout, Hispanic and Black Americans have been less likely to get vaccinated. The gap between white and Hispanic Americans has… Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch 6:19 As ex-officer faces trial in Daunte Wright killing, many worry systemic change unlikely By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sam Lane Lawyers presented opening arguments Wednesday in the trial of former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter. Last April, she fatally shot Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro… Continue watching
Dec 08 At least 70 people were enslaved by the Jesuits in St. Louis. Descendants are now telling their stories By Gabrielle Hays Across the country, people have come to discover and question the church’s role in their families’ stories, as the Society of Jesus and affiliated organizations have started to examine its history more closely. Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch 9:01 Historically denied 'pivotal' loans, Black farmers still struggle to get support By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Simeon Lancaster For decades, Black farmers have been excluded from federal farm programs — a systematic pattern of discrimination that the U.S. Department of Agriculture acknowledged decades ago. Yet proposals to compensate farmers for past wrongs have languished in controversy and red… Continue watching