Aug 04 ‘Sport is political.’ How athletes are keeping human rights center stage at the Olympics By Joshua Barajas As long as athletes of marginalized identities reach the Olympic podium, some experts say, it’s doubtful the desire to take a stand will fade anytime soon. Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch 9:03 As rising violent crime turns Atlanta into a ‘warzone,’ residents disagree on a solution By Amna Nawaz, Frank Carlson, Maea Lenei Buhre Even as some types of crime fell, murders and other violent crimes rose sharply in cities across the country last year — a trend that’s continued this year. The causes aren’t well understood, and there are strong disagreements about how… Continue watching
Jul 27 Man pleads guilty to 4 Asian spa killings, sentenced to life without parole By Kate Brumback, Associated Press A man accused of killing eight people, most of them women of Asian descent, at Atlanta-area massage businesses pleaded guilty Tuesday to four of the murders and was handed four sentences of life without parole. Continue reading
Jul 13 Watch 6:44 Dems in Congress lack ‘sense of urgency’ on voting rights, NAACP president says By Yamiche Alcindor, Meredith Lee Texas Democrats fighting against a restrictive voting bill took their case to Washington Tuesday as President Joe Biden made his push for strengthening voting rights laws nationwide. Derrick Johnson, the president and CEO of the NAACP, met with Biden along… Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch 6:30 Indigenous survivor describes her ‘haunting experience’ of boarding school abuse By John Yang For more than a century, native children sent to Canadian Christian boarding schools were banned from speaking their languages or practicing their traditions. Hundreds died but their families were never told and bodies never returned — only found in unmarked… Continue watching
Jul 06 Nikole Hannah-Jones chooses Howard over UNC-Chapel Hill By Tom Foreman Jr., Associated Press Investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones says she will not teach at the journalism school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill following an extended fight over tenure. Continue reading
Jul 05 As schools reopen, will Black and Asian families return? By Eveline Chao, The Hechinger Report The pandemic has underscored racial injustices in education. These Black and Asian families say they want those issues fixed before they return to the classroom. Continue reading
Jul 04 Watch 7:38 New POV doc explores the history of Confederate statues — and why they divide us By PBS NewsHour Comedian and journalist C.J. Hunt joins to discuss his new POV documentary, “The Neutral Ground,” which explores the burning issues of Confederate statues. The documentary, which airs on PBS on Monday, follows the removal of four of Confederate statues in… Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch 5:36 Deaths from drug overdoses surge in some Black communities amid COVID-19 By Amna Nawaz, David Coles, Mike Fritz As the pandemic filled American hospitals and brought life to a near standstill in 2020, the longstanding opioids epidemic was only intensifying, essentially out of sight. As Amna Nawaz reports, the death toll from that epidemic, once centered on rural,… Continue watching
Jun 29 7 takeaways from NewsHour’s investigation into harassment Black women in politics face By Lizz Bolaji, Chloe Jones As Black women continue to achieve record levels of representation in elected office, the constant harassment and threats of violence many of them face challenge that trajectory. Some live in fear, others have chosen to leave public life. The PBS… Continue reading