Oct 24 Watch 5:57 Trial of the white nationalists behind the 2017 Charlottesville rally is set to begin By PBS NewsHour A federal court in Virginia is set to begin the trial of the 2017 Charlottesville ‘Unite the Right’ rally on Monday. Plaintiffs argue that the rally, in which a counter protester was killed, was an unlawful conspiracy while the rally’s… Continue watching
Oct 24 Watch 6:12 Exploring hate: How antisemitism fuels white nationalism By PBS NewsHour Weekend Antisemitism is a core ideology in white nationalist movements and was part of what drove extremists at the 2017 Charlottesville ‘Unite the Right’ protest. American University professor Pamela Nadell, former homeland security analyst Daryl Johnson,racial justice activist Eric Ward, and… Continue watching
Oct 23 Watch 6:08 After an early forced adoption, an Indigenous man rediscovers his identity By Eric Wardell, Global Reporting Centre Eric Wardell, an Indigenous man from Canada’s Northwest Territories, was taken from his parents at just three weeks old, in what is known in Canada as the “sixties scoop.” In this first-person story, Wardell explores his identity — what it… Continue watching
Oct 21 How segregation and neglect left Benton Harbor, Michigan with toxic water By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang Nestled against the shore of Lake Michigan on the southwestern side of the state, Benton Harbor is a small town with a population of just under 10,000. According to the U.S. Census Bureau figures for 2019, 84.7 percent of people… Continue reading
Oct 20 Why some Indigenous tribes are being left behind in Louisiana's Ida recovery By Roby Chavez Only four of the state’s 15 tribes have met the federal criteria to be recognized as sovereign powers. Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch 8:21 How federal emergency aid helped offset costs for students in historically Black schools By Yamiche Alcindor, Diane Lincoln Estes The pandemic has posed unprecedented financial challenges for U.S. colleges and students. The federal government has provided more than $70 billion in relief. Over $3 billion specifically for historically Black colleges and universities and more than $1 billion to minority-serving… Continue watching
Oct 19 Watch 6:16 How Ahmaud Arbery's killing spurred a national reckoning on race By William Brangham, Ryan Connelly Holmes, Karina Cuevas Jury selection is underway in the high profile case of white men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed Black man, in Georgia — one of the cases that set in motion a wave of racial justice protests nationwide in… Continue watching
Oct 17 Watch 7:22 Native American tribes land buybacks start a commercial approach to social justice By Kira Kay, Jason Maloney In part two of a two-part series, Special Correspondent Kira Kay reports on the Nez Perce tribe and its efforts to regain control of part of the 7.5 million acres of land granted to it by the U.S. government in… Continue watching
Oct 16 Watch 7:57 Why Native Americans are buying back land that was stolen from them By Kira Kay, Jason Maloney From 1877 to 1934, under a range of laws and reneged-upon treaties, the U.S. government appropriated tens of millions of acres of Native American land. In recent years there has been a growing movement known as “land back” to reclaim… Continue watching
Oct 15 Watch 4:33 Missouri city honors Black doctor whose land was taken decades ago through eminent domain By Gabrielle Hays, Talesha Reynolds, Ryan Connelly Holmes Historically, urban renewal and eminent domain have separated hundreds of thousands of African Americans from their property and locked them out of generational wealth. But a newly dedicated park outside St. Louis, Missouri is one of the latest attempts to… Continue watching