“President Trump’s effort to eliminate the Affordable Care Act was stymied by the Senate last year, but he hasn’t stopped trying to undermine it. William Brangham asks New York Times health care correspondent Margot Sanger-Katz about recent funding reductions for enrollment navigators, whether coverage for pre-existing conditions is in jeopardy and the future of the…
“Stax Music Academy is located on the site of the original Stax Records studio in historic Soulsville, which many legendary musicians — including Aretha Franklin, Memphis Slim, and Booker T. Jones — called home. It aims to nurture the next generation of musicians in the Memphis neighborhood that defined soul music.” Watch more at https://www.pbs.org/newshour/
“Two weeks ago, 3-year-old Sofi and her grandmother were making the journey through Mexico to seek asylum in the U.S. Although they entered legally and with guardianship documents, they were separated two days after entering, and two days after President Trump’s executive order ending family separation. Amna Nawaz joins Judy Woodruff to update the story…
“As the #MeToo movement inspires bigger conversations around sexual assault, veteran comedian Cameron Esposito does not want the voices of survivors to be left out. In her new special, “Rape Jokes,” Esposito talks about sexual violence culture and her own experience as a survivor. NewsHour Weekend’s Ivette Feliciano reports. Warning: this piece includes graphic language…
“A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the government to reunite immigrant families who had been separated at the border within 30 days, or sooner for children younger than 5. But that timeline may be hard to meet, raising the stakes for the Trump administration. John Yang gets analysis John Sandweg, former acting director of Immigration…
“As thousands of children were separated from their parents at the Mexican border, President Trump and his supporters doubled down, advancing his Republican approval rating to the highest in history. Many in his base came together to either deny the situation or sympathize with the claim that Trump is under attack. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent…
“Claims of severe physical and psychological abuse of immigrant teenagers at a juvenile detention facility near Staunton, Virginia, has prompted Gov. Ralph Northam to launch an investigation, hours after they were reported by the Associated Press. John Yang talks with the AP’s Michael Beisecker, one of the reporters who broke the story, about the troubling…
“The Trump administration has argued that it has no choice but separate migrant children and their parents who enter the U.S. illegally. Former Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano says it does have a choice, and that what’s happening is a humanitarian crisis. Napolitano joins Judy Woodruff to offer her reaction to the “zero tolerance”…
“Nearly 2,000 children were separated from their families after illegally crossing the border in April and May, according to the Department of Homeland Security. In Southern California, one of the more than hundred facilities that houses unaccompanied migrant children opened its doors to the media on Friday. Amna Nawaz talks with Jean Guerrero of KPBS…
“Inspired by the people who have come forward as part of the #MeToo movement, Imani Davis shares her poem “Platinum” and gives her Brief but Spectacular take on how society can overlook wrongdoing by famous artists.” Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour