Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien

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Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien; July 16th, 2022 Jul 18, 2022

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The Miami Heat working to mend police-community relations; a look at rising threats to election officials; a visit to Brooklyn's Black Girl Magic Row; a new free tuition grant for Native American college students; a Capitol honor for Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune.

Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien; July 9th, 2022 Jul 11, 2022

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One county's fight for environmental justice; the megadrought's impact on an Arizona farm family; the educator teaching climate science; an urban farm helping a food desert; planting trees in Florida to combat climate change.

Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien; July 2nd, 2022 Jul 06, 2022

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The Honor for bravery in combat; the stories of two Vietnam vets nominated, and why one vets honor was delayed; why the marine who lost his legs in combat keeps running; the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor.

Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien; June 25th, 2022 Jun 27, 2022

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Getting broadband access to rural America; the stress on the nation's power grids; former WNBA Renee Montgomery on Title IX's impact; the history of the rainbow flag; first steps towards a National Museum celebrating the history of Latinos in America.

Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien; June 18th, 2022 Jun 20, 2022

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Prof. Ibram X. Kendi on how to be an anti-racist; inside Hope Chicago's effort to send students and parents to college free of charge; Rednecks for Black Lives movement in Kentucky; worker rights advocate Dolores Huerta on her legacy; Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on healing our divisions.

Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien; June 11th, 2022 Jun 13, 2022

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A road trip on I-70 shows American identity; Chinese immigrants who built the Transcontinental Railroad; denied citizenship; Nikole Hannah Jones, of the 1619 Project, on her father's legacy; Jose Antonio Vargas on life as an undocumented American.

Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien; May 21st, 2022 Jun 10, 2022

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The North Carolina Councilman who lost his sister in the AME Church shooting in 2015 shares his thoughts on Buffalo; how a zip code can impact health; gun violence as a public health issue; students fighting book banning; the Chinese immigrants who built American railroads.

Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien; June 4th, 2022 Jun 07, 2022

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A social experiment examining how seven strangers respond to bias; how stereotypes in entertainment influence media and attitudes today; two men with similar upbringings have very different futures; the rapper using art as protest.

Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien; May 28th, 2022 Jun 07, 2022

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A father who lost his son turns his pain into purpose; a top expert on youth mental health; the music born from a rebellion; why Americans are sleeping less than ever; upcoming episodes of our ongoing series on race and social justice, the latest “Trailblazers, Troublemakers, and Dreams.”

Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien; May 14th, 2022 Jun 07, 2022

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The struggle to find and provide good, affordable child care; programs helping formerly incarcerated women; a decades long friendship between a former cop and the man he arrested; an update on Afghans who fled the Taliban for the U.S; putting leftover soap to good use.

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