Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien

A look at rail safety issues in Pittsburgh; Chicago’s South Side residents learning to treat gunshot wounds; the eerie phenomenon called “Ghost Forests”; cyber-stalking – free speech or threat?; a piece of Civil Rights history is relocating.

How school lunch debt burdens students and parents; a national voter roll system loses members; an artist turning guns into sculptures; find out why scientists are collecting poop; U.S. returning more stolen artifacts to their countries of origin.

School district lawsuits against social media platforms over youth mental health; exploring solutions to homelessness; the rich legacy of African American craftspeople; clean energy help for our most polluted neighborhoods; April’s astral spectacles.

How a Florida fire department is trying to solve staff shortages; how an influx of funding could modernize the IRS; a rock band’s story becomes an opera; a Puerto Rico town’s solar solution; a look back at the U.S. purchase of Alaska from Russia.

A Supreme Court expert analyzes current term; will a NYC congestion tax increase pollution elsewhere?; an award-winning mixologist promotes inclusion in her industry;  taking the moo out of milk to reduce greenhouse gases; scientific images become art.

How a rural Wisconsin town is adapting to a majority immigrant population; getting broadband access to rural America; investors helping grow tech manufacturing startups in LA; rats aiding disaster rescue efforts; a robot hoodie that’s accessible fashion.

The Cherokee Nation tries to save its language; John Legend on restoring voting rights to former felons; a community band keeping kids safe from violence is invited to London; a youth program inspiring future leaders; a Lincoln Memorial upgrade.

Tracing Harriet Tubman's footsteps; a Georgia production company boosting Latino voices; meet the women of Brooklyn's Black Girl Magic Row; Soledad talks to award-winning trans actress Michaela Jaé Rodriguez; the woman behind the ERA and why it's not law.

At 18, the nation’s youngest mayor plans to revive his Arkansas town; a study of the 4-day work week; why pulse oximeters are inaccurate based on skin color; impact of kids not eating enough fruit and vegetables; new satellite tracks air quality changes.

The legal battle in Seattle over social media and youth mental health; the history of public school curriculum battles; a Mississippi Delta distillery keeps a family legacy alive; Why California’s trees are dying; in praise of the humble hamme

A labor educator on recruiting Gen Z to skilled trades; how the Superbowl played a role in the Iranian hostage crisis; a community struggles to save a local newspaper; a shapeshifting robot could save lives; play a board game that fights climate change.

The fight for women's rights in Iran through the eyes of sisters who fled their homeland, detecting A-I assisted writing; the struggle for Long Covid sufferers; ancient Rome's self-mending concrete; Flora Patterson’s tree-saving legacy.

Milwaukee’s plan for more affordable housing; the treaty promising the Cherokee nation a seat in Congress; a mom making healthy meals with WIC approved foods goes viral; a modern take on Franklin’s lightning rod; a nature trail for neuro-divergent hikers.

How an Asian American community in Louisiana was nearly washed away; the hosts of HGTV's "Bargain Block" on what's coming in Season 3; how a Tennessee city is using technology to create safer streets; how your family dog can benefit your toddler.

Teaching neighbors to treat Chicago’s gunshot victims on-scene; how to stay the course with New Year’s resolutions; the legacy of white supremacy in our textbooks; rural or urban – where do you live?; a new supermarket slow lane helping fight isolation.

Solutions to end U.S. homelessness; abortion bans put medical schools in legal bind to train ob-gyns; new suicide prevention number offers a lifeline; what would you like in a Presidential candidate?; the Pavement Surgeon turns potholes into sidewalk art.

Friends building a tech hub in Jackson, MS; Parkland shooting survivor talks about becoming an activist; meeting Native Americans’ banking needs; Margaret Cho on using comedy to confront racism; a musical tribute to suffragettes.

Prof. Ibram X. Kendi on how to be an anti-racist; Hope Chicago is sending students and parents to college free of charge; Rednecks for Black Lives in Kentucky; Dolores Huerta on her legacy; Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on healing our divisions.

California's new law for unhoused mentally ill people; the Supreme Court on the line between free speech and discrimination; Rural maternal health nursing shortage; Climate change and toxic pollution of waterways; Whatever happened to "murder hornets"?

Training doctors in post Roe v. Wade America; research on the benefits of the 4-day work week; the Cherokee Nation's a seat in Congress, promised by a treaty 200 years ago; Salton Sea cleanup gets a federal boost; 3D printed homes - coming to a neighborhood near you?

A look at how pulse oximeters deliver racially biased readings; a mom helping families make affordable, healthy meals from WIC approved products; how using dating apps changes your brain; a landmark Rosa Parks anniversary; how video games could help dogs.

Jessica Gomez’s road trip on I-70 across middle America began in 2020 to find out how people saw their American identity; continuing in 2022 just prior to midterm elections, we hear from people about what’s most important for the country’s future.

A Louisiana woman wins battle to keep prior convictions off college applications; Milwaukee artist preserving her neighborhood; Georgia production company boosting Latino stories; EPA tests groundwater in Puerto Rico; women composers' lost music is found.

An Afghan family with four daughters trying to build a new life in the U.S.; investors helping grow tech hardware manufacturing in LA; the legacy of white supremacy in our textbooks; a groundbreaking new crash test dummy; saluting U.S. veterans.

A road trip to find out what's on American voters' minds; Lee County, Florida prepares for elections after Hurricane Ian; Bronx residents fighting to lift their communities from poverty; rats aiding disaster rescue efforts; wildlife photography awards.

A road trip across middle America – discovering what's on voters' minds; the good Samaritans paying off medical debt; a technology helping states clean up voter registration rolls; Halloween's plastic problem; to emoji or not to emoji at work.

Louisiana's first victims of climate change; first-ever documentary on the life of Rosa Parks; Long Covid and one woman's struggle for treatment; an offensive slur is removed from 643 federal sites; a new exhibit for Space Center Houston.

A trip to west Texas where moms-to-be travel hundreds of miles to see a doctor; the Supreme Court and affirmative action; keeping Emmet Till's legacy alive; preparing for child flu season; where a library card gives you access to national parks.

A nonprofit helping first-time Milwaukee homebuyers; what you need to know about Georgia's new election laws; returning tribal land to its rightful owners; Sylvia Mendez recalls her 1947 lawsuit to integrate schools; Can't sleep? Count sheep.

Millions of rural Americans struggling to get Internet connection; the rising cost and inaccessibility of childcare; a community’s fight for clean drinking water; why we’re not getting enough sleep; what happens to all the unused hotel soap?

West Virginia school district creating teacher pipeline for high schoolers; NASA on return to the moon and permanent habitation; farmers coping as the Colorado River dries up; rock band goes to Supreme Court for its name; a bird migration tracking tool.

Solutions for Americans struggling to make ends meet; tracing Harriet Tubman's footsteps; Soledad talks with award-winning actress Michaela Jaé Rodriguez; extra aid for Ukrainian Holocaust survivors; a robot hoodie created to be accessible fashion.

A Brooklyn group tries to solve America's food waste problem with a unique bike service; helping students catch up after pandemic learning loss; what's Dating App Fatigue; Presidential records and the National Archives; a new look at Texas wind turbines

Investors back job training to help workers double their income; a DA and a prison abolitionist find common ground on justice system reform; how bus driver shortage affects rural Iowa town; a new walkable Canadian neighborhood; a sunflower super bloom.

Immigrants fight for the survival of their historic Hollywood home; *Katrina Babies* director on his film about children survivors of the storm; a poet's musing on hair and identity; remote work update; a carbon-busting car that emits only water.

The devastating effect of climate change on childhood asthma; retooling the power grid to handle the load; classrooms without teachers – an education crisis; baseball legend and humanitarian Roberto Clemente; the link between earthworms and clean water.

Stressed teens get help despite lack of school counselors; impact of health misinformation on BIPOC communities; the only black-owned distillery in the U.S.; solar panels to cover 4,000 miles of water canals; a civil rights icon is a graphic novel hero.

John Legend, in a candid conversation with Soledad O'Brien; the musician discusses his role as an activist, what's needed to reform the criminal justice system, helping people with reentry and his thoughts on a famous civil rights activist.

Getting broadband access to rural America; the struggle to find and provide good, affordable child care; toxic water in a South Carolina town; why Americans are sleeping less; putting leftover soap to good use.

Building a tech hub in Jackson, MS; Parkland shooting survivor talks about becoming an activist; banking needs of Native Americans; Margaret Cho on using comedy to confront racism; a musical work about suffragettes.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.