PBS NewsHour

November 22, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Sunday, November 22nd, another setback for the Trump administration as more states move to certify the election results, COVID-19 cases surge ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday as experts warn against travel, and, reckoning with history, a Maryland college unveils a memorial to enslaved peoples. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

Erin Brockovich on America's water crisis

4m 58s

Erin Brockovich, the environmental activist who shot to prominence after her successful lawsuit against the Pacific Gas & Electric Company in 1993, joins Christopher Booker to discuss her new book “Superman’s Not Coming: Our National Water Crisis And What We The People Can Do About It,” and why she remains optimistic despite the dire situation.

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  • Puerto Ricans voted for statehood. Will it happen?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Puerto Ricans voted for statehood. Will it happen?

    S2020 E340 - 4m 36s

    Puerto Ricans voted ‘yes’ on a statehood referendum. But with control of Congress still yet to be determined and some in Washington making the issue of Puerto Rican statehood a partisan issue, what's the prospect of it actually happening? Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Jenniffer González-Colón, Puerto Rico's Resident Commissioner and non-voting representative in the US House of Representatives.

  • Thanksgiving in the time of COVID-19: Tips on staying safe: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Thanksgiving in the time of COVID-19: Tips on staying safe

    S2020 E340 - 3m 35s

    Ahead of the holiday season, the CDC is urging families not to travel for Thanksgiving or have multiple households meet for meals. Andrea Salazar Lopez with NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs explores the inherent dangers during this most challenging Thanksgiving. And if you do decide to gather, she shares some strategies that could lower your risks.

  • A Maryland college honors the lives of enslaved people: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A Maryland college honors the lives of enslaved people

    S2020 E340 - 6m 10s

    St. Mary's College of Maryland unveiled a new memorial yesterday honoring the lives of enslaved people of southern Maryland. It tells the story of "resilience, persistence, and creative problem-solving that defined the lives” of the enslaved people that lived there between 1750 and 1815, and asks: How can higher education institutions can atone for their legacy of slavery? Ivette Feliciano reports

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