Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien

FEBRUARY 6, 2021 (5x22)

Air date: Feb 06, 2021

This week on Matter of Fact, a look at who’s often doing most of the work at home. As mothers face historic job losses during the pandemic, should they get paid just to be moms? Reshma Saujani is the CEO of “Girls Who Code” and now she’s leading the effort behind the “Marshall Plan for Moms.” Then, changing the pattern of racial disparity in American health care. Soledad O’Brien talks with Dr. James E. K. Hildreth, one of the nation’s leading immunologists, would bringing COVID vaccines directly to communities of color. And, Dr. Chris Pernell, a fellow at the American College of Preventive Medicine, explains in her own words what its like fighting the virus on the frontlines. Plus, Super Bowl LV isn’t the only championship game to be played during an international crisis. Special Correspondent Joie Chen shows us how Super Bowl XIV provided a lifeline to American hostages in Iran.