Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2020
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12, 2020
This week on Matter of Fact, should you pay to defend the president in court? Law Professor Stephen Saltzburg tells Soledad O’Brien government lawyers have no business getting involved .. show full overview
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SEPTEMBER 19, 2020
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19, 2020
This week on Matter of Fact, separating fact from fiction. We speak with Angie Holan of Politifact. Then, how our partisan biases filter which facts we accept. Soledad O’Brien speaks .. show full overview
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SEPTEMBER 26, 2020
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26, 2020
This week on Matter of Fact, is voting a right or a privilege? Soledad O’Brien talks to NAACP attorney Janai Nelson about the legal battles across the country to either grant or deny .. show full overview
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OCTOBER 3, 2020
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03, 2020
This week on Matter of Fact, Correspondent Jessica Gomez takes us to St. Helena, SC where a Gullah community is fighting to keep their homes passed down for centuries. Then, a look at .. show full overview
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OCTOBER 10, 2020
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10, 2020
This week, Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien takes you to the center of the country’s first confrontation with COVID-19. We reveal some of the first moments leaders in Seattle, .. show full overview
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OCTOBER 17, 2020
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17, 2020
This week on Matter of Fact, Soledad O’Brien speaks with Jaime Harrison, the Democratic challenger to Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) senate seat. Plus, we return to West Louisville, .. show full overview
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OCTOBER 24, 2020
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24, 2020
This week on Matter of Fact, 537 votes and a Supreme Court ruling made George W. Bush president in 2000. Could we see an election recount in 2020? Soledad O’Brien speaks with Billy .. show full overview
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OCTOBER 31, 2020
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31, 2020
This weekend, we look at voting in America. First, the president is calling for his supporters to “watch” the polls. Why an official poll watcher says that could lead to chaos. Plus, a .. show full overview
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NOVEMBER 7, 2020
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07, 2020
This weekend, while all eyes have been on the presidential election, the United States is still struggling to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Correspondent Jessica Gomez and .. show full overview
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NOVEMBER 14, 2020
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14, 2020
This weekend on Matter of Fact, we look at one state’s fight over electoral college votes. Nebraska divides its electoral votes depending who congressional districts support. Republicans .. show full overview
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NOVEMBER 21, 2020
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21, 2020
This week on Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien, hundreds of rural hospitals are in danger of closing, overwhelmed by the growing number of coronavirus patients. Correspondent Jessica .. show full overview
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NOVEMBER 28, 2020
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28, 2020
A free pop-up clinic in Brooklyn, NY; a random act of kindness helps Black farmers; an all-Black rowing team; three Korean-American women are elected to the U.S. House of Representatives; a father has to stay outdoors while his child is born.
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DECEMBER 5, 2020
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05, 2020
School shutdowns and re-openings; a day of online learning for a disabled child; making over Louisville's west end; attempting to stop the ocean from claiming Charleston S.C.; push alerts for coronavirus protection; kelp burgers
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DECEMBER 12, 2020
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12, 2020
This weekend on Matter of Fact, America is getting ready for its first shot at freedom. Within the next couple of days our health care workers will begin getting their first dose of the .. show full overview
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DECEMBER 20, 2020
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20, 2020
This week on Matter of Fact, we look at how the Latino community is struggling to make an economic comeback from the pandemic. Correspondent Jessica Gomez travels to Chicago to show us .. show full overview
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DECEMBER 27, 2020
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27, 2020
The Presidential Medal of Honor; what happens when a hero is overlooked; a Marine who lost both legs in combat runs marathons; the Women in Military Service for America Memorial
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JANUARY 03, 2021
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03, 2021
A look back at the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.; challenges it makes on a homeless family; a woman tries to insure her father is getting necessary care while quarantined in a nursing home; public health officials and caregivers.
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JANUARY 9, 2021
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09, 2021
This week on Matter of Fact, Soledad O’Brien speaks with former Representative Bakari Sellers about his recent memoir, “My Vanishing Country.” In it, he calls his father’s arrest, 16 .. show full overview
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JANUARY 16, 2021
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16, 2021
This week on Matter of Fact, a rare interview with federal district court judge. Judge Robert Brack handles criminal immigration cases, saying he has presided over a process that .. show full overview
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JANUARY 23, 2021
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23, 2021
This week on Matter of Fact, a look at the historic inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. She’s the first woman, first Black person and first person of .. show full overview
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JANUARY 30, 2021
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30, 2021
The new housing crisis; political journalism/ a vertical farm run by people with disabilities; the Baseball Hall of Fame; a virtual view of the Sistine Chapel.
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FEBRUARY 6, 2021
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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 .. show full overview
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FEBRUARY 13, 2021
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13, 2021
This week on Matter of Fact, a look at the struggle to reunite families split up at the U.S.-Mexico border. Correspondent Jessica Gomez talks to a mother who was deported and hasn’t seen .. show full overview
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FEBRUARY 20, 2021
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20, 2021
This week on Matter of Fact, we meet a group of young activists leading the charge against Anti-Asian American violence in the Bay area. They’re fighting a spike in attacks against .. show full overview
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FEBRUARY 27, 2021
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27, 2021
This week on Matter of Fact, we talk to West Virginia’s COVID czar Dr. Clay Marsh. His state has vaccinated nearly 10 percent of its population. That’s one of the highest vaccination .. show full overview
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MARCH 13, 2021
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13, 2021
This week on Matter of Fact, we look at how the water crisis in Flint, Michigan eroded trust in the community. Now, its overshadowing efforts to vaccinate the vulnerable. Plus, people .. show full overview
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MARCH 20, 2021
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20, 2021
This week on Matter of Fact, we’re taking a look at the Biden administration’s attempts to overhaul immigration policy. A federal judge who oversees criminal immigration cases gives us .. show full overview
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MARCH 27, 2021
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27, 2021
This week on Matter of Fact, we look at gun reform in the U.S. After the Sandy Hook massacre, when a gunman killed 20 little kids and 6 adults, Shannon Watts founded “Moms Demand .. show full overview
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APRIL 3, 2021
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03, 2021
This week on Matter of Fact, we visit Evanston, Illinois where some residents could get a form of reparations for housing discrimination. Special Correspondent Joie Chen shows us how .. show full overview
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APRIL 10, 2021
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10, 2021
This week on Matter of Fact, we look at how the pandemic is feeding the global hunger crisis. Correspondent Jessica Gomez takes us to Lincoln, Nebraska where resettled refugees are .. show full overview
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APRIL 17, 2021
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17, 2021
This week on Matter of Fact, we take on the tug-of-war over voting rights. Last week, more than 100 business leaders got on a Zoom call to talk about what those proposals could lead to .. show full overview
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APRIL 24, 2021
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24, 2021
This week, Soledad talks to Dr. Steven Kniffley. He leads the Collective Care Center at Spaulding University in Louisville, Kentucky, and specialized in treating race-based trauma. Plus, .. show full overview
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MAY 1, 2021
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01, 2021
This week, Policing reforms in New Jersey; how Americans think democracy should work; the tight housing market; the U.S. census and congressional representation; how two former slaves made Kentucky Derby history
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MAY 8, 2021
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08, 2021
This week, we’re taking a look at a first-of-its kind high school in Alabama looking to lead students to success with a radical idea. Correspondent Jessica Gomez heads to Birmingham’s .. show full overview
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MAY 15, 2021
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15, 2021
This week on Matter of Fact, we look at the emerging worker shortage. A small grocery store chain owner shares his struggle to rebuild his business. And we get a perspective from labor .. show full overview
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MAY 22, 2021
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22, 2021
This week, we take a look at the Tulsa Race Massacre, 100 years later. On May 31st, 1921, white mobs laid siege to a neighborhood known as Black Wall Street. And yet, it’s a major .. show full overview
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MAY 29, 2021
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29, 2021
A recent Pew Research study shows more young adults are living with their parents than during the Great Depression. Soledad talks to Jeffrey Passel from the Pew Research Center about the .. show full overview
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JUNE 5, 2021
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05, 2021
This week on Matter of Fact, correspondent Jessica Gomez shows us the remarkable friendship between a cop and a man arrested that’s endured a murder conviction, prison time and nearly 30 .. show full overview
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JUNE 12, 2021
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12, 2021
This week, we’re taking a closer look at child poverty in the U.S. Normally, parents would receive their child tax credit at the end of the year. But could receiving it in monthly .. show full overview
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JUNE 19, 2021
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19, 2021
One in five Americans rely on rural hospitals for health care services. This week, we revisit a facility in rural Texas that’s one of hundreds fighting to keep their doors open. Plus, .. show full overview
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JUNE 26, 2021
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26, 2021
This week, we’re looking at discrimination against the LGBTQ community, especially those who are also people of color. Prejudice often hurts them more than their white peers, from their .. show full overview
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JULY 3, 2021
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03, 2021
This weekend on Matter of Fact, a salute to the brave who put our country first. We look at the paths of two service members, Col. Harvey Barnum whose career soared after receiving this .. show full overview
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JULY 10, 2021
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10, 2021
This week on Matter of Fact, we look at what it means to be an American. Correspondent Jessica Gomez set off on a road trip from Denver to St. Louis to listen to how people feel about .. show full overview
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JULY 24, 2021
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24, 2021
This week on Matter of Fact, we bring you the remarkable story of women raising their babies behind bars. Before the COVID-19 crisis was a threat, Soledad talked to pregnant prisoners on .. show full overview
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JULY 31, 2021
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31, 2021
This week on Matter of Fact, we visit with the residents of Paradise, California. The 2018 Camp Fire destroyed their home. How they’re working to rebuild their lives. Plus, employers are .. show full overview
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AUGUST 7, 2021
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07, 2021
This week, we share the story of an unlikely friendship between a cop and a man he arrested. Plus, Soledad O’Brien talks with Dr. Brian Castrucci, head of the de Beaumont Foundation, .. show full overview
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AUGUST 14, 2021
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14, 2021
This week, a look at the growing tension between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated. We follow a COVID survivor who is going door-to-door to get her Chicago community vaccinated. .. show full overview
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AUGUST 21, 2021
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21, 2021
Afghanistan withdrawal. Race Against Time; Women's Rights Threatened; Passport to Freedom
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AUGUST 28, 2021
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28, 2021
Mask Mandate Face-off; Remembering Emmitt Till; Help for Haiti