Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien

  • : 2015
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SEPTEMBER 4, 2021
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04, 2021
Extreme Misery (climate change); Facing the Unimaginable (children with Covid-19); Olympic Courage (Bonnie St. John)
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SEPTEMBER 18, 2021
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18, 2021
New beginnings for Afghan refugee families in America; whether the coronavirus relief packages worked; a microbrewery run by active gang members; a wrong turn by climate scientists leads to a discovery.
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SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
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25, 2021
Global warming and disasters; environmental racism; plastic packaging; improving the cheetah's odds of survival; the Butterfly Highway in the United Kingdom
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OCTOBER 2, 2021
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02, 2021
A Mississippi case barring abortion after 15 weeks; the deadliest disease outbreak in U.S. history; comic Gina Brillon shares her thoughts on Latinos in America; immigration courts; the United Farm Workers.
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OCTOBER 9, 2021
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09, 2021
The mass exodus from jobs; Puerto Rico's power problems; rural Americans, hospital closures and COVID-19; increases in violent crime; a manmade glacier.
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OCTOBER 16, 2021
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16, 2021
Critical infrastructure systems that need repair or replacement; Sylvia Mendez, whose legal case laid the foundation for Brown vs. Board of Education; a restaurant's comeback; vaccines for HIV and malaria; Beethoven's 10th Symphony completed.
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OCTOBER 23, 2021
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23, 2021
This week on Matter of Fact, a look at the supply chain crisis, as it keeps products off of shelves and is causing prices to spike. Correspondent Dina Demetrius talks to a business owner .. show full overview
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OCTOBER 30, 2021
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30, 2021
A small American town responds to the changing dynamics and needs of its community; Minneapolis voters may impact police departments around the U.S.; Mexican artist Frida Kahlo's work; sponsoring Afghan families; retire wind-turbines
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NOVEMBER 6, 2021
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06, 2021
The Supreme Court hears a major case that could change how and where Americans carry guns; a farmer in a male-dominated industry; the EPA Presidential Innovation award winner; overloaded emergency rooms; a boxing gym gets a massive outdoor complex.
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NOVEMBER 13, 2021
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13, 2021
Why women are leaving the workforce; America's schools face shortages; the climate change crisis; a possible planet in another galaxy; the origin of Veterans Day.
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NOVEMBER 20, 2021
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20, 2021
Two women who started the Black and Missing Foundation; an innovation training program; a brutal massacre in Florida's history; New Dehli, India, chokes on toxic air; wind turbine walls.
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NOVEMBER 27, 2021
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28, 2021
A high school changes students' lives; athlete, scholar, executive and White House adviser Bonnie St. John; a restaurant owner attracts and keeps employees; gay sweetheart dancers take part in a Pow Wow; how cranberries are grown and picked.
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DECEMBER 4, 2021
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05, 2021
Vaccination numbers have dropped in West Virginia; jury selection and how serving on a high-profile trial can impact jurors; Roe vs. Wade; a road trip from Denver to St. Louis; Africans build a great wall of plants and trees.
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DECEMBER 11, 2021
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12, 2021
Attitudes about bias and racism; racial stereotypes through the years in Hollywood; author Wes Moore; rapper Genesis Israeli Rose Schmitz Briggs Be.
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DECEMBER 19, 2021
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19, 2021
What people say about their American identities; challenges and what holds the nation together; builders of the Transcontinental Railroad; the Chinese Exclusion Act; founder of the New York Times 1619 Project Nikole Hannah Jones; Jose Antonio Vargas.
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DECEMBER 26, 2021
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26, 2021
A program that pays kids to go to school and provides them with job training; Paralympic skier, author and public speaker Bonnie St. John; chef Amanda Cohen; competitive sweetheart dancers Sean Snyder and Adrian Stevens; cranberries.
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JANUARY 2, 2022
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02, 2022
Exploring the earliest days of the COVID-19 outbreak; stories of people trying to find safety and protect the most vulnerable as the outbreak spreads; how the U.S. is dealing with the Omicron variant.
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JANUARY 8, 2022
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09, 2022
Voters worry about the stability of the U.S. electoral system; a mega-drought grips the western U.S., affecting farmers; students protest the banning of books; the Child Tax Credit; the January 6th attack.
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JANUARY 15, 2022
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16, 2022
Whether COVID will become endemic; missing persons of color; early civil rights activist Claudette Colvin; Afghan evacuees in need of permanent housing.
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JANUARY 22, 2022
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23, 2022
The "No Surprises" Act is intended to reduce individuals' medical debt; Keith Bynum and Evan Thomas; Kyren and Kyng Gibson; the education crisis; four-day work weeks.
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JANUARY 29, 2022
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30, 2022
Immigrants help to revitalize the economy; starvation in Afghanistan; a new way to staff a police force; the oil spill off the Pervuvian coast; the U.S. blood crisis.
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FEBRUARY 5, 2022
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06, 2022
Inflation, house prices and rent; the 1980 Super Bowl; Alex Paen, who secured access to the U.S. compound during the Iranian hostage crisis; effects of making neighborhoods greener; the 5G rollout; giving redwood forests back to Native Americans.
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MARCH 5, 2022
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06, 2022
No, the pandemic is not over. As vaccine and mask restrictions ease, Matter of Fact looks at how immunocompromised and COVID-19 long haulers will be affected in this new phase. Plus, a .. show full overview
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FEBRUARY 12, 2022
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13, 2022
Matter of Fact brings seven strangers together for a virtual social experience. See what happens when texting turns to talking – as they react to viral videos showing racial bias. Plus, .. show full overview
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MARCH 12, 2022
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13, 2022
Battling big polluters in North Carolina; the megadrought in the western U.S.; urban farms help to fight food insecurity; palm trees may be harming the environment.
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FEBRUARY 19, 2022
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20, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic's impact on schools; tiny houses; Boston Mayor Michelle Wu; indigenous women who have gone missing or been murdered; palm trees and the environments.
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FEBRUARY 26, 2022
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27, 2022
In a far-reaching interview, Soledad O’Brien speaks with the multi-talented John Legend about his musical roots and his passion to fix what he calls the “ criminal punishment system.”
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MARCH 19, 2022
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20, 2022
In this episode of Matter of Fact, Soledad O’Brien looks at some of the changemakers working to close the inequity gaps in American society. Author Ibram X Kendi; the Hope Chicago .. show full overview
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MARCH 26, 2022
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27, 2022
This week Matter of Fact visits the community of Jackson, Mississippi, to see how police officers and non-profits are coming together to curb gun violence. Plus, we look at the effects .. show full overview
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APRIL 2, 2022
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03, 2022
This week Matter of Fact looks at why more than 20,000 ballots were rejected in last month’s Texas primary. Plus, we look at how Ukrainian Holocaust survivors are being evacuated to .. show full overview
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APRIL 9, 2022
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10, 2022
Teenagers in crisis. This week, Matter of Fact looks at teen mental health as rates of depression and anxiety are on the rise, worsened by the pandemic. Plus, we look at the connection between diabetes and COVID-19.
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APRIL 16, 2022
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17, 2022
Separate is never equal. This week, Matter of Fact catches up with Sylvia Mendez, a pioneering civil rights leader who as a child paved the way for integrated schools – years before .. show full overview
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APRIL 23, 2022
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24, 2022
Memory loss. Physical exhaustion. This week Matter of Fact takes a closer look at how COVID-19 long haulers — up to an estimated 23 million Americans — are struggling to access medical .. show full overview
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MAY 7, 2022
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08, 2022
Abortion Rights. This week, Matter of Fact takes a closer look at the leaked majority opinion regarding the future of Roe v Wade. Plus, how the wide-scale use of facial recognition .. show full overview
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MAY 14, 2022
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15, 2022
Child care is expensive. This week, Matter of Fact looks at how both parents and child care providers are struggling to keep up with the costs. Plus, innovative safe homes are helping .. show full overview
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MAY 21, 2022
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22, 2022
Traumatic Grief. This week, Matter of Fact looks backs on another community impacted by the violence from racism and white supremacy: Charleston, South Carolina. Plus, a look at why .. show full overview
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MAY 28, 2022
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29, 2022
A high school football coach makes a documentary to destigmatize suicide; children's and adolescents' mental health; touring production "Drumfolk" tells the story of Stono Rebellion; climate change and sleep; the murder of George Floyd.
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JUNE 4, 2022
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05, 2022
This week Matter of Fact looks at the hard truth of bias.
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JUNE 11, 2022
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12, 2022
This week, Matter of Fact revisits the Listening Tour, “To Be An American.
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JUNE 18, 2022
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19, 2022
This week on Matter of Fact, Soledad speaks with civil rights leaders Dolores Huerta and Ibram X. Kendi. Plus, a sit-down with Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and a closer look at Rednecks for Black Lives and Hope Chicago.
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JUNE 25, 2022
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26, 2022
Digital deserts. This week Matter of Fact meets with a group of rural Arkansans working to get what millions of Americans already have: an affordable, reliable Internet connection. Plus, .. show full overview
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JULY 16, 2022
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17, 2022
Basketball for change. This week, Matter of Fact connects with the Miami Heat basketball team to see how they’re working to bridge relationships between police officers and local .. show full overview
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JULY 23, 2022
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24, 2022
Tech in your backyard. This week, Matter of Fact catches up with a trio of entrepreneurs who are building a tech hub in their hometown of Jackson, Mississippi, to create jobs and .. show full overview
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JULY 30, 2022
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31, 2022
Infrastructure in America. This week Matter of Fact looks at the roles that reliable, affordable broadband and clean drinking water play in accessing quality education and healthier .. show full overview
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AUGUST 13, 2022
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14, 2022
Sweet potato gin and vodka. This week Matter of Fact takes a look at the legacy of one farm family in Arkansas and how it’s putting a new spin on an old crop. Plus, how a group of .. show full overview
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AUGUST 20, 2022
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21, 2022
Climate change and asthma. This week Matter of Fact looks at how children in one New York neighborhood are at higher risk of developing asthma than anywhere else in the city. Plus, a .. show full overview
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AUGUST 27, 2022
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28, 2022
This week Matter of Fact looks at the 100-year-old history of Japanese-American boarding houses and meets with three LA-based men worried about losing the only home they’ve known for .. show full overview
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SEPTEMBER 3, 2022
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04, 2022
A national shortage of the truck drivers, mechanics, and technicians. This week Matter of Fact looks at an innovative training program helping workers get the skills to get the jobs. A .. show full overview