7 football deaths raise concerns about risks for youth

6m 15s

Fans and families will pack the bleachers in high school stadiums across the country as football season ramps up. But after at least seven deaths tied to the sport in August, including two teenagers who sustained brain injuries on the same day, questions are again being raised about the safety of the game. William Brangham discussed more with Chris Nowinski.

Previews + Extras

  • News Wrap: Suspected school shooter and arraigned in Georgia: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    News Wrap: Suspected school shooter and arraigned in Georgia

    S2024 E251 - 6m 27s

    In our news wrap Friday, the teenager charged with killing four in a Georgia school shooting made his first court appearance, Southern California is sweltering in the peak of a late-summer heat wave, the White House called on Israel to investigate the death of an American in the occupied West Bank and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the U.S. will provide additional weapons to Ukraine.

  • Brooks and Atkins Stohr on a double standard for Trump: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Brooks and Atkins Stohr on a double standard for Trump

    S2024 E251 - 10m 49s

    New York Times columnist David Brooks and Boston Globe columnist Kimberly Atkins Stohr join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including Donald Trump getting a political reprieve after the judge overseeing his New York criminal case delays his sentencing, if there's a double standard for what Trump and Harris say and former Vice President Dick Cheney announces he's voting for Harris.

  • Trump appeals to overturn sexual abuse, defamation case: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Trump appeals to overturn sexual abuse, defamation case

    S2024 E251 - 2m 38s

    The 2024 presidential campaign is entering the final weekend before the critical first debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. While the vice president huddles with her team for debate prep, the Republican nominee was in federal court fighting to overturn a guilty verdict while another case saw a big delay. John Yang reports.

  • Chicago Fed president expects rate cuts amid 'overcooling': asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Chicago Fed president expects rate cuts amid 'overcooling'

    S2024 E251 - 6m 35s

    The latest jobs report paints a mixed picture of the overall economy. The U.S. added 142,000 new jobs last month and the unemployment rate dipped slightly to 4.2 percent. The report was better than July, but with revisions, it shows a job market that is notably cooler than this past winter. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Austan Goolsbee, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

  • Teachers work to educate Gazan children in makeshift schools: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Teachers work to educate Gazan children in makeshift schools

    S2024 E251 - 5m 31s

    It’s back-to-school season, but in Gaza, 625,000 students have no building to return to. Most of Gaza’s 560 schools have been either damaged or destroyed. More than half of the schools have been directly hit by Israel and the few remaining are now shelters for the displaced. Nick Schifrin reports with producer Shams Odeh.

  • U.S. envoy on aid effort for millions displaced in Sudan: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    U.S. envoy on aid effort for millions displaced in Sudan

    S2024 E251 - 6m 47s

    U.N.-backed human rights investigators accused both sides in the Sudanese civil war of war crimes and advocated for an “independent and impartial force” to protect civilians. More than 10 million are displaced, millions are hungry and tens of thousands have been killed. Nick Schifrin discussed the world’s largest humanitarian crisis with Tom Perriello, the U.S. special envoy for Sudan.

Similar Shows

WETA Passport

Stream tens of thousands of hours of your PBS and local favorites with WETA Passport whenever and wherever you want. Catch up on a single episode or binge-watch full seasons before they air on TV.