PBS News Hour

August 1, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Sunday, August 1, a surge in Delta cases leads to a rise in hospitalizations, and the emotional and social impact of the pandemic on students. Also, a new exhibition seeks to highlight the impact of solitary confinement. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

Exhibition on Kalief Browder’s years in solitary confinement

6m 16s

Sixteen-year-old Kalief Browder spent three years inside New York City's Rikers Island without being convicted of a crime, enduring two of those years in solitary confinement. He subsequently struggled with his mental health and eventually took his own life. A new exhibition sheds light on Browder’s strength in the face of his long periods in solitary confinement. Ivette Feliciano reports.

Previews + Extras

  • Schools focus on mental health as students return: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Schools focus on mental health as students return

    S2021 E213 - 8m 33s

    After more than a year of restrictions and online schooling, educators and counselors are focusing on ways to assess the long-term social, emotional and mental impact of the pandemic on school children when they return to the classroom. Christopher Booker reports from Fairfield County, Connecticut as part of our ongoing series, “Roads to Recovery.”

  • Vaccinations, masks, Delta: Why we're at a ‘critical point’: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Vaccinations, masks, Delta: Why we're at a ‘critical point’

    S2021 E213 - 8m 38s

    Surges in Delta cases across the nation have changed and undone some of the progress made against the COVID-19 pandemic: the CDC has advised fully vaccinated people to remain cautious and even wear masks indoors. Jessica Malaty Rivera, an infectious disease epidemiologist and research fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital joins to discuss the potential risks posed by the Delta variant.

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