August 23, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode

The evacuation operation in Kabul is accelerating, with more than 10,000 people airlifted out of Afghanistan in the past 24 hours. But thousands more remain to be rescued, and just over a week remains before the August 31st deadline set by President Biden. The Taliban said Monday they would not allow an extension. With the support of the Pulitzer Center, Jane Ferguson reports from Kabul's airport.

For those Afghans who braved the Taliban’s violence and desperate crowds to get to the Kabul airport, their challenges do not end when they arrive. The process for getting Afghans to the United States is full of logistical and bureaucratic challenges. Lisa Desjardins has been talking to lawmakers, NGO workers, refugees and others about those shortcomings and joins Judy Woodruff to discuss.

In our news wrap Monday, an internal investigation has cleared a U.S. Capitol Police officer who shot and killed a woman, Ashli Babbitt, on January 6th. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo used his last day in office to defend himself against sexual harassment allegations. And, on Wall Street, oil prices and tech stocks helped push the broader market higher.

Search crews across middle Tennessee are still looking through the debris of a flooded landscape. At least 22 people died in Saturday's disaster with a dozen others missing. Stephanie Sy reports.

The Food and Drug Administration's full authorization to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has a number of public health officials hopeful the move will encourage people who had been reluctant to get a shot now. For more on the approval and inoculation efforts, Judy Woodruff turns to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

he medical community often faces a challenge of reaching Black men for care. Oftentimes it’s due to lack of equal access, poverty, and medical mistrust. Marisa Wojcik of PBS Wisconsin looks at an innovative approach to improve Black mens’ health using a Madison barbershop.

A group of prominent writers has come together in an innovative way during the pandemic to reckon with these divisive times. Its mission statement says, "The nation is injured. We hope to contribute to its healing." Jeffrey Brown has a look at the project “Write America” for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.