February 19, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

Valor Collegiate Academy in Nashville encourages students to share what's going on in their lives and to accept support, creating what they call a community of care. We hear from high school teacher Natalie Nikitas and Valor students as they give their Brief But Spectacular take on building trust at school.

In whatever he appears in, Paul Giamatti makes an impression, whether that's in films or television, or as lead or character actor. Last month he won a Golden Globe Award for his performance in the film, “The Holdovers," a role that has also brought him his first best actor Oscar nomination. He recently spoke with Jeffrey Brown for our arts and culture series, "CANVAS."

True the Vote, a group that spread false allegations about the 2020 election, recently admitted to a judge – reported first by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – that it has no evidence to back its claims. Yet these conspiracies are still repeated by former President Trump. Laura Barrón-López reports on the larger web of 2020 election denialism and how it became a litmus test for the GOP.

Alexei Navalny's death Friday in a Russian Arctic prison continues reverberating around the globe. World leaders, including President Biden, spoke Monday of stepped-up sanctions against Russia as Navalny's widow picked up his fight against Vladimir Putin. Andrei Soldatov, an investigative journalist and Center for European Policy Analysis senior fellow, joins William Brangham to discuss.

Along the eastern flank of NATO nations sit several former Soviet satellite states, with long and bitter memories of Russian dominance. They are among the strongest supporters of Ukraine's fight against a Russia's invasion and warn that more must be done to defeat Putin's army. During the Munich Security Conference, Nick Schifrin sat down with Radek Sikorski, Poland's foreign minister, to discuss.