PBS News Hour

July 31, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Saturday, July 31, surge in the Delta variant across the U.S., fuels renewed calls to reinstate mask mandates even for the vaccinated, and millions face eviction as federal protection is set to expire. Also, the fight for equality in Massachusetts’ cannabis industry. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

Minorities struggle for headway in the legal weed business

11m 22s

In 2016, Massachusetts voters approved an initiative that required the state to create policies that would bring those disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs into the new legal cannabis industry. Today, minority-owned businesses make up only a small fraction of the hundreds of marijuana dispensaries in the state. Kira Kay reports.

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