March 28, 2023 - PBS NewsHour full episode

As lawmakers hold hearings about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Economics Correspondent Paul Solman takes a look at what factors were behind the second-largest bank failure in U.S. History.

Tuesday started two days of hearings about the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and the role of federal regulators both before the bank's collapse and since then. Lawmakers from both parties criticized top officials and dug into what went wrong. Congressional Correspondent Lisa Desjardins reports.

Vice President Kamala Harris is in Africa this week for a three-country tour focused on economic development and security. Over nine days, she’ll meet with leaders in Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia. Her travel follows other high-level trips to the continent as pressure to counter Chinese influence in the region grows. Laura Barrón-López reports on the trip's historic and strategic significance.

As Vice President Kamala Harris tours Africa, Amna Nawaz explores the realities on the ground there and the changing relationship between the U.S. and the 56 nations of the continent with Gyude Moore, the director of the Africa Initiative at the Center for Global Development.

MISSINGLast year, more than 270,000 women and girls went missing across the country. Studies have shown that when women of color disappear, they are far less likely to receive media attention. As Laura Barrón-López reports, along with producers Karina Cuevas and Mike Fritz, the case of a missing immigrant in Boston is raising new concerns about how fast police respond.

A new law in the state of Utah could dramatically limit teenagers’ access to social media platforms. It requires anyone under 18 to get parental consent to join social media platforms, forces platforms to give parents access to children’s posts and messages and sets a social media curfew for minors. Geoff Bennett discussed the law with Utah State Sen. Mike McKell, who introduced the legislation.