PBS NewsHour

May 9, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Sunday, May 9, the U.S. looks for ways to expand COVID-19 vaccinations as demand plateaus, a bombing at a school outside Kabul, Afghanistan leaves dozens of children dead with the death toll still climbing, and in our signature segment, an initiative to address racial justice and preserve the history of a Black urban district in Richmond, Virginia. Hari Sreenivasan anchors.

Kabul attack exposes nation’s ethnic and religious fissures

6m 49s

The death toll from Saturday’s car bomb attack on a girls’ school in a minority Shiite neighborhood in Kabul has crossed 50 and at least 100 people have been injured. While no one has taken responsibility for the attack, the government has blamed the Taliban. NewsHour Special Correspondent Jane Ferguson joins Hari Sreenivasan with the latest.

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  • Examinig the history of one of the US' first Black districts: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Examinig the history of one of the US' first Black districts

    S2021 E129 - 9m 16s

    As much of the US faced a reckoning following the death of George Floyd, towns across the country began to look at racial justice in their own backyards. Led by two sisters, the JXN Project is a new initiative working to preserve one of the first Black urban districts in America. Ivette Feliciano visited the Jackson Ward community in Richmond, Virginia as part of our series, 'Chasing the Dream.'

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