PBS News Hour

October 16, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

October 16, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

For delayed transportation project, the finish line nears

7m 31s

It's been called the most urgent infrastructure program in America — but for decades, the Gateway Program has been on hold. The $30-billion project would see a dramatic upgrade to transportation infrastructure in the most heavily used section of the Northeast corridor rail system.A new tunnel under the Hudson River is a key element. Hari Sreenivasan reports.

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  • Why Native Americans are buying back ancestral land: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Why Native Americans are buying back ancestral land

    S2021 E289 - 7m 57s

    From 1877 to 1934, under a range of laws and reneged-upon treaties, the U.S. government appropriated tens of millions of acres of Native American land. In recent years there has been a growing movement known as “land back” to reclaim their lands. In some cases that has meant tribes are choosing to buy it back on the open market. Special correspondent Kira Kay reports

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