One of the newest museums in the town of Stow, Massachusetts, housed in a space the size of an airplane hangar, is home to some 50 fully restored tanks and armored vehicles. But the American Heritage Museum has a mission of remembrance not glorification. Special correspondent Jared Bowen, of PBS station GBH in Boston, has this story. It is part of our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
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In the wake of George Floyd’s killing in May 2020, protesters across the country called for police reform and other changes to address systemic racism in the United States. A year later, what progress has been made? Where do the movements go from here?
Join the PBS NewsHour’s Amna Nawaz as she talks with the Center For Policing Equity’s Tracie Keesee and journalist Justin Ellis as they take your questions on the state of police reforms and other calls to action around the country. Keesee previously was the first-ever deputy commissioner of equity and inclusion for New York City Police Department (NYPD) and served 25 years in the Denver Police Department. Ellis is a Minneapolis native and is writing a book about Black life in the city.
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Amna Nawaz:
Here again is John Yang.
John Yang:
Night after night, Israeli airstrikes light up Gaza s sky. Morning after morning, Palestinians living in the densely populated strip of land search through the wreckage.
Fikr Shalltoot:
When you lie in your bed, you just start to think and know that you may not wake up or, if you wake up, you will be under rubble.
John Yang:
Fikr Shalltoot runs Gaza programming for the U.K.-based group Medical Aid For Palestinians. She says essential medical services have come to a halt. According to the U.N., Israeli airstrikes have damaged at least 17 of Gaza s 76 hospitals and medical clinics.
The death of George Floyd last year has shone a spotlight on what it means to be Black, and especially, to be dark-skinned in America. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro has our report from Minnesota, home to a growing population of African and other immigrants. It is part of our continuing series Race Matters , and Fred’s series, Agents for Change.
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Amna Nawaz:
The death of George Floyd last year has shone a spotlight on what it means to be Black, especially to be dark-skinned in America.
Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro has our report from Minnesota, home to a growing population of African and other immigrants.