Race matters america inis cr a pbs newshour special. Woodrf good evening, im judy woodruff. Welcome to this pbs newshour special, race matters america in crisis. The death of george floyd at th hands of pol minnesota has ignited outrage across the world and on again exposed the deep wounds ofthacism here in u. S. Protesters have filled the streets in cities large and small, demanding justice and change. The vast majority have been violence and looting, andeen thereve been aggressive tactics from Law Enforcement. How americans see all this is filtered part through the lens of race, according to ourw ll, one we do with n. P. R. And marist. 62 of americans say they believe the demonstrations are legitimate protests. 77 of black americans feel that way, but among White Americans, its 58 . 28 of all americans say they believe the demonstrations are people acting unwfully. We want to examine how we got to this moment and where we go from here. That is a long cversation, and we think its impo
School choice in the states and what freedom scholarships might mean there. So i have three state policymakers here today. Kimberly yee is the 36 treasurer of arizona, and were grad to have you here. She stewards a 40 billion state budget and makes sure that the checks go to whom they need to go to. Treasurer yee has a number of firsts under her belt that are worth mentioning. Shes the first asianamerican elected to statewide office in arizona. Shes the first chineseamerican republican woman to win a major statewide office in the United States. She was Senate Majority leader in arizona and not the first, with but notably followed Sandra Day Oconnor about four decades later, so thats worth mentioning. She also, as i said, she chaired the Senate Education committee and helped create the nations First Education savings account in 2011. And interestingly, has a little bit of a pattern, i think, that you worked on the executive team of the former Arizona State treasurer, dean martin, and no
Pleased to have i like to say that its a washington based think tank. We have from arizona, tennessee and pennsylvania, and they will talk about how some of the issues in washington affect the children and parents in those parts of the country and really, thats what our discussion is all about. How can we make our schools better. Now, a little bit a sense of how i come to this issue and why i think its so important. Some of you may know i spent 20 years in the social services in new york and working on the ways we help people get into work and out of poverty and move up economically. Personal responsibility, work, work supports, those things were important, but i always knew there was another domain, another domain of activity that was equally important to our safety net programs. Maybe more important in our safety net programs in helping struggling families moving up and helping their children move up economically and that was the world of education. And no one has done more, it seems
State of california left ten people dead and more than one hundred missing six thousand homes and businesses have been destroyed the governor of the state of california has declared a state of emergency in seven counties those were the headlines the newsgroup is on in thirty minutes next on aljazeera is the story do stay with us. Witness documentaries that open your eyes at this time on aljazeera. Hi anthony ok and join the strong live when al jazeera and. What happened to catalonia lady declared its independence from spain its been ten days of violence protests and firing debate has been a push for dial composts sites with all she remains tense on todays program. And separatist impossible before us has make it without following the conversation online thats right that me and the opinions have been as divided online as they are in the streets heres a taste two people with very different views i mean its evident that from the institutions from the government of catalonia they are labeli
There has been a rise in the prescription of anxiety medications and other sedative hypnotic needs. In 2014 and 15 in rhode island, 33 of those receiving opioid prescriptions were coprescribed benzodiazapines. This is a tremendous, tremendous deadly combination and has been a significant variable in the increase in opioid Overdose Deaths in rhode island and the statistics show nationally. So along with fentanyl, we need to look at the coprescription of benzodiazapine. Other strategies for the prevention of initiation include but are not limited to patient education and the use and storage of medication, family education, continued Public Health education venues and peer recovery resources. Treatment within a recovery oriented system of care individualized for the patient that is easily accessible can prevent the progression of the disease and the possibility of overdose. And i can skip here. Im quoting directly here from the rhode island governors Overdose Prevention and Intervention T