PBS NewsHour
PBS NewsHour looks back on the life and legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday at her home in Washington at age 87 from pancreatic cancer. Ginsburg, appointed to the highest court in 1993, long stood for women’s rights issues and became the court’s second female justice.
Host Renee Shaw talks with Lexington hip hop performer Devine Carama about his social and racial justice projects. Then artist Marjorie Guyon and Barry Darnell Burton discuss the I Was Here project, which honors Blacks bought and sold at a 19th century slave market in Lexington.
At issue is whether state law tort claims concerning Class III investigational medical devices are preempted by federal law. Oral arguments heard on Sept. 18, 2020.
At issue is whether a prison may fail to provide appropriate medication to an inmate which it has classified as having a “serious mental illness” and then charge them with offenses or punish them for behavior arguably related to the failure to properly medicate them for their “serious mental illness.” Oral arguments heard on Sept. 18, 2020.
Bill Bryant and journalists discuss the week's news, including a settlement by the city of Louisville in the civil suit brought by the family of Breonna Taylor and political news as the general election campaigns pick up. Guests: Ryland Barton of Kentucky Public Radio; Tessa Duvall and Deborah Yetter from the Louisville Courier-Journal; and Janet Patton from the Lexington Herald-Leader.
A one-minute long news update, focused on COVID-19, airing before and after PBS NewsHour.
At issue is a governor’s authority to issue orders pursuant to KRS Chapter 39A. Oral arguments heard on Sept. 17, 2020.
Laura Santhanam of PBS NewsHour reports on a looming crisis in children's health arising from the COVID-19 pandemic: starting last spring, many families withdrew from routine medical care, resulting in a decline in childhood vaccinations. The federal Vaccines for Children program, which provides half of the nation’s supply of doses for childhood vaccines, reported a drop in orders during January through April 2020 compared with a year earlier.
At issue is whether due process requires expert assistance be provided to indigent parties in dependency, neglect, and abuse cases. Oral arguments heard on Sept. 16, 2020.
The coronavirus pandemic has challenged the way hospitals think about the design of their facilities, changing how doctors and nurses move through the hallways and rearranging patients’ beds. NewsHour Weekend’s Christopher Booker takes us inside a Pennsylvania company that has set its sights on the ways in which air is being moved and filtered through our buildings.
