America's power grids are facing a stress test. As reports of heat waves and planned blackouts pick up, Matter of Fact takes a closer look at what cha...
Tens of millions of Americans currently lack affordable, reliable broadband access, impacting their ability to work and study. In the rural South, the...
Digital deserts. This week Matter of Fact meets with a group of rural Arkansans working to get what millions of Americans already have: an affordable,...
This week on Matter of Fact, Soledad speaks with civil rights leaders Dolores Huerta and Ibram X. Kendi. Plus, a sit-down with Supreme Court Justice S...
'Some people tell me to fix my hair,' Elizabeth Acevedo gives poetic per...
June 9, 2022
'Some people tell me to fix my hair,' Elizabeth Acevedo gives poetic per...
June 9, 2022
Award-winning poet and author Elizabeth Acevedo is one of the special guests who joined Soledad O’Brien for the 2022 “Matter of Fact Listening Tour: T...
Civil rights scholar says America ‘at a moment of reckoning in so many a...
June 8, 2022
Civil rights scholar says America ‘at a moment of reckoning in so many a...
June 8, 2022
Dr. Yohuru Williams shares that he is hopeful for change in America and that there is so much unfinished business of history this country hasn’t resol...
Tens of millions of Americans currently lack affordable, reliable broadband access, impacting their ability to work and study. In the rural South, the...
Michigan Father On a Mission for Suicide Awareness
May 29, 2022
Michigan Father On a Mission for Suicide Awareness
May 29, 2022
A Michigan father and football coach knows the pain of a young person's suicide. Jeff Olson, whose son died ten years ago, is on a mission to spread a...
How A Ban on Drums Inspired Hundreds of Years of Music
May 29, 2022
How A Ban on Drums Inspired Hundreds of Years of Music
May 29, 2022
The little-known history of the 1739 Stono Rebellion is coming to life onstage. The slave revolt resulted in a ban on drums and led to hundreds of yea...
One NY Neighborhood at Higher Risk of Childhood Asthma
May 22, 2022
One NY Neighborhood at Higher Risk of Childhood Asthma
May 22, 2022
New York City has one of the highest rates of childhood asthma in the country. In the South Bronx, it's even worse -- more than three times that of ot...
NOLA Home Provides Haven for Formerly Incarcerated Women
May 15, 2022
NOLA Home Provides Haven for Formerly Incarcerated Women
May 15, 2022
Louisiana has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world, especially for women. With few resources available to help them secure jobs and fin...
Families and Child Care Providers Struggle with High Costs
May 15, 2022
Families and Child Care Providers Struggle with High Costs
May 15, 2022
For many American families, paying for child care is expensive, but necessary. On the other end, child care providers struggle with thin margins after...
Digital deserts. This week Matter of Fact meets with a group of rural Arkansans working to get what millions of Americans already have: an affordable,...
This week on Matter of Fact, Soledad speaks with civil rights leaders Dolores Huerta and Ibram X. Kendi. Plus, a sit-down with Supreme Court Justice S...
Kids' mental health. This week, Matter of Fact meets up with a Michigan father who's on a mission to share his son's story and prevent teenagers from ...
Traumatic Grief. This week, Matter of Fact looks backs on another community impacted by the violence from racism and white supremacy: Charleston, Sout...
