RELATED VIDEOS

A “Brain Drain” on Tech Innovation in Middle America

September 30, 2017

AOL co-founder and internet pioneer Steve Case is focusing on the internet’s next wave. He believes he has an idea that would “level the playing field” for entrepreneurship across the U.S. In his current project “Rise of the Rest,” Case is touring cities in the middle of the country to invest in promising startups outside of Silicon Valley. How will new partnerships change our daily lives? Soledad O’Brien sits down with Case for a discussion on the future of technological progress and how to spread opportunity across the country.

Related Videos

  • How A School District is Helping Kids Get to Class Amid the Bus Driver Shortage

    November 14, 2021

    How A School District is Helping Kids Get to Class Amid the Bus Driver Shortage

    November 14, 2021

    American students are struggling to get to school. About 25 million students rely on schoo...

  • Teaching Children to Take Care of the Environment

    November 7, 2021

    Teaching Children to Take Care of the Environment

    November 7, 2021

    A program in Fayetteville, North Carolina is hoping to prepare today’s children to build a...

  • Paving the Way for Integrated Schools Before Brown v. Board of Education

    October 17, 2021

    Paving the Way for Integrated Schools Before Brown v. Board of Education

    October 17, 2021

    Seven years before the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education, officially ending the do...

  • Balancing the Benefits of In-Person Learning While Keeping Students Safe

    August 29, 2021

    Balancing the Benefits of In-Person Learning While Keeping Students Safe

    August 29, 2021

    Students across the U.S. are back in the classroom for the 2021-2022 school year. Millions...

  • Building Student Success By Paying Them to Go to Class, Teaching Trade

    May 9, 2021

    Building Student Success By Paying Them to Go to Class, Teaching Trade

    May 9, 2021

    Multiple studies have shown that where someone grows up can determine the success they hav...

  • A College Success Story: Creating Upward Mobility Without Bankrupting Students

    December 20, 2020

    A College Success Story: Creating Upward Mobility Without Bankrupting Students

    December 20, 2020

    When universities are struggling financially and students are saddled in debt, is college ...

  • Families With Special Education Students Searching for a Solution

    December 6, 2020

    Families With Special Education Students Searching for a Solution

    December 6, 2020

    After nine months of COVID-19 shutdowns, schools across the U.S. remain a combination of i...

  • Parents with Special Needs Students Struggling to Fill the Role of Teachers

    December 6, 2020

    Parents with Special Needs Students Struggling to Fill the Role of Teachers

    December 6, 2020

    Parents have been stretched thin during the coronavirus pandemic. Many have been working f...

Latest

  • End of the Pandemic or The Start of Something Else?

    January 16, 2022

    End of the Pandemic or The Start of Something Else?

    January 16, 2022

    More than two million people a day are being diagnosed with COVID-19 around the ...

  • Missing for Over Two Years And Still No Answers

    January 16, 2022

    Missing for Over Two Years And Still No Answers

    January 16, 2022

    Back in 2019, Jonathan Bandabaila, a Black teenager, disappeared in Oakland, Cal...

  • One Year After the Attempted Overthrow of the 2020 Presidential Election

    January 9, 2022

    One Year After the Attempted Overthrow of the 2020 Presidential Election

    January 9, 2022

    This week marks one year since the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, when insur...

  • Growing Fears for the Future of American Democracy

    January 9, 2022

    Growing Fears for the Future of American Democracy

    January 9, 2022

    Almost two years into the pandemic and Americans are worn out. Keeping up the re...

  • West Coast Megadrought Threatening Food Production, Farmers

    January 9, 2022

    West Coast Megadrought Threatening Food Production, Farmers

    January 9, 2022

    The West Coast's megadrought is threatening our nation's food production, and th...

  • Watch: Matter of Fact: Promises of Change

    December 16, 2021

    Watch: Matter of Fact: Promises of Change

    December 16, 2021

    The "Matter of Fact Listening Tour," hosted by Soledad O'Brien, continues its ex...

  • Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta continues advocacy, shares message for others in rare interview

    December 16, 2021

    Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta continues advocacy, shares message for others in rare interview

    December 16, 2021

    Labor activist and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta and the late Cesar Chavez ...

  • Boston professor starts antiracist research, aims to change national conversation on race

    December 16, 2021

    Boston professor starts antiracist research, aims to change national conversation on race

    December 16, 2021

    Professor Ibram X. Kendi joins the Listening Tour to talk about the work of dism...

  • Missing for Over Two Years And Still No Answers

    January 16, 2022

    Missing for Over Two Years And Still No Answers

    January 16, 2022

    Back in 2019, Jonathan Bandabaila, a Black teenager, disappeared in Oakland, Cal...

  • West Coast Megadrought Threatening Food Production, Farmers

    January 9, 2022

    West Coast Megadrought Threatening Food Production, Farmers

    January 9, 2022

    The West Coast's megadrought is threatening our nation's food production, and th...

  • How West Virginia Went From First to the Bottom in Vaccination Rates

    December 5, 2021

    How West Virginia Went From First to the Bottom in Vaccination Rates

    December 5, 2021

    The COVID omicron variant is now officially in the U.S. Scientists are racing to...

  • Paying Homage to the Humble Cranberry

    November 28, 2021

    Paying Homage to the Humble Cranberry

    November 28, 2021

    There are many divisive topics to navigate at holiday dinners: politics, religio...

  • How A School District is Helping Kids Get to Class Amid the Bus Driver Shortage

    November 14, 2021

    How A School District is Helping Kids Get to Class Amid the Bus Driver Shortage

    November 14, 2021

    American students are struggling to get to school. About 25 million students rel...

  • The Cranberry Farmer Taking Charge in a Male Dominated Industry

    November 7, 2021

    The Cranberry Farmer Taking Charge in a Male Dominated Industry

    November 7, 2021

    Women are bearing the brunt of the pandemic’s economic burden, especially women ...

  • Teaching Children to Take Care of the Environment

    November 7, 2021

    Teaching Children to Take Care of the Environment

    November 7, 2021

    A program in Fayetteville, North Carolina is hoping to prepare today’s children ...

  • When The Immigrant Population Outgrows Natural-Born Residents

    October 31, 2021

    When The Immigrant Population Outgrows Natural-Born Residents

    October 31, 2021

    The United States is getting more diverse by the year. For some rural regions, t...

  • January 15, 2022

    January 16, 2022

    January 15, 2022

    January 16, 2022

  • January 8, 2022

    January 9, 2022

    January 8, 2022

    January 9, 2022

  • January 1, 2022

    January 4, 2022

    January 1, 2022

    January 4, 2022

  • December 25, 2021

    January 4, 2022

    December 25, 2021

    January 4, 2022

  • December 11, 2021

    December 12, 2021

    December 11, 2021

    December 12, 2021

  • December 4, 2021

    December 5, 2021

    December 4, 2021

    December 5, 2021

  • November 27, 2021

    November 28, 2021

    November 27, 2021

    November 28, 2021

  • November 20, 2021

    November 21, 2021

    November 20, 2021

    November 21, 2021

More videos