Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien

The cost of injustice- what happens when the innocent are jailed- and the reforms that could improve justice; the challenges of hiring and the impact of unemployment benefits; a Native American two spirit couple breaking barriers through traditional dance; a family separated at the border reunites.

A first of its kind high school that pays students to attend, gives them job training, and even, a house; the story of Fred Korematsu who refused to go to a WWII internment camp, 70's sitcoms that reflected the nation's political debates; vaccine hesitancy; and the woman who inspired Mother's Day.

Police reforms that could be a blueprint for the nation; a national poll shows support for making voting easier, but requiring voter ID, buying homes to build wealth, American Dream and the wealth gap, a look at the U. S. Census and migration patterns, and former slaves who made Kentucky Derby history.

Exploring generation trauma and racial injustice; the director of "Judas and the Black Messiah" on his film; a woman's fight for clemency for 100 incarcerated women; the Supreme Court takes up disclosure rules for political donors;  giant vacuums collect carbon emissions to curb climate change.

The role of corporate America in the battle over voting rights, re-opening the unsolved cases of missing Native women and girls, Maryland's landmark police reform laws, and exclusive photos of children seeking asylum at the border, plus climate change could take a bite out of your supersized fries.

A journalist jailed and tortured for criticizing the government, refugees in America try to stop a worldwide hunger crisis, teen Blake Lothian steers new fans and drivers to NASCAR, and the government cancels student loans for thousands of borrowers.

How your zip code helps determine your destiny, the evolution of street art, a mystery illness kills apple trees in America, can libraries keep up with changing times, and more than 42 million Americans don't know where their next meal is coming from.

A conversation with poet Sonia Sanchez on finding words of peace during troubled times, how America responds to mass shootings, what history can tell us about the future of pandemics, plus how much weight Americans gained during the pandemic

A man fights to stop the government from seizing his land to continue construction of Trump's border wall, a deported mom who hasn't seen her sons in nearly four years, how climate change could increase America's population and a pollution- dodging bike.

What does it mean to be an American? Plus, a former major tourist attraction is now poisoning the air, the mistrust from the Flint water crisis seeps into vaccination efforts, and how teeth helped scientists read a letter without ever opening it.