Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien

Outbreak: The First Response, a firsthand and personal view of the first coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., told through the eyes of the county health director, a homeless family, and a family with a loved one in a nursing home.

An 80-year-old grandmother's best gift- spending her birthday with her family after getting the COVID-19 vaccine, West Virginia's COVID-19 czar explains how his state achieved one of the highest vaccination rates, a look at the future of the workforce, and inside the traditions of Gullah culture.

A retired mother sets her sights on the Tokyo Olympics, confronting a history of hate against Asian Americans, a plan to "block the vote" could backfire against the GOP, and how the "Energy Capital" of the world lost power, for days

New York Times best-selling author Roxane Gay. Plus, when home is where the hate is, how will America confront its biggest threat from within: right-wing extremism? A deported mother hasn't seen her children since 2017.

Should moms get a monthly stimulus check? The incredible connection between the Super Bowl and the Iranian Hostage Crisis, why Black and Latino communities aren't getting enough vaccines, and the woman who ended up alone on an island just to watch movies.

What happens when 10 million people can't pay their rent? Did Trump change American journalism forever? How a farm empowered workers with disabilities to grow a new business model. And how you can get a private viewing of the Vatican's museums.

Where does the Republican party go without Trump, how Vice President Kamala Harris will reshape American politics, the next step for 70,000 migrants seeking asylum at the Mexican border, and the sky-high price tag of changing flights for the president.

Does a social media ban on President Trump set a dangerous precedent? Hundreds of children remain separated from their parents at our border. Does the "oath" still matter? A woman helps hundreds of strangers find closure after COVID-19 deaths.

Bakari Sellers on his new memoir, "My Vanishing Country," mothers share fear of raising a Black son in America, undocumented migrant workers in the path of a pandemic, and who's policing the police.

Outbreak: The First Response, a firsthand and personal view of the first coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., told through the eyes of the county health director, a homeless family, and a family with a loved one in a nursing home.