Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien

A look at how pulse oximeters deliver racially biased readings; a mom helping families make affordable, healthy meals from WIC approved products; how using dating apps changes your brain; a landmark Rosa Parks anniversary; how video games could help dogs.

Jessica Gomez’s road trip on I-70 across middle America began in 2020 to find out how people saw their American identity; continuing in 2022 just prior to midterm elections, we hear from people about what’s most important for the country’s future.

A Louisiana woman wins battle to keep prior convictions off college applications; Milwaukee artist preserving her neighborhood; Georgia production company boosting Latino stories; EPA tests groundwater in Puerto Rico; women composers' lost music is found.

An Afghan family with four daughters trying to build a new life in the U.S.; investors helping grow tech hardware manufacturing in LA; the legacy of white supremacy in our textbooks; a groundbreaking new crash test dummy; saluting U.S. veterans.

A road trip to find out what's on American voters' minds; Lee County, Florida prepares for elections after Hurricane Ian; Bronx residents fighting to lift their communities from poverty; rats aiding disaster rescue efforts; wildlife photography awards.

A road trip across middle America – discovering what's on voters' minds; the good Samaritans paying off medical debt; a technology helping states clean up voter registration rolls; Halloween's plastic problem; to emoji or not to emoji at work.

Louisiana's first victims of climate change; first-ever documentary on the life of Rosa Parks; Long Covid and one woman's struggle for treatment; an offensive slur is removed from 643 federal sites; a new exhibit for Space Center Houston.

A trip to west Texas where moms-to-be travel hundreds of miles to see a doctor; the Supreme Court and affirmative action; keeping Emmet Till's legacy alive; preparing for child flu season; where a library card gives you access to national parks.

A nonprofit helping first-time Milwaukee homebuyers; what you need to know about Georgia's new election laws; returning tribal land to its rightful owners; Sylvia Mendez recalls her 1947 lawsuit to integrate schools; Can't sleep? Count sheep.

Millions of rural Americans struggling to get Internet connection; the rising cost and inaccessibility of childcare; a community’s fight for clean drinking water; why we’re not getting enough sleep; what happens to all the unused hotel soap?