The Miami Heat working to mend police-community relations; a look at rising threats to election officials; a visit to Brooklyn's Black Girl Magic Row; a new free tuition grant for Native American college students; a Capitol honor for Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune.

One county's fight for environmental justice; the megadrought's impact on an Arizona farm family; the educator teaching climate science; an urban farm helping a food desert; planting trees in Florida to combat climate change.

The Honor for bravery in combat; the stories of two Vietnam vets nominated, and why one vets honor was delayed; why the marine who lost his legs in combat keeps running; the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor.

Getting broadband access to rural America; the stress on the nation's power grids;  former WNBA Renee Montgomery on Title IX's impact; the history of the rainbow flag; first steps towards a National Museum celebrating the history of Latinos in America.

Prof. Ibram X. Kendi on how to be an anti-racist; inside Hope Chicago's effort to send students and parents to college free of charge; Rednecks for Black Lives movement in Kentucky; worker rights advocate Dolores Huerta on her legacy; Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on healing our divisions.

A road trip on I-70 shows American identity; Chinese immigrants who built the Transcontinental Railroad; denied citizenship; Nikole Hannah Jones, of the 1619 Project, on her father's legacy; Jose Antonio Vargas on life as an undocumented American.

The North Carolina Councilman who lost his sister in the AME Church shooting in 2015 shares his thoughts on Buffalo;  how a zip code can impact health; gun violence as a public health issue; students fighting book banning; the Chinese immigrants who built American railroads.

A social experiment examining how seven strangers respond to bias; how stereotypes in entertainment influence media and attitudes today; two men with similar upbringings have very different futures; the rapper using art as protest.

A father who lost his son turns his pain into purpose;  a top expert on youth mental health;  the music born from a rebellion; why Americans are sleeping less than ever; upcoming episodes of our ongoing series on race and social justice, the latest  “Trailblazers, Troublemakers, and Dreams.”

The struggle to find and provide good, affordable child care;  programs helping formerly incarcerated women; a decades long friendship between a former cop and the man he arrested; an update on Afghans who fled the Taliban for the U.S; putting leftover soap to good use.