Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien

Female inmates raising their babies behind bars. We visit the J-Unit at the Washington Corrections Center for Women where non-violent offenders raise their children while serving time; we follow the stories of three women and talk with officials about the impact on inmate and child.

Long COVID and one woman's struggle for diagnosis and treatment; why millions of Americans are being evicted from their homes; the beautiful Tribal land given back to its rightful owners; more women in US politics; an artist turns a target dummy into artistic protest.

Sylvia Mendez on her life at the center of a 1947 school segregation case; a North Carolina brewery run by rival gang members; young Blake Lothian steers new fans and drivers to NASCAR, helping find missing indigenous women; new and improved wind turbine walls may soon be in cities.

Teens and the mental health crisis, one school in California is helping; an expert answers questions on latest COVID concerns; the Salton Sea, how it can help the US solve power deficits; the oceans plastics problem; first woman to lead a branch of US Armed Forces.

A Supreme Court expert on the leak of the draft opinion that could upend abortion rights; artificial intelligence, privacy, and civil liberties; a teacher in debt from student loans; New Mexico's free child care and college tuition; how an artist's action brought about serious change.

Jessica Gomez on the constructive way Jackson, MI is handling their crime wave; an economist on how inflation impacts millennials; an American athlete's escape from war;  what the Census numbers really show; the woman behind the ERA.

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.

Impact of rising housing costs on renters and first-time buyers; former hostage relives the day football and diplomacy intersected; a doctor creating green spaces to make cities safer; airlines grounding the 5G rollout; tribes protecting redwood forests.

A small town where immigrants are revitalizing the economy; 9 million Afghans facing famine, a first-hand account; a citizen review panel helping pick police; the impact of the Tonga volcano around the globe; blood supply crisis in the U.S.

How the No Surprises Act alleviates medical debt; behind the scenes of the hit HGTV show, "Bargain Block," helping first time buyers in Detroit; father-son duo using Instagram to teach kids to manage money; how some states are combatting teacher shortages; what's up with the four-day workweek?