Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien

Door-to-door vaccination efforts in Chicago; the psychology of vaccine hesitancy; a climate scientist on how to walk back climate change; investors backing job training that helps workers double their income; how history overlooked the first climate scientist;  celebrating the Appalachian Trail.

A former cop and a man he arrested form a lifelong friendship; the race to overcome vaccine hesitancy; investigating the January 6th U.S. Capitol riot means confronting right-wing extremism at home; first-time homebuyers struggle to build wealth; astronaut Kathy Sullivan’s breakthrough career.

Residents of Paradise, CA on rebuilding after wildfires destroyed their town; how companies can retain employees seeking work-life balance; how a monthly tax check could lift families out of poverty; multi-generational family homes on the rise; flying taxicabs take a spin in Paris.

A road trip from Denver to St. Louis shows what people think about American identity; Chinese immigrants who built the Transcontinental Railroad and were denied citizenship; Nikole Hannah Jones, of the 1619 Project, on her father's legacy; Jose Antonio Vargas on life as an undocumented American.

The Congressional Medal of Honor is awarded for bravery in combat; the stories of two Vietnam vets nominated, one who receives it, and one whose honor was delayed for decades; why a marine who lost his legs in combat keeps running; Mary Edwards Walker, the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor.

Leading activists talk about the LGBTQ community's fight for federal legal protections; a visit to an urban farm growing fruits and vegetable to serve a food desert in Washington, D.C.; Annie Lowrey, author of "Give People Money;" the history of the rainbow flag; flying taxi cabs take a spin in Paris.

Inside a rural Texas hospital's struggle to survive and an update on their staff; a conversation with Ilyasah Shabazz about her father, Malcolm X, and his legacy; an overlooked Black researcher who discovered the cicadas' significance; the removal of Confederate statues; the history of Juneteeth.

How a monthly tax check could lift struggling families out of poverty; a look at the history and the future of the U.S. Postal Service; a WWII love story that challenged America's view of race; survivors of the Pulse nightclub shooting on the journey to healing; a Chinese-made electric car in high demand.

A decades long friendship between a former cop and a man he arrested; how companies can address the work life balance post COVID; Pulitzer prize-winner Jose Antonio Vargas on living undocumented; launching satellites to improve global internet access; "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in best seller history.

The hidden history of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre; reparations for Black landowners in Ocoee, Florida who lost their land for casting a ballot; a disability justice advocate on being multiply marginalized in America; a legal test for Second Amendment sanctuaries; a look at boot camp in the time of COVID.