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PBS NewsHour full episode, Mar. 31, 2021
Mar 31, 2021 PBS NewsHour
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PBS NewsHour full episode, Mar. 29, 2021
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Monday on the NewsHour, The CDC voices concern as COVID cases, hospitalizations and deaths rise, plus we explore a report into its origins. Then, we cover opening arguments in the trial of the police officer charged in the death of George Floyd, and how Alabama’s Amazon employees face the biggest attempt to organize in the company’s history. Amy Walter and Tamara Keith join us for Politics Monday. WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS CDC warns of ‘impending doom’ of COVID surges as deaths rise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUqsn…? News Wrap: Three more men face trial for plot to kidnap Dem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfmtq…? Chauvin’s attorneys blame drugs,witnesses in Floyd’s death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7HtM…? WHO says COVID originated in bats, but critics claim bias https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FDFb…? A look into the employee life at Amazon amid union push https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHCA4…? Renters hit by pandemic juggle assistance, eviction laws https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdRhj…? Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on gun law reform, beating COVID https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21qGX…? Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG? Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour? Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6?
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PBS NewsHour Weekend Full Episode March 28, 2021
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On this edition for Sunday, March 28th, COVID-19 cases rise as vaccination efforts increase, how the pandemic has impacted economic and gender equity, and in our signature segment: the origins of non-unanimous jury verdicts, ruled to violate the 6th Amendment but not outlawed in two states until recently, and what’s ahead for those people convicted by them. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York. Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG? Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour? Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6?
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PBS NewsHour full episode, Mar. 26, 2021
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Mar 26, 2021 Washington Week PBS
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How students are using art to channel COVID-19 fears
By ALLYSON ESCOBAR | aescobar@scng.com |
PUBLISHED: March 25, 2021 at 8:05 a.m. | UPDATED: March 26, 2021 at 11:39 a.m.
They say art can express emotions, promote healing or offer a “window into the soul.”
That also can be said of Southern California students who have illustrated the stress and constant changes of these pandemic times in their artwork.
In February, Daniel Richter, a fourth-grade teacher in Wildomar in Riverside County, asked his students to express how they felt through digital art.
Richter, who teaches at Sycamore Academy of Science and Cultural Arts — a charter arts school with campuses in Wildomar and Chino Hills — said he was “blown away” by the submissions and conversations about the coronavirus crisis.
“I know how I feel, as an adult,” he said. “But I wanted to know how my 9- and 10-year-olds, and all students, feel about coming to school with masks on, or not being able to see their friends, or be able to sit in a movie theater.”
“A picture is worth a thousand words — so drawing a picture is sometimes easier,” the former child behavioral therapist said. “You can draw a face with multiple emotions, each representing what’s going on in the child. Getting these kids to open up and talk about their emotions (was) a really good reminder that we’re all going through this. We’re all hurting, too.”
Robin Gormin, a teacher at Fairmont Private Schools in Anaheim, said students “are really taking the brunt of this pandemic.”
“They are isolated, lonely and feeling like everything has been taken from them,” she said.
Here’s a sampling of art from students in kindergarten through high school in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, from moving paintings and photography to digital drawings and mixed media.
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Lesley Perez Cortez, a senior at Arroyo Valley High School in San Bernardino, painted “Bella Dentro (Beauty Within)” in her advanced art class. She said the painting reflects seniors’ feeling “faceless and forgotten” during their last years of high school, but still beautiful within. (Photo courtesy of Keith Brockie)
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Color pencil art from Lizbeth Mancillas, a ninth grader at The School of Arts and Enterprise in Pomona, created this piece during the lockdown “to bring some color into her family’s life,” teacher Mark Bunner said. (Photo courtesy of Mark Bunner)
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Rachel Levine, a 16-year-old Huntington Beach resident and student at Fairmont Preparatory Academy in Anaheim, created this piece. “The meaning behind my artwork is the leaning state of movement that is shown through the fruit, representing the constant state of imbalance that everyone is experiencing right now. I was inspired by Rene Magritte to put facial features on the fruit to bring a more surreal look, outside of the gravity-defying element that is seen with the tower.” (Photo courtesy of Heather Soodak)
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A mixed media work, using acrylic paint and embroidery shows a young person during the pandemic. Joyce Lee, an 18-year-old senior at the Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana, is the artist. (Photo courtesy of Paige Oden
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Nyzell Guzman, 18, from Inner-City Arts in Los Angeles, created ‘Esperanza,’ which means “hope” in Spanish. “Many of us want to be hopeful during these difficult times. La Virgen de Guadalupe in the center of my piece is a symbol of faith and identity. During these tough times, many people look up to her for peace,” Nyzell said. “The Folklorico dancers and roses represent what brings joy to the Latinx community. This piece represents LA’s Latinx community and is a reminder that all will be well.” (Photo courtesy of Christopher Maikish, Inner-City Arts)
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Cori Chapman, 16, created a digital comic strip for the Art Find A Way project of Inner-City Arts’ in Los Angeles. It expresses her thoughts and challenges during the pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Christopher Maikish, Inner-City Arts)
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Melody Esther Chaidez-Hernandez, 17, created this piece for Inner-City Arts LA. “Since I am not able to physically visit my favorite places, I enjoy working them into my art,” she said. Melody submitted her work for an Instagram campaign called #spreadheART. (Photo courtesy of Christopher Maikish, Inner-City Arts)
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A photo by Isabelle Pruitt, a student at Lancaster High School, aims to carry out teacher Rose Max’s assignment to give students a creative outlet to process the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects. (Photo courtesy of Rose Max)
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This photo by Pricilla Palacios, a student at Lancaster High School, was created to document the pandemic and its effects. (Photo courtesy of Rose Max
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This photo by Nathaniel Robles, a student at Lancaster High School, was created to document the pandemic and its effects. (Photo courtesy of Rose Max
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This photo by Lance Hidalgo, a student at Lancaster High School, was created to document the pandemic and its effects. (Photo courtesy of Rose Max)
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“Values of Grief” is an acrylic painting by Jessica Kim, a junior at Portola High School in Irvine. The work shows the grief felt by nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. “The nurses are holding on together and the waves in the back show their emotions and sadness. Their tears are flowing into the ocean … (the colors) start off as dark, and gradually grow into brighter colors that show that they are getting better and happier,” Jessica said. (Photo courtesy of Kearci Moir
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Elanor Whitesides, a senior at Quartz Hill High School in Lancaster, created this acrylic painting during the pandemic. “By depicting one of many quiet moments during the COVID-19 pandemic, I continue to document my journey as a student artist.” (Photo courtesy of Deepak Dhillonn)
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“Dreams for 2021,” is a watercolor painting by Alvin Wang, a 15-year-old ninth-grader at the California School of the Arts – San Gabriel Valley. “I think that at that point in quarantine, I wasn’t doing the greatest because I had spent so many months at home. When I was painting it, I focused on making it brighter and more saturated to make it seem more cheerful among the issues with quarantine and the pandemic,” Alvin said. “I decided to paint this piece because I really was looking forward to getting back into social activities and simply being around people.” (Photo courtesy of Julia Gutierrez)
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Annie Liang, a 17-year-old junior at Glen A. Wilson High School in Hacienda Heights, created this watercolor/colored pencil painting “Encore” for a window self-portrait art assignment during the pandemic. “I want to express how people only see a certain side to me,” Annie said. (Photo courtesy of Annie Liang
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Lauren Villacorte, a sophomore at Glen A. Wilson High School in Hacienda Heights, created this piece for her father on his wedding day. “This work is representative of my experience during the pandemic in that I’d been dead bored over the summer,” Lauren said. “This work is representative of my experience during the pandemic, because it proves to me that good things can still happen, despite all the bad. It’s a bit of an understatement to say there’s been a lot of bad this last year, but my dad’s wedding–despite featuring only him, his wife, and myself – was good.” (Photo courtesy of Lauren Villacorte)
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Brittney Smith, a senior at Highland High School in Palmdale, drew her piece “Facing Challenges” for an art class project. (Photo courtesy of Pavel Vogler
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Jasmine Dobrozdravich, a senior at Highland High School in Palmdale, drew “Justice and Freedom” based on class discussions on how justice and freedom have been affected during the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Pavel Vogler)
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Barbara Markov, a senior at Highland High School in Palmdale, drew her experience of being “together, but still separated” for an art class project. (Photo courtesy of Pavel Vogler)
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“The Island of Façades,” is a watercolor painting by Natalie Adriana Salcido, a junior at Cajon High School in San Bernardino. Salcido was inspired by current events. “I wanted to capture all the bizarre things that have occurred during 2020. I chose a theme of politics and other topics that have affected our communities. I wanted to show the rift of power between the government and the struggle of the people,” Natalie said. “I also incorporated Edward Hopper’s use of perspective, which was always looking into a scene from afar. Due to my interest in community engagement, I wanted to have reflections of all the things that have made this year a roller coaster.” (Photo courtesy of Elisabeth Payne)
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“Lockdown Emotions” was created by Faith Crocker, a 15-year-old student at Eastside High School in Lancaster to express his feelings during distance learning. (Photo courtesy of Faith Crocker
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This pen drawing is by Brenna Corcoran, 17, a senior in the Visual Arts Conservatory at the California School of the Arts – San Gabriel Valley. Brenna was inspired by “Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd’s murder, the continuation of a global pandemic, the beginnings of a pivotal election, and the pressures of school.” (Photo courtesy of Julia Gutierrez
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Italy White, a senior at Vista del Lago High School in Moreno Valley, submitted this piece for Moreno Valley Unified School District’s artful healing initiative. “If I was given a chance to go back to that fateful day, I would’ve done things differently. I would’ve shared a more meaningful goodbye with my friends,” Italy said. “I also wouldn’t have treated COVID-19 as a joke and rooted for an extra week of Spring Break.” (Photo courtesy of Anahi Velasco
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Mathew Banagudos, a senior at Vista del Lago High School in Moreno Vally submitted this piece as part of the Moreno Valley Unified School District’s artful healing initiative. “The work represented the thoughts and events going through quarantine and transitioning into senior year during quarantine, knowing our senior year isn’t going to be the same as the others,” Matthew said. (Photo courtesy of Anahi Velasco)
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Mixed media (paint and paper on a birch panel) self-portrait collage by Ciel Mitrovich, a freshman at Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana. This was a self-motivated summer project to help students find creativity during the pandemic and isolation at home, her teacher says. (Photo courtesy of Paige Oden)
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A digital drawing by Daria Kosianenko, a sophomore at Fairmont Preparatory Academy in Anaheim, who is living in Moscow, Russia due to the pandemic. The drawing, “Waiting in the Shadows,” shows the COVID-19 virus in the form of a horse hiding its true face before revealing her essence, responsible for the death of thousands. A bell hangs in her ear as a warning, but not everyone wants to listen to its sound. For Daria, this work and the situation that we all experienced means the word: despair. (Photo courtesy of Heather Soodak)
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“My best friend Liam and I can’t see each other in person, so I’m sad,” said Morgan Steig, a 9-year-old Lake Elsinore resident and student at Sycamore Academy in Wildomar. “We can only talk to each other through the phone and through our computers, and I felt sad.” (Photo courtesy of Daniel Richter)
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Ellie Kim, 8, a third grader at Fairmont Private School in Anaheim, created her own version of Edvard Munch’s famous expressionist painting, “The Scream.” Teacher Robin Gormin prompted students to draw something that would make them scream. Ellie, who has been in online learning, drew viruses and COVID-19 in her piece. “We talked about Expressionism and how it is important to put your feelings down on paper, rather than physically showing your feelings. The face Ellie drew shows it all,” Gormin said. (Photo courtesy of Robin Gormin)
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“My art piece is about feeling really trapped in the first few weeks,” said Sycamore Academy fourth grader Zoey Carroll, a 10-year-old Canyon Lake resident. “When COVID first started it was really pretty outside, I wanted to go outside and play with my friends but we couldn’t because we were all social distancing.” (Photo courtesy of Daniel Richter
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Rocia Han, a middle school student at the California School of the Arts in the San Gabriel Valley, drew “True Hero” as part of her studies in conservatory. She was inspired by the struggle of medical workers risking their lives in the pandemic. “I drew a girl inside a COVID cell to show she’s infected, and many cells in the background to show how dangerous it is,” Rocia said. “The doctor is the one who is saving the girl’s life. Doctors are true heroes and they are the ones who make this world a better place.” (Photo courtesy of Julia Gutierrez)
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Nataly Sanchez, a fourth grader at Barton Elementary School in San Bernardino, drew this to “to express what is happening to the earth during the pandemic,” teacher Grace Schmidt said. (Photo courtesy of Grace Schmidt)
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Diego Lorenzo, a fifth grader in Covina, submitted this piece in a school pandemic art contest. He was inspired after witnessing division in the U.S. in the past year. He won first place for the elementary school level. (Photo courtesy of Claudia Gonzales)
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A watercolor painting by fourth grader Anndrea Castaneda shows a coronavirus replacing the cornea of a weeping girl’s eye. She attends Barton Elementary School in San Bernardino. (Photo courtesy of Grace Schmidt)
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A drawing of a speech by Isaac Rickard, a sixth grader at Vista Heights Middle School in Moreno Valley, comes from a healing arts initiative called “Document Today.” Isaac, 11, talked about having good physical and mental health in the pandemic and created a drawing with highlights and tips from his speech. (Photo courtesy of Anahi Velasco)
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Jurupa Middle School eighth grader Dylan Smith’s drawing won first in the Riverside County Arts Connect Visual Student Art Competition, middle school category. “My drawing represents possibilities of what the world could become in the future. The left side is bad things happening in the world. The right side is good things happening in the world.” (Photo courtesy of Riverside County Office of Education)
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“R is for Rusty Boy” is the name of this photo taken by 9-year-old Tyler Koon, a third grader in Riverside County, who struggled with distance learning, but got through with help from his pet, Rusty. Tyler got an old Nikon 5100 camera from his mother, who said he wanted to highlight the “fur heroes” giving families comfort in hard times. (Photo courtesy of Launa Koon)
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5-year-old Calder Eaton from West Los Angeles created “Spider Monster” as a part of the Hammer Museum’s Family Day: Make in L.A. 2020. The project, imagined by artist Umar Rashid, prompted families to create monsters that would help in a battle against shape-shifters who were making everyone too sick to celebrate Halloween. Calder was inspired by his favorite superhero, Spider-Man, to create a figure that could see in many directions as it battled its foe. (Photo courtesy of Tara Burns)
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This poster by Emy Bellehumeur, 13, a seventh grader at South Lake Middle School in Irvine is titled “Humanity.” It was created in an art class where students were asked to design mixed-media posters about social issues they were passionate about. “I want people to see my art and realize that really we are just all humans with feelings that try to leave their best lives in peace,” Emy said. “My artwork represents a skeleton with a heart and montages of discrimination. I was hoping the skeleton will make everyone realize that your appearance doesn’t matter and the heart show that we all have a heart no matter who we are.” (Photo courtesy of Amberleigh Adoff)
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Jimena Lemus Perez, 6, a first grader at Santiago Elementary School in Santa Ana, created a mixed-media watercolor. As part of the Santa Ana Unified School District’s Extended Learning Program with OC Children’s Therapeutic Arts Center, students made art about unity and diversity, inspired by Mexican mythology and art. Combining majestic animal creatures, they created a species “strengthened by unity.” The project aimed to help youths with “social-emotional learning” during the pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Mark Dominic Dimalanta, Santa Ana Unified/OC Children’s Therapeutic Arts Center)
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A mixed-media watercolor by Paola Sanchez, 10, a fourth grader at Adams Elementary School in Santa Ana was part of the Santa Ana Unified School District’s Extended Learning Program with OC Children’s Therapeutic Arts Center. The project aimed to help youths with “social-emotional learning” during the pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Mark Dominic Dimalanta, Santa Ana Unified/OC Children’s Therapeutic Arts Center)
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Allyson Escobar covers local news in the I-15 freeway cities, including Corona, Norco, Lake Elsinore, Menifee, Murrieta, Wildomar and Temecula, for The Press-Enterprise/Southern California News Group. She has covered Asian and Latino American issues and culture, the Filipino community in Los Angeles, and religion in Brooklyn and Queens, NY. She has also written for local and national outlets including NBC News, the LA Times, Angelus News, KCETLink, The Daily Pilot, America Magazine, National Catholic Reporter, The Tablet and Asian Journal.
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