December 26, 2020
Roads to Recovery: One community’s journey back from the brink
As vaccines slowly start to roll out and 2020 finally comes to a close, there are glimmers that the COVID-19 pandemic may eventually end. But with lingering social, economic, and public health damage, PBS NewsHour Weekend is launching a series homing in on how one place -- Fairfield County in Connecticut -- makes its way back. Christopher Booker has more on our new "Roads to Recovery" series.
December 26, 2020
In a CT county, tenants and landlords brace for eviction tsunami
The first installment of our “Roads to Recovery” series focuses on renters and landlords in Fairfield County, Connecticut — and how, since the pandemic started, they’ve navigated a patchwork of eviction moratoriums and limited financial support. NewsHour Weekend’s Christopher Booker reports from Bridgeport, Connecticut.
January 30, 2021
How zoning can restrict, or even prevent, affordable housing
For Preble Street Resource Center, a social services agency in Portland, Maine, adapting to the pandemic has meant the soup kitchen can’t serve indoor meals, social workers can’t meet clients in their offices, and limiting the number of people allowed in shelters -- all at a time when these services are needed the most. Christopher Booker reports on how a truck has helped solve the problem.
March 14, 2021
Extra space, flexibility, luck: surviving the pandemic, it could take all three
Pre-pandemic, 10% of Connecticut's workforce was in restaurants. Since COVID-19 at least 600 of the state’s restaurants have closed and tens of thousands remain unemployed. For those still open, the road ahead is still uncertain. In our “Roads to Recovery” series, part of “Chasing the Dream: Poverty and Opportunity in America,” Christopher Booker visits three restaurants with very different stories.
May 1, 2021
How the pandemic is accelerating workforce training
For decades, manufacturers in the U.S. have warned of a massive skills gap: There just aren't enough new skilled workers to make up for older ones who are retiring. In this installment of our series, "Roads to Recovery," NewsHour Weekend’s Christopher Booker reports from Connecticut on how the pandemic has accelerated a push to improve and expand job training for the state's large manufacturing workforce.
August 1, 2021
Educators, counselors focus on mental health as students return
After more than a year of restrictions and online schooling, educators and counselors are focusing on ways to assess the long-term social, emotional and mental impact of the pandemic on school children when they return to the classroom. Christopher Booker reports from Fairfield County, Connecticut as part of our ongoing series, “Roads to Recovery.”