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Washington Farmworkers Ask State Supreme Court For Overtime Pay

Farmworkers in Washington state have gone to court to demand overtime pay. Coronavirus outbreaks in agricultural communities have focused new attention on working conditions and pay on farms.

Photo montage of people. A FRONTLINE election special: the lives, fears and hopes of Americans from the pandemic to the polls.

FRONTLINE: American Voices: A Nation In Turmoil

Stream now or tune in Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

A worker shovels snow from a sidewalk in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago. Forecasters expect temperatures to drop around 10 degrees by Wednesday.

Arctic Blast Grips Parts Of The U.S., With Snow And Record-Breaking Cold

Forecasters say an estimated 300 cold-weather records are expected to be tied or broken through Wednesday. The "arctic outbreak" is being blamed for four deaths so far.

Search teams continue work to recover remains as the search and rescue efforts is reported to be transitioning to a recovery operation in the collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building on Wednesday, in Surfside, Fla.

Surfside Officials: We Weren't Notified Of Severe Deterioration Before Condo Collapse

In 2020, the engineering firm Morabito Consultants found "severely deteriorated" concrete in the Champlain Towers South condo building. Town officials say they weren't alerted.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a campaign rally in Los Angeles on March 23. His campaign reported on Tuesday that it raised $18.2 million through the end of the first quarter of the year.

Sanders Tops Democratic Fundraising As O'Rourke, Harris And Buttigieg Draw Big Sums

The Vermont senator's campaign says it raised $18.2 million from more than 500,000 donors. Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke has raised $9.4 million since entering the race three weeks ago.

Hospital workers help COVID-19 patient and mother Zully to take her first steps after being removed from a ventilator at a Stamford Hospital ICU on April 24, 2020 in Stamford, Conn.

FRONTLINE: Love, Life & The Virus

Airs Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + PBS Video App + YouTube

Visitors to the San Diego Embarcadero snap photos next to the 'Embracing Peace' statue near the U.S.S. Midway Museum. The artwork depicts a scene from a famous photo taken in 1945, as an American sailor embraced a woman in New York City's Times Square to celebrate the end of World War 2.

San Diego Memorial Day Ceremonies To Be Live-Streamed Monday

Four iconic San Diego locations, including the USS Midway Museum and Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery, will be sites for a live virtual commemoration of Memorial Day beginning online at 9 a.m. Monday.

Kayden Christiansen and his mother, Heather Christiansen, at their home in Simi Valley, August 2021. Kayden, a fifth-grader, was in quarantine for 10 days shortly after his California school reopening.

Quarantined: A New Law Is Disrupting California School Reopenings

As classes resume, a new state law governing independent study is worsening staff shortages, threatening school budgets and forcing quarantined students to relive last year’s school shutdowns.

Where are the students? For a second straight year, school enrollment is dropping

The declines many school districts reported last year have continued, an NPR investigation finds. What educators don't know is where those students have gone.

The 100 Best Songs Of 2020

The great songs of 2020 were as abundant as the rest of the year was a drag. Think of these 100 jams as a silver linings playlist for the worst year of our collective lives.

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