Joie Parmenter

Leonardo da Vinci was a Renaissance genius. Not only did he paint masterpieces of art, but he was an obsessive scientist and inventor, dreaming up complex machines centuries ahead of his time, including parachutes, armored tanks, hang gliders, and robots. On the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death, with the help of biographer Walter Isaacson, NOVA investigates the secrets of Leonardo’s success.

Here's your recap of what happened in the leadership shakeup at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week.

When his son began kindergarten this week, educator James Kassaga Arinaitwe flashed back to his own initiation into school, growing up in Uganda under far humbler circumstances.

It's typical that former vice presidents have Secret Service protection for 6 months after leaving office. In Harris' case, she had received an extension of her detail. Trump is ending the extension.

Stream now with the PBS app / Watch Monday, Sept. 1 at 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on KPBS TV About 300,000 domestic workers labor as caregivers, nannies and house cleaners in 2 million homes across California, but unlike most other workers, they’re not protected by OSHA health and safety guidelines. "Dignidad" tells the story of today’s domestic workers who are risking it all to support their families while fighting for their rights on the front line during the COVID-19 pandemic. Led by Kim Alvarenga, the daughter of a Salvadoran domestic worker in San Francisco, the California Domestic Workers Coalition helps lead a turbulent campaign to bring domestics under OSHA protections for the first time in our nation’s history. Through grit, activism and unbending solidarity, these mostly female and largely undocumented workers show how change can happen, even when the odds are stacked against them. Explore More: EHSC’s new documentary follows domestic workers as they organize for workplace protections during the COVID-19 pandemic En Español

Coming to this country with dreams of a better life, frontline caregivers, nannies and house cleaners risk it all to support their families while fighting for workplace protections during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through grit, activism and unbending solidarity, these mostly female and largely undocumented workers show how change can happen—even when the odds are stacked against them.