According to the New York Nature Conservancy, the neighborhoods with the least tree cover tend to be low-income communities. A task force was created to address the problem. Some of the people behind those efforts- Emily Noble Maxwell, Cities Director for The Nature Conservancy in New York and Annel Hernandez, ...

This year’s Earth Day message is optimism and the theme- to “Restore Our Earth.” As part of our ongoing Peril and Promise initiative reporting on the human stories of climate change and its solutions, is Bill Ulfelder, the executive director for the New York Nature Conservancy.

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty for the death of George Floyd. How will this verdict impact the issue of police reform nationwide?

For years a former New York police officer insisted she was wrongly fired for trying to stop a white colleague from using a chokehold on a black man. Cariol Holloman-Horne lost her job with the Buffalo police department in 2008 but that did not stop her fight for justice. Tonight ...

From Derek Chauvin who chose to plead the 5th as the defense delivered a mounting case against George Floyd to ex-officer Kim Potter who stands charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright. Conservative Color Coalition Chair Joseph Pinion, Former Federal Prosecutor Jennifer Rodgers, and “The Santita Jackson ...

Hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders continue to be on the rise across the country. But the scourge appears to be happening with particular frequency right here, in New York. Tonight, as a part of our Exploring Hate initiative we’re joined by ABC 7 Eyewitness News reporter Cefaan ...

Tonight, we are joined by Eric Adams, who is the Brooklyn Borough President and one of the leading candidates in this year’s mayoral race. He believes that his connections within the city, his experience working for the people of New York at a variety of levels, and his pragmatic approach ...

Frontline is now premiering the first in a series of films chronicling the surge in extremism being felt around the world with “American Insurrection.” Frontline correspondent and Propublica senior reporter A.C. Thompson gives us a preview. Also, filmmakers Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein take us inside the world of medicinal ...

The past three years our colleagues at Frontline have been working with Propublica to investigate the rise of violent extremism in America. Supported by our Exploring Hate initiative, Frontline is now premiering the first in a series of films chronicling the surge in extremism being felt around the world with ...

Today, The WNET Group, parent company of Long Island's only NPR Station WLIW-FM, and Hirsch Media announced plans to produce George Hirsch Lifestyle Radio, a new one-hour, weekly public radio program featuring informative and entertaining conversations about food and lifestyle. The series, an extension of Hirsch’s long-running public television series ...