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Friday Nite Videos | November 4, 2022

Obama Campaigns Against Kari Lake and Warns About Threats to Democracy. Till | Movie. Why Self-Driving Cars Have Stalled. Long Covid: A Parallel Pandemic. Why This Instrument Explains Black American Folk Music.

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Obama Campaigns Against Kari Lake and Warns About Threats to Democracy

A closer look at Republican candidates who are in very close races and could easily win in the midterms, including the pro-Trump election deniers who have outright declared they will use their power to steal future elections.

Till | Movie

The never-before-told story of Mamie Till Mobley’s quest for justice for her son, Emmett. In theaters now.

Why Self-Driving Cars Have Stalled | It's Complicated

Fully fledged self-driving technology appears to be perpetually just around the corner. It is a promise that the Tesla chief executive, Elon Musk, has made almost every year since 2013.

Long Covid: A Parallel Pandemic

We hear from people struggling with long Covid and what scientists have learned about the condition — or conditions — so far about long Covid’s diverse effects on the body.

Why This Instrument Explains Black American Folk Music

Jake Blount walks us through the banjo's history — from West Africa to enslaved people in the US to the early record industry — to explain how Black folk music has evolved.
 

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