A special issue, guest-edited by bestselling author Ta-Nehisi Coates, captures the cultural zeitgeist of race relations, activism and art during the summer of Black Lives Matter Source
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Matt Stutzman, the armless archer
One of the top-ranked archers in the country is 37-year-old Matt Stutzman of Fairfield, Iowa, who has medaled in a sport that many would have thought beyond his reach: he was born without arms. Lee Cowan finds out how, with a simple bow and arrow, a man who just wanted to provide for his family became an inspiration. (This story was originally broadcast on November 3, 2019.) Source
Flying dogs to their forever homes
Wyoming pilot Peter Rork transports animals in need to adoption centers across the country through his non-profit, Dog Is My CoPilot Source
The man behind Dog Is My CoPilot
Contributor Conor Knighton takes to the skies with Wyoming pilot Peter Rork, a retired surgeon and pilot who’s found a new purpose in life by helping dogs in need find homes, flying animals to adoption centers through his non-profit, Dog Is My CoPilot. Source
Votes for women: How the suffragists won
One hundred years ago the 19th Amendment, which would protect women’s right to vote, was just one vote short of ratification. “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan reports on how the landmark legislation finally earned passage, and talks with historians Elaine Weiss, Susan Ware and Martha S. Jones about how suffragists such as Carrie Chapman Catt won the long-pitched battle which, for black women, continued long after the amendment became embedded in our Constitution. Brennan also talks with singer Rosanne Cash who celebrated the suffragists’ legacy. Source
Golden State Killer: Connecting the dots in the search for elusive California criminal
How has it taken 40 years to get the full picture of the devastation that the East Area Rapist/Original Night Stalker – now known as the Golden State Killer – has caused? Source
On the trail of the Golden State Killer
Orange County D.A. Investigator Erika Hutchcraft takes CBS News’ Tracy Smith to one of the neighborhoods where the Golden State Killer struck, around murder victim Janelle Cruz’s house in Irvine, Calif., to retrace how he planned and carried out his attacks. Source
CBS Weekend News, August 22, 2020
Wildfires continue to ravage the West as resources grow thin; Minnesota State Fair’s butter sculpting tradition lives on despite coronavirus cancellation Source
Justice for the Golden State Killer
After over 40 years, police arrested the man who later confessed to at least 50 rapes and 13 murders. Now, his survivors and family members of the murdered victims confront him in court. Source
Investigator, writer form unlikely friendship in pursuit of the Golden State Killer
During their first meeting, Contra Costa County Investigator Paul Holes spent six hours driving true-crime writer Michelle McNamara to see the locations where the Golden State Killer struck. Correspondent Tracy Smith joins Holes to retrace that drive, and finds out how the true-crime writer and the cold case investigator became unlikely confidants. Source