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Nearly 30 million children in the U.S. do not have a park within a 10-minute walk of their home. And children from lower-income neighborhoods tend to have less access to parks than those in high-income areas. But as special Correspondent Cat Wise reports, a nonprofit is working to end those play space inequities.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell testified this past week as part of a congressional investigation into the Washington Commanders’ workplace practices. The Commanders have been criticized by more than a dozen former employees who said it was a "toxic" environment that included sexual harassment of female workers. Howard Bryant, sports journalist and ESPN contributor, joins Geoff Bennett to discuss.

After the Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade, Americans seeking reproductive health care are facing profound logistical, legal and medical obstacles. Women’s health clinics in several states are already canceling appointments overs fears of violating state laws that now restrict or ban abortion. Dr. Jamila Perritt, president of Physicians for Reproductive Health, joins Geoff Bennett to discuss.

Democrats on Capitol Hill are urging President Biden to take immediate action to protect abortion rights following the Supreme Court decision. It also comes after Justice Clarence Thomas said in his concurring opinion the court should reconsider other precedents such as same-sex marriage. Kenji Yoshino, a professor of constitutional law at the NYU Law School, joins Geoff Bennett to discuss.

In our news wrap Sunday, Russia shattered weeks of relative calm in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv with a series of missile attacks, leaders from seven Western nations gathered for the G-7 summit in Germany, Norway is mourning following a shooting outside a popular gay club in Oslo that left two dead, and at least 22 young people were found dead in a South African nightclub.

As conservatives across the country celebrate the Supreme Court’s decision to end the nationwide right to abortion, Democratic leaders are quickly moving to make sure they ensure access to reproductive care where state laws and politics allow it. Geoff Bennett speaks with California Attorney General Rob Bonta about his state’s plan to preserve abortion access.

In our news wrap Saturday, President Biden signed bipartisan gun legislation marking the most extensive move toward gun control in years. A federal court blocked the FDA from banning sales of Juul electronic cigarettes, which the agency says are marketed to promote smoking among young people.

More than eleven hundred people have died in the earthquake that devastated several regions of eastern Afghanistan. Ali Rogin reports on the challenges aid organizations are facing to make large deliveries of desperately-needed emergency supplies.

Congress voted Friday to extend the pandemic-era school meal waivers program, credited with providing millions of children access to free meals, narrowly averting a June deadline. Advocates say the delay in passing the extension has already jeopardized access to summer meals for nearly 7 million children. Geoff Bennett speaks with Wilfred Chan of the Guardian about the latest developments.

Title IX, the federal law that bars educational institutions from discriminating on the basis of sex turned 50 this week. But some top college sports programs are skirting the spirit, if not the letter, of the law. Ali Rogin speaks with USA Today reporter Rachel Axon who investigated how schools miscount female athletes.

An estimated 26 states are certain or likely to ban abortion following the Supreme Court’s ruling. What’s next in the legal battle over abortion? Mary Ziegler, law professor at the University of California and author of "Dollars for Life: The Anti Abortion Movement and the Fall of the Republican Establishment," joins John Yang to discuss the future of abortion laws.

No one gets to stay neutral in this moment, Alexis McGill Johnson President of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund says in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. Johnson says abortion rights advocates are mobilizing to fight the “extremism” behind nationwide efforts to ban abortion.

In our news wrap Friday, the House of Representatives gave final approval to a $15 billion gun violence bill, the first of its kind in nearly three decades. The measure curbs gun sales to people convicted of domestic violence, and helps fund state laws to take guns away from people who are deemed dangerous. Also, Ukrainian forces conceded control of the city of Sievierodonetsk to Russia.

As abortion is banned in many parts of the U.S., it is “unconscionable” to ask states’ pandemic-strapped health care systems to absorb more patients, said Kelly Davis, executive director of New Voices for Reproductive Justice. Davis joins Amna Nawaz to discuss the realities and growing burdens facing many women who seek abortions, and why it’s not so simple as vowing to increase support.

Michael Gonidakis, president of Ohio Right to Life, has been working toward the goal of overturning Roe v. Wade for more than a decade. On the day when federal protections for abortion have been overturned, he joins Amna Nawaz to discuss the need for a robust social safety net in his state, where an injunction was just lifted on its six-week ban.

After celebrating a victory in the Supreme Court, activists will work in every state to further restrict access to abortion according to Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America. Dannenfelser spoke with Judy Woodruff about public support for banning abortion and how states should support women and children in post-Roe America.

The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn abortion law in the U.S. rocked the nation, but the court’s conservative majority wasn’t unanimous. Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal explains how Chief Justice Roberts responded to the decision and how the liberal dissent argues against creating a patchwork of laws across the nation.

Today saw a tectonic shift on abortion rights. The U.S. Supreme Court remade the legal landscape, throwing out the precedent laid down 50 years ago in Roe v. Wade. John Yang explores the decision, the praise, the protest and how the day unfolded in Washington and around the nation.

Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and Washington Post opinion columnist Michael Gerson join Judy Woodruff to discuss what the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn abortion rights means to the nation in a moment of great political and cultural discord.

The Biden administration on Thursday proposed new rules for how schools must treat sex discrimination under Title IX. If approved, the regulations would reverse Trump-era rules that limited the scope of sexual assault investigations on campuses. The Washington Post's Moriah Balingit joins Geoff Bennett to discuss the administration's proposal to level the playing field.