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How one artist's viral virtual art class is helping kids around the world

California's famous giant sequoias can live for thousands of years. But the KNP Complex Fire is just 11 percent contained, and is burning across nearly 50,000 acres, including treasured groves in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Another fire is also blazing in Sequoia National Forest to the south. Special correspondent Cat Wise got a first-hand look on a recent media tour with officials.

Over the past several days, the PBS NewsHour looked at America’s broken child care system and some of the programs trying to address the challenges. In this final part of our series “Raising the Future: America’s child care dilemma,” special correspondent Cat Wise and producer Kate McMahon examine a key question confronting the country: What now? Read the Full Transcript Judy Woodruff: Over the past several days, we have looked at America's broken child care system and some of the programs trying to address the challenges. In this final part of our series Raising the Future: America's...

For the U.S. military, high quality child care is not just a family issue, it’s a matter of national security. Taking care of military families ensures soldiers can be ready to deploy at any time. Could the government-supported child care that supports military families be a model for civilian care? Special Correspondent Cat Wise reports. Read the Full Transcript Judy Woodruff: Many families in the U.S. struggle to find affordable, quality child care. But there is one group that has access to what some say is the gold standard of child care for Americans. That is families in the military.

The lack of affordable child care is not just an issue in urban and suburban communities. In rural America, limited access also takes a toll on small town economies. Special correspondent Cat Wise and producer Kate McMahon traveled to Nebraska to see how two small towns there are working to solve their child care problems as part of our series, "Raising the Future: America’s child care dilemma.” Read the Full Transcript Judy Woodruff: In this next report in our series on child care, the lack of affordable child care is not just an issue in urban and suburban communities. In rural America,...