PBS NewsHour | Peter Schulte

Tulsa elects its first Black mayor

Peter Schulte / November 7, 2024

Monroe Nichols will become the first Black mayor of Tulsa. Nichols, a state representative, edged out Tulsa County Commissioner Karen Keith in a runoff election to become the mayor of Oklahoma’s second-largest city. Nichols’ election comes 103 years after the Tulsa Race Massacre, when a white racist mob, including some deputized by authorities, descended on the city’s Greenwood District, also known as Black Wall Street. They burned down homes and businesses, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 300 Black residents.

U.S. museum returns artifacts to Ghana that were looted 150 years ago

Peter Schulte / February 9, 2024

Looted from British-colonized Ghana in the 19th century before being transferred to Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the 1960s, the artifacts included an elephant tail whisk, an ornamental chair made of wood, leather and iron, two gold stool ornaments, a gold necklace and two bracelets.

Millions more children to receive free school meals under expanded U.S. program

Peter Schulte / September 26, 2023

At schools where 25% of families participate in income-based public benefits, such as the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, the U.S. federal government now will cover the cost of free meals for all enrolled students. Previously, the qualifying threshold was 40%.

California launches largest free school lunch program in U.S.

Peter Schulte / September 20, 2022

When classrooms in California reopen for the fall term, all 6.2 million public school students will have the option to eat school meals for free, regardless of their family’s income.

U.S. officially enacts Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault Act into law

Peter Schulte / March 4, 2022

The law is retroactive, freeing individuals who have been bound by arbitration language to pursue legal action against their harassers.