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The lore of magazines as a window on the world

Before the internet, magazines were the primary source of information on matters of news, science and culture. Correspondent Jim Axelrod visited a recent exhibition of highlights from one collector's massive library of 83,000 magazines dating back as far as the 1700s, to see how writers and photographers opened the world to the reading public.

• Jun 13, 2021
• 5:22

Interracial marriages more common, but still face barriers

Many things have changed in the 54 years since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in Loving v. Virginia, that laws banning interracial marriage are unconstitutional. Today, at least 19% of new marriages in America involve spouses from different ethnic or racial groups. But that doesn't mean that the difficulties they face have disappeared. Correspondent Rita Braver talks with couples whose relationships and children still draw uncomfortable conversations about racism within families across every social and economic level, and about how their love ultimately conquers all.

• Jun 13, 2021
• 9:57

Nature: Muir Woods National Monument

"Sunday Morning" takes us to the Muir Woods National Monument in California, a contemplative forest that's been called a "temple of peace." Videographer: Lance Milbrand.

• Jun 6, 2021
• 2:27

Cop on the beat, and the pulpit

Edgar Rodriguez wears two hats, as both a police chief and a pastor in Moville, Iowa. He tells correspondent Lee Cowan that he sees being a police officer as an extension of his ministry, and that he does not believe in lost causes.

• Jun 6, 2021
• 6:10

Walking the beat in Japan, a "heaven for cops"

Japan's low crime rate may be traced in part to its homogenous society and gun-free culture, but also to the ways in which its police have pushed the envelope on community relations. Correspondent Lucy Craft went on patrol with Tokyo's ubiquitous and helpful police officers, whose guns remain holstered, and whose job includes everything from listening to marital spats, to operating the world's largest lost-and-found.

• Jun 6, 2021
• 5:45

Bill Bratton on police reform

Throughout his five-decade career, Bill Bratton, former police commissioner in New York City, Boston and Los Angeles, has been an architect of modern policing in America, instituting reforms that lowered crime and bolstered the bond between the public and the men and women who serve and protect. Now, he fears much of what he helped create is crumbling. Yet, he tells correspondent Mark Whitaker, he has reasons to believe positive change remains possible.

• Jun 6, 2021
• 9:12

A cop's most disarming weapon: compassion

Correspondent Steve Hartman revisits some of his most memorable stories about police officers who wear their badges over a loving heart.

• Jun 6, 2021
• 3:34

Commentary: Killed in the line of duty

Emilio J. Miyares, national president of Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS), remembers the families and friends of law enforcement officers who were killed for doing their job.

• Jun 6, 2021
• 2:30

Monuments to issues of policing

Two monuments in Washington, D.C. – a city with memorials honoring presidents, fallen warriors, and those who shaped history for the better – hold particular relevance to the role of police in American society. Jane Pauley reports.

• Jun 6, 2021
• 1:33

Changing how 911 responds to mental health crises

With its new Street Crisis Response Teams, San Francisco hopes to lower potentially fatal confrontations between police officers and those undergoing mental health or behavioral crises. Correspondent John Blackstone talks with members of the team, and with Mayor London Breed, about the goals of the new initiative.

• Jun 6, 2021
• 4:46