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Sam Lane

Minnesota

General Assignment Producer at PBS NewsHour

Producer @NewsHour, @TheDailyIowan alum, Minnesotan

Articles

  • 1 week ago | pbs.org | Sam Lane

    The Supreme Court is upholding Tennessee’s ban on gender affirming care for transgender minors. The challenge to the law came from three transgender teens, their parents and a physician. PBS News Supreme Court analyst Amy Howe, co-founder of SCOTUS blog, and Lindsey Dawson, director of LGBTQ health policy at Kaiser Family Foundation, join John Yang to discuss. Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors.

  • 2 months ago | pbs.org | Sam Lane

    Apr 4, 2025 6:25 PM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio The NCAA Women’s Final Four tips off Friday in Tampa Bay with the men’s games starting Saturday in San Antonio. This year, the tournaments are unique because they feature a large number of players who previously played for a different school. That’s thanks to rule changes that let athletes easily move between schools. William Brangham discussed more with Jesse Dockerty of The Washington Post.

  • 2 months ago | pbs.org | Sam Lane

    Apr 1, 2025 6:20 PM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio Princeton University said several dozen of its federal grants have been halted. It's just the latest Trump administration move targeting colleges. Partly in response, Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley announced he’s leaving not only his school, but the country, to teach at the University of Toronto. Stanley joined Amna Nawaz to discuss his decision.

  • Mar 7, 2025 | pbs.org | Sam Lane

    Mar 7, 2025 6:35 PM EST Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio In December, NCAA President Charlie Baker testified that out of more than 500,000 total college student athletes, he believed fewer than 10 were transgender But last month, President Trump signed an executive order to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports. White House correspondent Laura Barrón-López looks at the debate around this issue.

  • Feb 24, 2025 | pbs.org | Sam Lane

    Feb 24, 2025 6:20 PM EST Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio The fires that burned parts of Southern California will likely become the most expensive wildfires in U.S. history. They also burned a scar through historically Black neighborhoods in Altadena. Families there are still sifting through the debris and are concerned about what Altadena will look like going forward. William Brangham reports.

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5 Nov 24

RT @JudyWoodruff: so glad to be joining @IAmAmnaNawaz @GeoffRBennett @amyewalter @LisaDNews @lbarronlopez @WmBrangham @JeffreyBrown @mileso…

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11 Sep 24

RT @mtill50: A reality check on Springfield, OH, where this bizarre lie about immigrants eating pets is centered. @WmBrangham @MaryEFecteau…

Sam Lane
Sam Lane @lanesam
22 Aug 24

RT @IAmAmnaNawaz: TIL #prontopup