THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. FOR MATTER OF FACT, FORMER NFL PLAYER ERIC REED MADE HEADLINES WHEN HE TOOK A KNEE ALONGSIDE COLIN KAEPERNICK. HE’S HERE IN STUDIO TO TALK WITH ME ABOUT THAT MOMENT AND HIS LATEST PROJECT TO INVEST IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. BUT FIRST, LET ME FILL YOU IN ON THE OTHER STORIES WE HAVE COMING UP. THE ECONOMY VERSUS HOUSEHOLD FINANCES. AMERICANS ARE FEELING PESSIMISTIC WHEN IT COMES TO MONEY ISSUES. THERE ARE THINGS TO BE PESSIMISTIC ABOUT, AND THERE ARE THINGS TO BE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT, TOO. WE GET A REALITY CHECK FROM AN ECONOMIST AND DISCUSS HOW VOTERS FEELINGS COULD PLAY OUT AT THE POLLS. AND THIS MOM OF TWO SHARES HER BATTLE WITH POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION. YOU DO FEEL ISOLATED AND ALONE. THIS WAS NOT JUST THE BIRTHING PERSONS ISSUE. THIS IS A FAMILY ISSUE. THIS IS A COMMUNITY ISSUE. WE GO INSIDE AN EFFORT TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS TO MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT FOR MOTHERS AND THEIR PARTNERS AS THERE ARE TIMES IN AMERICAN HISTORY WHEN TOUGH CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RACE AND INEQUALITY ARE BROUGHT TO THE FOREFRONT. BUT LIKE THE DISCUSSIONS THAT CAME AFTER THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD IN 2020 AND THE PROTESTS THAT FOLLOWED, HOWEVER, FOUR YEARS BEFORE THAT, FORMER NFL QUARTERBACK COLIN KAEPERNICK DECIDED NOT TO STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM BEFORE A GAME HE SAID HE WAS PROTESTING RACIAL INJUSTICE AND POLICE BRUTALITY. HE EVENTUALLY CHANGED TO KNEELING DURING THE ANTHEM AS HIS TEAMMATES STOOD AWED. THEN ON SEPTEMBER 1ST OF 2016, HE WAS JOINED BY SAFETY ERIC REID. THE TWO WOULD RECEIVE BACKLASH FOR KNEELING. KAEPERNICK WAS EVENTUALLY FORCED OUT OF THE LEAGUE. REID ENDED HIS FOOTBALL CAREER IN 2020, BUT THAT IS NOT THE END OF ERIC REID’S STORY. HE JOINS US NOW. IT’S SO NICE TO SEE YOU. THANKS FOR JOINING ME. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I KNOW YOU’VE BEEN ASKED THIS 5 MILLION TIMES, AND USUALLY I AVOID QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKED 5 MILLION TIMES. BUT I DO WANT YOU TO WALK US THROUGH THE DAY THAT YOU DECIDED, IN FACT, THAT YOU WOULD SUPPORT COLIN KAEPERNICK, THAT YOU WOULD KNEEL AS WELL. SO COLIN AND MY RELATIONSHIP STARTED IN THE WEIGHT ROOM. WE WOULD WORK OUT NEARLY EVERY DAY TOGETHER. AND SO WHEN HE STARTED SITTING AND STARTED GETTING ATTENTION FROM THAT, IT WAS EASY FOR ME TO GO TO HIM AND ASK WHY HE WAS DOING IT. AND HE TALKED ABOUT SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION, POLICE BRUTALITY, THINGS THAT HE WAS SEEING IN MINORITY COMMUNITIES. AND FOR ME, I REMEMBER VERY VIVIDLY ALTON STERLING BEING KILLED IN BATON ROUGE AND THAT TOUCHED SO CLOSE TO HOME FOR ME BECAUSE I WAS BORN IN BATON ROUGE. AND SO I REMEMBER TELLING HIM, HEY, MAN, I WANT TO SUPPORT YOU. AND GETTING THIS MESSAGE OUT I THINK IS NEEDED. BUT PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT YOU’RE DISRESPECTING THEM. THAT’S THE ATTENTION THAT YOU’RE GETTING. AND SO IT WAS ACTUALLY MY IDEA. I PRESENTED TO HIM, WHY DON’T YOU KNEEL RIGHT? BECAUSE WE COULDN’T THINK OF A SITUATION WHERE KNEELING WAS VIEWED AS DISRESPECTFUL, RIGHT. EVEN ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD, WHEN A PLAYER GETS HURT, WE TAKE A KNEE. SO WE ACTUALLY MADE THE DECISION TO TAKE A KNEE TO BE MORE RESPECTFUL TO THOSE WHO FELT DISRESPECTED. I THINK A LOT WAS ACCOMPLISHED. WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS ACCOMPLISHED? I THINK THAT PEOPLE WERE FORCED TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITIES. WHEN WE STARTED DOING IT, THE VIDEOS OF POLICE INVOLVED KILLINGS AND POLICE BRUTALITY WERE ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA AS SOCIAL MEDIA WAS GROWING THROUGH THAT TIME PERIOD. RIGHT. AND SO YOU COULDN’T AVOID SEEING THESE VIDEOS. AND IT’S LIKE FOR ME, EVERYTHING THAT WAS INSTILLED TO ME AS AN ATHLETE, YOU’RE ALWAYS TAUGHT TO BE A ROLE MODEL, TO DO THE RIGHT THING, TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE. THAT’S ALL I WAS DOING, RIGHT? I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO DO SOMETHING FOR GOOD IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO WE DECIDED TO PROTEST. IS THERE EVER A TIME WHERE YOU LOOK BACK AND SAY, IF I COULD DO THAT AGAIN, I WOULDN’T DO IT? I’VE COME TO A PLACE WHERE I’M HAPPY, I’M CONTENT. IT AFFECTED MY CAREER, BUT THAT’S OKAY BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR. AND I WOULDN’T BE HERE TODAY IF I DIDN’T DO IT. I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR NEW MISSION. FROM WHAT I’VE READ, THE GOAL IS TO HELP COMMUNITIES OF COLOR CLOSE THAT WEALTH GAP. WHY DOES THAT MATTER TO YOU? IT MATTERS TO ME BECAUSE OF ALL THE REASONS I PROTESTED. RIGHT. THERE ARE CERTAIN INEQUALITIES. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE STILL WE STILL DEAL WITH ON THE BACKS OF SOME SLAVERY AND THE THINGS THAT WE’VE COME THROUGH IN THIS COUNTRY. WE’VE MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS IN THOSE AREAS. BUT THE INEQUALITY IN IN CAPITAL IS STILL ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE’RE DEALING WITH. AND SO THROUGH TOKENIZATION, TOKENIZATION IS BACKED BY TANGIBLE ASSETS, REAL ESTATE ASSETS, BUT TOKENIZATION ALLOWS YOU TO INVEST ON A SMALLER LEVEL THROUGH FRAXION, THROUGH DOING THE BLOCKCHAIN. I THINK IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MINORITIES TO INVEST IT IN AN ASSET CLASS THAT WAS TYPICALLY NOT THERE FOR OUR GROUP OF PEOPLE. REAL ESTATE IS AN INTERESTING AREA TO TO THINK ABOUT CLOSING THE WEALTH GAP. I’LL TALK TO A GAJILLION ATHLETES, BUT RARELY HAVE I HAD SOMEBODY SAY I’M GOING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CLOSE THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP OR FOCUS ON WORKING ON THAT OVER TIME. REAL ESTATE HAS ALWAYS APPRECIATED SO ROE AND YOU ALWAYS ARE GOING TO NEED A PLACE TO STAY, RIGHT? EVERYBODY NEEDS A PLACE TO STAY AND SO WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT INVESTING IN THIS AREA WILL GENERATE A RETURN. SO I THINK THAT FRAXION PROVIDES A WAY FOR ME IN BUSINESS. AND IT’S NOT CHARITY, IT’S EDUCATION IS GIVING PEOPLE ACCESS TO INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT JUST HAVEN’T BEEN THERE BEFORE. SO I THINK IT’LL CLOSE THAT GAP. IT WON’T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, BUT WITH A LOT OF WORK, WE’LL GET THERE. IT’S SO NICE TO TALK TO YOU. THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. NEXT ON MATTER OF FACT, WOMEN OF COLOR ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION AND THEY FACE GREATER BARRIERS TO TREATMENT. WE HAVE TO DO BETTER. A LOOK AT HER CLINIC IN ARIZONA AND HOW IT COULD BE A MODEL FOR GETTING HELP TO THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST. PLUS, HOW COVID CONTINUES TO WEIGH ON OUR VIEW OF THE ECONOMY. YOU’RE WATCHING, MATTER OF FACT. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NATIONALLY SYNDICATED PUBLIC AFFAIRS PREGNANCY AND WELCOMING A NEW CHILD ARE BOTH EMOTIONALLY TAXING THE PROCESS. CAN BECOME MORE DAUNTING WITH THE ONSET OF POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION. WHILE ALL NEW MOTHERS ARE VULNERABLE, A RECENT STUDY FOUND THE RISK OF POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION IS NEARLY 40% HIGHER AMONG LATINAS. AS OUR CORRESPONDENT DINA DEMETRIUS VISITED WOMEN’S HEALTH INNOVATIONS OF ARIZONA. THE CLINIC ACCEPTS INSURANCE AND MEDICAID IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE THE FINANCIAL BARRIERS TO TREATMENT. BUT AS DINA SHOWS US, THERE ARE OTHER BARRIERS THAT ARE MORE DEEPLY ROOTED. TURTLE. YES, TURTLE. EMILY HARRIS’S HEART LEAPT WHEN SHE FOUND OUT SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH HER FIRST SON, ETHAN. BUT HER MIND PITCHED A FIERCE BATTLE. I REMEMBER BEING IN THE OCEAN AND JUST WANTING TO DIE, NOT NOT BECAUSE I DIDN’T WANT TO LIVE, BUT BECAUSE I WAS SO OVERWHELMED WITH WITH THE FEELINGS OF GRIEF AND SADNESS. AND MANAGING DEPRESSION. SINCE SHE WAS A TEEN, EMILY KNEW SHE WAS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE IT POSTPARTUM, BUT SHE WAS SURPRISED WHEN IT STARTED AT EARLY PREGNANCY AND WORSENED WITH NEW SYMPTOMS. OCD, ANXIETY, VIOLENT, INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS. THE FEAR OF THINKING YOU’RE NOT SAFE TO BE AROUND. THAT’S TERRIFYING BECAUSE THAT’S NOT THE TRUTH. I LOVE MY FAMILY MORE THAN ANYTHING, AND IT’S SCARY TO THINK PEOPLE WOULDN’T UNDERSTAND TO NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN. EMILY SAYS SHE COULDN’T SHARE HER DARKEST FEARS WITH HER MEXICAN BORN MOTHER, TALKING ABOUT THEM WASN’T PART OF HER FAMILY AND CULTURE, SO SHE JOURNALED THEM. I FEEL LIKE I AM A BURDEN. I FEEL LIKE I’M GRASPING FOR SOMETHING TO HOLD ONTO. WHILE EMILY’S HUSBAND, ERIC, TRIED TO HELP HER OVERCOME HER EMOTIONAL ISOLATION, I FEEL HELPLESS. AND THEN YOU JUST TRY TO BE THE BEST. YOU TEDDY BEAR, I GUESS. JUST LIKE BE BY HER SIDE. AND, LIKE, IF YOU NEED TO, LIKE, CUDDLE OR IF YOU NEED TO JUST HAVE SOMEBODY SIT THERE WITH YOU IN THE SAME ROOM. YEAH. SOME DAYS I HAD TO SAY, TREAT ME LIKE A BABY BIRD. JUST BE SO GENTLE. EMILY EVENTUALLY OVERCAME HER FEAR OF TAKING MEDICATION AND FOUND THERAPY WITH MICHELLE LACEY, DIRECTOR OF WOMEN’S HEALTH INNOVATIONS OF ARIZONA MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS ARE THE NUMBER ONE COMPLICATION OF PREGNANCY, AFFECTING 1 IN 5 WOMEN AND 1 IN 10 DADS AND LESS THAN 15% GET HELP. LACEY SAYS UNDERLYING IT ALL IS PROFOUND GRIEF FROM A VARIETY OF LOSSES. WE HAVE LOSS OF SELF, LOSS OF FREEDOM, LOSS OF MAYBE THINGS NOT GOING THE WAY I EXPECTED IT TO GO. THIS GRIEF IS COMMON, BUT TREATMENT OF MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH IS NOT ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN OF COLOR WHO ARE 33% MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE A PERINATAL MENTAL ILLNESS THAN WHITE WOMEN. I THINK FOR ALL WOMEN OF COLOR, IT’S REALLY JUST GETTING RID OF THE STIGMA. BUENOS DIAS. THERAPIST BRENDA MARTINEZ GUALAJARA SEES MANY FIRST GENERATION CLIENTS OF ALL ETHNICITIES WHO STRADDLE THE DISCONNECT BETWEEN MODERN AMERICAN MOTHERHOOD AND THEIR MORE TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS UPBRINGING. MANY OF THESE CLIENTS WON’T TELL THEIR FAMILIES THEY’RE GETTING THERAPY. WHEN YOU TELL YOUR PARENT THAT YOU KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO GO OR YOU FEEL DEPRESSED, THE FIRST THING THAT SAYS IT’S BECAUSE YOU DON’T GO TO CHURCH ENOUGH, IT’S BECAUSE YOU DON’T PRAY. OKAY. SO THAT’S A HUGE A HUGE BARRIER FOR THEM TO COMING AND SEEKING HELP. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR THE OLDEST CHILD USED TO PLEASING THEIR PARENTS. SO IN THE HISPANIC LATINX CULTURE, IT’S VERY COMMON FOR CHILDREN TO BE PARENTIFIED. WHERE THE OLDEST CHILD TAKES ON THE ROLE OF BEING THE CARETAKER FOR THE YOUNGER CHILDREN. SO AS A TRANSITION INTO MOTHERHOOD, IT’S I SHOULD KNOW EVERYTHING BECAUSE I DID I ALREADY DID THIS. I SHOULD BE PERFECT. I SHOULD KNOW WHAT I’M DOING TO MAKE MENTAL HEALTH CARE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE LATINX COMMUNITY. GUALAJARA RUNS REMOTE BILINGUAL COUNSELING GROUPS WITH LOCATOR REPRESENTATION MATTERS. AND IT DOES MATTER WHEN A CLIENT COMES IN AND SITS DOWN LIKE YOU CAN ALREADY SEE THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE. MEANWHILE, EMILY HAS FINALLY FOUND HER WAY FORWARD WITH MEDICATION AND THERAPY AND LETTING LOVED ONES KNOW WHEN SHE NEEDS HELP. BUT THOSE DARK DAYS CAN STILL LURK IN THE SHADOWS. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’RE THRIVING? UM. NOT THRIVING. YOU KNOW, QUITE HONESTLY, I FEEL LIKE THERE’S ALWAYS MORE WORK TO BE DONE. BUT BETTER THAN BEFORE. ABSOLUTELY. IN CHANDLER, ARIZONA, I’M DINA DEMETRIUS. FOR MATTER OF FACT, AT ARIZONA, ALSO LAUNCHED A PERRY NATAL PSYCHIATRY ACCESS LINE FOR PREGNANT OR POSTPARTUM WOMEN. DINA SPOKE WITH DIRECTOR DR. SARAH KALIA ABOUT THE SHORTAGE OF TRAINED FRONTLINE PROVIDERS. YOU CAN WATCH THAT CONVERSATION ON MATTER OF FACT, TV. COMING UP. AMERICANS CONCERNED ABOUT THE COUNTRY’S FINANCIAL HEALTH. THERE ARE A LOT OF JOBS PEOPLE ARE OFF THE SIDELINES. A FORMER FEDERAL RESERVE ECONOMIST ON WHETHER IT’S TIME TO STOP WORRYING. PLUS, WHY THESE CEREMONIAL SITES IN OHIO ARE NOW GETTING INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION. WELCOME BACK. TO MATTER OF FACT, TODAY, A MAJORITY OF AMERICANS ARE AT LEAST ANXIOUS, IF NOT PESSIMISTIC, ABOUT THE ECONOMY. IN FACT, PESSIMISM IS AT A PEAK, ACCORDING TO ONE RECENT SURVEY, IT FOUND A RECORD 69% OF AMERICANS HAVE NEGATIVE FEELINGS ABOUT THE CURRENT SITUATION AND ABOUT WHAT’S AHEAD. THAT PESSIMISM COULD TRANSLATE AT THE POLLS AND DETERMINE THE OUTCOME OF THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, WITH VOTERS WORRIED, WE WONDER, IS THERE ANY GOOD NEWS? CLAUDIA SAHM SPECIALIZES IN THE RELATIONS BETWEEN ECONOMICS AND HOUSEHOLD FINANCES. SHE’S BEEN AN ECONOMIC ADVISER TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND A FEDERAL RESERVE ECONOMIST. CLAUDIA SAHM NICE TO TALK TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME. DO YOU THINK THAT PESSIMISM IS DESERVED? ABSOLUTELY. WE’VE BEEN THROUGH A REALLY ROUGH TIME SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN AND WAR IN UKRAINE, AN INFLATION IS HIGH. PEOPLE ARE JUSTIFIED TO REACT TO THE LIVES THAT THEY LEAD. RIGHT. THEY’RE IN DIFFICULTY. BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW WE SEE IT FROM A COUNTRY AS A WHOLE. THERE ARE GOOD THINGS HAPPENING, THOUGH. WE HAVE YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF JOBS. PEOPLE ARE OFF THE SIDELINES. SO WE DO NEED TO BALANCE IT. SOME LIKE THERE ARE THERE ARE THINGS TO BE PESSIMISTIC ABOUT. AND THERE ARE THINGS TO BE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT, TO. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THAT DISCONNECT? RIGHT. SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN THERE JUST IT HIT US RIGHT. THERE’S THIS EXTRA PESSIMISM AND IT COULD VERY WELL HAVE AN EXPLANATION THAT ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND WHAT’S GOING ON. BUT I THINK IT’S ALSO OUR LIVES WERE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. WE SHUT THE US ECONOMY DOWN AND REOPENED IT. PEOPLE HAD LAID OFF AND FIND JOBS. THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED. THERE’S ECONOMIC EFFECTS. AND THEN FOR MANY PEOPLE THIS IS JUST WEIGHED ON US. AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT I THINK ARE UNDERGIRDING THE THE SENSE OF PESSIMISM. DO YOU THINK THAT’S ADDING TO THE ANXIETY THAT PEOPLE FEEL GENERALLY, EVEN IF THEY’RE NOT PARTICULARLY AFFECTED? ABSOLUTELY. THERE IS AN ASPECT OF KIND OF THE DASHED EXPECTATIONS, RIGHT? THERE WERE A LOT OF PROGRAMS BOTH STARTING, YOU KNOW, UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND INTO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. I MEAN, BIG PROGRAMS TO GO OUT AND HELP PEOPLE AND A LOT OF THESE WERE HELPING THEM IN WAYS THAT, FRANKLY, WE COULD HAVE BEEN DOING BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. RIGHT. THE CHILD BENEFITS THE SUPPORTING PEOPLE WITH STUDENT LOANS. SO THEN WE DID A LOT OF THAT. BUT IT WAS ALL TEMPORARY AND IT’S ALL GONE. AND THAT’S ABSOLUTELY THE CASE WITH THE STUDENT LOAN BORROWERS, IS THEY HAD THIS LONG PERIOD OF NOT HAVING TO MAKE PAYMENTS. NOW IT’S RESTARTING. AND YET PEOPLE THOUGHT, OH, SOME OF THIS IS GOING TO GET FORGIVEN IN. AND THEN THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN POLITICALLY THEN WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF AN ECONOMY THAT HAS SOME BRIGHT SPOTS, BUT HAS EVERYBODY FEELING VERY PESSIMISTICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO VOTING? ONE THING THAT IS VERY STRIKING WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SENTIMENT DATA, THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE ACROSS POLITICAL PARTIES. AND IT’S VERY MUCH IF YOUR PARTY IS IN THE WHITE HOUSE, DO YOU THINK REALLY GOOD THINGS ABOUT THE ECONOMY? PROBABLY MORE THAN COULD BE JUSTIFIED BY HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT ECONOMIC POLICY. AND THEN AS SOON AS THEY LEAVE THE WHITE HOUSE AND SOME OTHER PARTY COMES IN, IT COMPLETELY FLIPS. AND THESE HAVE BEEN HUGE SWINGS THAT WE’VE SEEN IN THE LAST TWO ADMINISTRATIONS. IT’S PRETTY CLEAR IN THAT SENSE. I THINK PEOPLE HAVE A VIEW ABOUT HOW THE ECONOMY IS GOING, AND THEY’RE WILDLY DIFFERENT VIEWS BASED ON DO I HAVE A PARTY IN POWER THAT I TRUST TO DO THE RIGHT THING? I FEEL LIKE WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WILL THERE BE A RECESSION FOR A REALLY LONG TIME WHEN WE GET PAST THE POINT OF THAT DISCUSSION, COULD THAT THEN CHANGE THINGS, ESPECIALLY IF WE DON’T HAVE THE RECESSION, BUT WE MAY GET ONE RIGHT? AND WE ARE AT A MOMENT WHERE THINGS ARE A BIT AT A CROSSROADS BECAUSE THE JOBS AREN’T AS PLENTIFUL AND INFLATION IS STILL HIGH, BUT IT’S COMING DOWN. SO THIS IS THE POINT WHERE WE COULD THREAD THE NEEDLE AND GET THROUGH THIS, AND I THINK WE OUGHT TO ALL BE HAPPY IF WE CAN GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS. AND YET HISTORY IS NOT ON OUR SIDE WITH THIS. AND AND IT IS A TIME TO BE CAUTIOUS. CLAUDIA SAHM, IT’S SO NICE TO TO TALK TO YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. COMING UP, WE CONTINUE TO EXPLORE PEOPLE’S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ECONOMY. WHILE SO MANY ARE FEELING PESSIMISTIC. PICK A NEW POLL FINDS ONE GROUP HAS A DIFFERENT OUTLOOK. IMMIGRANTS STILL MAINTAINED A SENSE OF OPTIMISM. THAT SENSE OF ACHIEVING THAT AMERICAN DREAM. HOW IMMIGRANTS SEE THEIR ECONOMIC FUTURE. PLUS, FROM THE SKIES OVER SOUTHERN OHIO, MASSIVE SHAPES POP OUT OF THE LANDSCAPE. WHO BUILT THESE STRUCTURES THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO AND HOW THEY’RE BEING HONORED TODAY? TO STAY UP TO DATE WITH MATTER OF FACT, SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ATWHILE THE OPTIMISM IS BEING WEIGHED DOWN BY A HOST OF ISSUES, THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO SEE THE BRIGHTER SIDE OF THINGS IMMIGRANTS. THE 1 IN 6 US ADULTS BORN IN OTHER COUNTRIES. HERE’S A SNAPSHOT OF A RECENT NATIONWIDE POLL CONDUCTED BY THE LOS ANGELES TIMES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NONPROFIT KFF, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION. THE STUDY OF ABOUT 3300 PEOPLE IS CONSIDERED GROUND BREAKING BECAUSE IT WAS CONDUCTED IN TEN LANGUAGES, ASKING QUESTIONS OF IMMIGRANTS WHO CAME HERE RECENTLY AND SOME WHO’VE BEEN HERE FOR SEVERAL DECADES. RESEARCHERS FOUND EIGHT OUT OF TEN SAID THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY IS IMPROVED, WITH MOVING TO THE US. SEVEN OUT OF TEN SAID THEY EXPECT THEIR CHILDREN’S STANDARD OF LIVING TO SURPASS THEIR OWN LARGE MAJORITIES, HAVE TRUST IN LOCAL SCHOOLS, POLICE AND STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS. JUST HALF SAY THEY TRUST THE NEWS MEDIA. BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN IMMIGRANTS ARE LIVING PROBLEM FREE. IN THE SURVEY, MANY TALKED ABOUT DISCRIMINATION AT WORK LANGUAGE BARRIERS AND BEING UNSURE ABOUT US IMMIGRATION RULES. JEONG PARK IS ONE OF THE LA TIMES JOURNALIST USING THIS RESEARCH TO TELL THE STORIES OF IMMIGRANTS WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICS AND THAT YOU KNOW, 25% OF IMMIGRANTS SAID THAT NEITHER PARTY, NO DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN, REPRESENT THEIR VALUE, AND 27% SAID THEY’RE UNSURE ABOUT THEIR ANSWER AS WELL. IMMIGRANTS ARE VERY DIVERSE. THEY HAVE VERY NUANCED VIEWPOINTS. AND I THINK IT’S IT’S IMPORTANT TO TO CONSIDER THAT WHEN IT COMES TO COVERING IMMIGRATION, WHEN IT COMES TO THINKING ABOUT IMMIGRANTS. ONE MORE POINT FROM THE STUDY, 60% SAY THEY PLAN TO REMAIN IN THE US. STILL AHEAD ON MATTER OF FACT, GEOMETRIC SHAPES IN THE FIELDS OF OHIO GET INTERNATIONAL PROTECTIONS. OTHER SITES WITH THIS DESIGNATION INCLUDE THE ACROPOLIS IN GREECE, THE TAJ MAHAL IN INDIA AND THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA FOR WHY THEY DESERVE THEAND FINALLY, A TOP HO ANCIENT TREASURE RIGHT HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, A DESIGNATION THAT RECOGNIZES A SERIES OF EIGHT LAND FORMATIONS IN OHIO BUILT BY THE HOPEWELL NATION, BETWEEN 1600 AND 2000 YEARS AGO. THE COLLECTIVE SITES ARE CALLED THE HOPEWELL CEREMONIAL EARTHWORKS. RECENTLY, THEY WERE NAMED A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE BECAUSE OF THEIR UNIVERSAL CULTURAL VALUE AND THE NEED FOR THEIR PRESERVATION. THE HOPEWELL CEREMONIAL STRUCTURES ARE CONSIDERED MASTERPIECES OF GEOMETRY, ASTRONOMY AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE LIKE THIS ONE, WHICH IS A CIRCLE AND AN OCTAGON, BUT ON A HUGE SCALE, COVERS 70 ACRES, MORE THAN 50 FOOTBALL FIELDS. THE MOUNDS ALIGN PRECISELY TO POINTS ON THE HORIZON WHERE THE MOON RISES AND SETS IN AN 18.6 YEAR LUNAR CYCLE. IT’S PRETTY AMAZING FOR SOMETHING THAT’S PRETTY MUCH IN OUR BACKYARD. AND THAT’S IT FOR THIS EDITION OF MATTER OF FACT. I’M SOLEDAD O’BRIEN, AND I’LL SEE YOU BACK HERE NEXT WEEK TO WATCH MORE STORIES LIKE THIS. ANYTIME, HEAD TO MATTEROFFACTTV.