60 Minutes May 7 2023: This Ancient Atrocity, Lithium Valley, James Nachtwey

On Sunday May 7 2023 at 7:00 PM, CBS broadcasts the episode of “60 Minutes”.

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THIS ANCIENT ATROCITY – A Nebraska middle school’s concerns about the safety of its students led to one of the largest investigations into illegal child labor in this country. 60 MINUTES’ Scott Pelley looks at the Department of Labor probe that uncovered how for years children as young as 13 worked overnight to clean slaughterhouses across the country. Henry Schuster and Sarah Turcotte are the producers.

LITHIUM VALLEY – Automakers are transitioning away from gas-powered vehicles with new fleets of electric cars and trucks running on lithium batteries. Now, the race is on to develop domestic sources of lithium. 60 MINUTES’ Bill Whitaker travels to a region by California’s Salton Sea, where lithium extraction will be powered by clean energy. Sara Kuzmarov is the producer.

JAMES NACHTWEY – Anderson Cooper profiles one of the greatest war photographers of all time, James Nachtwey, who is now 75 and still risking his life to capture important images of suffering and sacrifice, heroism and beauty, in dark and dangerous places around the world. For the last 40 years, Nachtwey has photographed nearly every major conflict, including wars in Bosnia and Afghanistan, the genocide in Rwanda and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Denise Schrier Cetta is the producer.

Airdate: 7:00 PM Sunday 7 May 2023 on CBS

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