On this edition for Sunday, July 18, COVID-19 cases are climbing in the U.S. while vaccination rates remain stagnant, up-and-coming indie rocker Lucy Dacus on her songwriting process, and in our signature segment, we follow political refugees fleeing Belarus after a brutal crackdown on dissidents in the region. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York. Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: bit.ly/2HfsCD6 Follow us: Facebook: www.pbs.org/newshour Twitter: www.twitter.com/newshour Instagram: www.instagram.com/newshour Subscribe: PBS NewsHour podcasts: www.pbs.org/newshour/podcasts Newsletters: www.pbs.org/newshour/subscribe