CBS 60 Minutes May 7 2023 This Ancient Atrocity | Lithium Valley | James Nachtwey

60 minutes

Sunday (May 7, 2023) the hit CBS News series “CBS 60 Minutes” returns with another all-new episode


The May 7 edition of “CBS 60 Minutes” airs at 7:00PM ET on CBS. You can watch previous episodes on Paramount+. and CBS.com. Segments have been added to this previously broadcasted episode.

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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.

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.



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