our economics correspondent paul solman has the story for our series making sense. paul: boise, idaho, a bustling downtown, space for walks galore, watercraft of every description and compared to west coast cities close by, safer, quieter, cheaper. no surprise, the place is booming. especially given covid, says realtor kevin rush. >> we see a lot of people moving here that can work wherever they want to work. it's like, wait a minute, i'm re-evaluating my life. paul: nationwide, home prices soared to another record high in june, thinks -- tanks to historically low interest rates, lack of supply. >> lumber, there's been a copper shortage. there's been concrete difficulties. we have so many materials that are difficult to get. paul: boise is a poster child for the housing price boom. in its metro area in the past year, the median sale price surged to $525,000, 40% higher than a year ago. >> we have been seeing offers go 100,000 over the asking price and 11 to 20 people that might be making offers so bidding wars that are unbelievable. paul: boise born realtor becky enr

economics correspondent paul solman has the story for our series, "making sense." >> reporter: boise, idaho: a bustling downtown, space for walks galore, watercraft of every description, and compared to west coast cities not far away, safer, quieter, cheaper. no surprise the place is booming, especially given covid, says realtor kevin rush. >> we see a lot of people moving here that can work wherever they want to work. you know, it's like, wait a minute, i'm kind of reevaluating my life. >> reporter: nationwide home prices soared to a yet another record high in june, thanks to historically low interest rates, lack of supply, and the rocketing cost of new construction for builders, says teshuh toosawkuhvich of cbh homes. >> lumber. there's been a copper shortage. there's been concrete difficulties. we have so many materials that are just difficult to get. >> reporter: boise is a poster child for the housing price boom. in its metro area, in the past year, the median sale price surged to $525,000, 40% higher than 12 months ago. >> we've basically been seeing offers go 40, 50, sometimes

paul solman looks at a program that is offering better opportunities. our "work shift series." paul: adquena faine's last job, before the pandemic, driving for uber and lyft in virginia. >> i was driving so much, i would play down and try to take a nap or go to sleep, and i would still feel the vibrations of the car. paul: no time or money to finish college, barely able to feed her daughter and pay for a hotel room after foreclosure on their home. food for herself? >> before i got on the road to drive, i would stop and forage in the woods or on the side streets. paul: you are actually foraging at some point, i have never heard that before? >> people would stop and ask, what you doing? and i'm like, oh, nothing, because i don't want anybody to start coming to pick my food. [laughter] paul: in louisiana, jennifer burgess went straight from high school to dog training. >> for 15 years. i have trained over 15,000 dogs. paul: how much money did you make? >> my best year ever, maybe $28,000. paul: mariana perez was 20 when she emigrated from mexico in 2005, w

for the pbs newshour, paul solman. >> woodruff: "the 19th," an independent nonprofit newsroom focusedgender and politics-- and a streaming partner of the "newshour"-- hosts its annual "represents summit" this week. in an interview with our own amna nawaz for the event, tennis icon billy jean king described how, as a young woman, she'd worked with other female players to turn amateur women's tennis into a professional sport. >> we went and talked to gladys heldman, who was publisher of "world tennis" magazine. and there were nine of us called the original nine, signed a $1 contract with her. and here are the three things we were willing to do. we had a long talk about this because i told the women, i said, "if you think you're going to make a lot of money, if you think you're going to get a lot of applause, we're going to get a lot of applause, et cetera, don't do this." i mean, i was trying to be really, telling all the risks. but here's the three things we decided on. we were willing to give up our careers and that these were the three things: that any girl in this world, if she's go

paul solman begins our look at his impact. >> the american labor movement is right here with you today we'll stand shoulder to shoulder with you whatever it takes! >> reporter: richard trumka, unswerving advocate for working women and men, ally of democratic lawmakers and presidents. >> he was always there, he was an american worker, protecting wages safety pensions and aility to build a middle class life. >> reporter: trumka grew up the son and grandson of miners, and followed his family into the coal mines of pennsylvania. college and law degrees helped take him to the top at the united mine workers. from there he moved to the a.f.l.-c.i.o., still as always a fiery and passionate presence. >> i'll stop demonizing big business just as sooas they put their country before their profits and they put their workers before their greed. i'll stop at that point! to reverse the waning influence of unions. but since the miners strike he led in 1989, union membership in america has dropped by nearly half, to some 10% of the workforce. an opponent of free trade, at the 2016 democratic national co