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Storm Lake
November 15, 2021
Does American democracy survive without the backbone of independent local journalism? Go inside The Storm Lake Times, a newspaper serving an Iowa town that has seen its fair share of changes in the 40 years since Big Agriculture came to the area. Pulitzer-winning editor Art Cullen and his family dedicate themselves to keeping the paper alive as local journalism across the country dies out.
TV Schedule
2023 Season
Trailer | Free Chol Soo Lee
April 24, 2023
Rollercoaster story of Chol Soo Lee, a Korean immigrant wrongfully convicted of murder.
Trailer | Hidden Letters
March 27, 2023
Modern women in China keep alive the tradition of Nüshu, a secret written language.
Storming Caesars Palace
March 20, 2023
How Vegas activist Ruby Duncan's grassroots movement of moms fought for guaranteed income....
Underground
March 2, 2023
Survivors of subway harassment share their stories in hopes of changing the stigma.
Love in the Time of Fentanyl
February 13, 2023
A supervised drug injection site gives hope to a community ravaged by fentanyl deaths.
Outta the Muck
February 6, 2023
The people of Pahokee rise “outta the muck” to celebrate family history and football.
The Picture Taker
January 30, 2023
Meet Ernest Withers, iconic African American civil rights photographer—and FBI informant....
No Straight Lines
January 23, 2023
Five queer comic book artists journey from the underground comix scene to the mainstream.
The Big Payback
January 16, 2023
The passage of the first-ever reparations bill for Black Americans stirs up a debate.
Children of Las Brisas
January 2, 2023
A Venezuelan youth orchestra tests the power of music amidst poverty and politics.
More Epsiodes
Move Me
November 7, 2022
A dancer paralyzed with a spinal cord injury adapts to life with a disability.
TikTok, Boom.
October 24, 2022
Gen Z influencers and experts help dissect influential social media platform TikTok.
Hazing
September 12, 2022
Hazing reveals the tradition of underground rituals that are abusive and sometimes deadly....
Folk Frontera
May 25, 2022
Two fronteriza women live in two cultures at the same time along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Scenes From The Glittering World
May 16, 2022
Indigenous teens going to a remote school on Navajo Nation reservation plan their futures....
AWARE: Glimpses of Consciousness
April 25, 2022
Researchers take a mind-blowing journey to investigate the mysteries of consciousness.
Owned: A Tale of Two Americas
February 7, 2022
Exposé on how American housing policy has been manipulated in discriminatory ways.
Home From School: The Children Of Carlisle
November 23, 2021
Native Americans recover the remains of children who died at an Indian boarding school.
Ferguson Rises
November 8, 2021
Michael Brown Sr. seeks justice after a white police officer kills his son in Ferguson.
When I'm Her
June 21, 2021
A former ballet prodigy finds refuge in his alter ego, a Russian ballet instructor.
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