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REBROADCAST: S4 E8 The Second Redemption

  • January 13, 2021
  • Tagged as: Rebroadcast, Season 4
2/26/1981 President Reagan with Prime Minister Thatcher of the United Kingdom in the Blue Room during her state visit

This special re-broadcast of a Season 4 episode is in response to the attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters. A look at the right-wing counterrevolution in the face of expanding democracy in America:…

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BONUS EPISODE: Election 2020

  • November 24, 2020
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What does the 2020 election in the United States tell us, or remind us, about the state of democracy in America? A follow-up to our Season 4 series on democracy, The Land That Never Has…

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S4 E12: More Democracy

  • June 10, 2020
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A photo of protestors with their faces obscured at a march in Raleigh, NC.

What will it take to make the United States a more fully-functioning democracy, and how can we, as citizens, bring about that change? By host and producer John Biewen, with series collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika. Interviews…

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S4 E11: More Truth

  • May 27, 2020
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How well do the news media serve us as citizens, and what role does the notion of “objective,” or “neutral,” journalism play in the failings of American democracy? Story reported by Lewis Raven Wallace, with…

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S4 E10: Schooled for Democracy

  • May 13, 2020
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In most American schools, children hear about democracy, but don’t get to practice it. What would a more engaged brand of civics education look like? Story reported by Ben James, with host John Biewen and…

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S4 E9: American Empire

  • April 29, 2020
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050317-N-6628F-031 Camp Morell, Kuwait (Mar. 17, 2005) Ð Navy Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Constriction Battalion Two Four (NMCB-24), participate in a live-fire range exercise prior to deploying to Iraq in support of the Global War on Terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class James Finnigan (RELEASED)

“America” and “empire.” Do those words go together? If so, what kind of imperialism does the U.S. practice, and how has American empire changed over time?  By host and producer John Biewen, with series collaborator Chenjerai…

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S4 E8: The Second Redemption

  • April 15, 2020
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2/26/1981 President Reagan with Prime Minister Thatcher of the United Kingdom in the Blue Room during her state visit

The conservative, neoliberal counterrevolution in the face of expanding democracy in America: It started long before Donald Trump. Even before Ronald Reagan and his like-minded counterpart across the Atlantic, Margaret Thatcher. By host and producer…

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S4 E7: Freedom Summer

  • April 1, 2020
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In the summer of 1964, about a thousand young Americans, black and white, came together in Mississippi to place themselves in the path of white supremacist power and violence. They issued a bold pro-democracy challenge…

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S4 E6: A New Deal

  • March 17, 2020
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The Great Depression presented a crisis not only for the U.S. economy, but for American democracy. President Franklin Roosevelt wanted to save the nation’s system of government, and its economic system, while reforming both. What…

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S4 E5: Feminism in Black and White

  • March 4, 2020
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People fighting for more democracy in the United States often have to struggle against sexism and racism. In fact, those two struggles are often inseparable—certainly from the perspective of black women and some other women…

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The U.S. solar energy industry has officially built enough factories to meet the country’s demand for solar panels.

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