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Get close to the complex issues of our world through investigative reporting and in-depth documentaries. Examine social and economic trends on a macro level, as well as social changes and issues in your own community.

News & Public Affairs
Full episodes
2500 VIDEOS

America Revealed | Nascar Goes Green

00:00 Air Date 02/15/12

The Open Mind | In Search of Leadership

28:23 Air Date 02/11/12

Need to Know | Fri., Feb. 10, 2012

25:09 Air Date 02/10/12

PBS NewsHour | Friday February 10, 2012

54:44 Air Date 02/10/12 Expires 03/12/12

Tavis Smiley | Actresses Viola Davis & Octavia Spencer

24:37 Air Date 02/10/12

To The Contrary | February 10, 2012

25:29 Air Date 02/10/12

Washington Week | February 10, 2012

24:19 Air Date 02/10/12

Washington Week | Webcast Extra - February 10, 2012

8:29 Air Date 02/10/12

PBS NewsHour | Thursday, February 9, 2012

55:06 Air Date 02/09/12 Expires 03/08/12

Tavis Smiley | Internet activist Wael Ghonim, Part 2

24:37 Air Date 02/09/12

PBS NewsHour | Wednesday, February 8, 2012

54:42 Air Date 02/08/12 Expires 03/10/12

Tavis Smiley | Internet activist Wael Ghonim, Part 1

24:06 Air Date 02/08/12
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Previews
162 VIDEOS

America Revealed | America Revealed - Preview

6:00 Air Date 04/16/12

America Revealed | America Revealed tease - Cow Power

0:15 Air Date 04/16/12 Expires 05/20/12

America Revealed | America Revealed tease - Facebook

0:15 Air Date 04/16/12 Expires 05/20/12

FRONTLINE | Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown

0:31 Air Date 02/28/12

FRONTLINE | Cell Tower Deaths Preview

0:31 Air Date 02/21/12

American Experience | Clinton Preview

0:30 Air Date 02/20/12

PBS Presents | U.S. Health Care: The Good News - Preview

0:30 Air Date 02/16/12

FRONTLINE | The Interrupters Preview

2:28 Air Date 02/14/12

Michael Feinsteins American Songbook | Lost and Found - Preview

0:30 Air Date 02/10/12

Freedom Riders | Freedom Riders - Preview

0:30 Air Date 02/07/12

FRONTLINE | Rules of Engagement - Preview

0:30 Air Date 02/07/12

PBS Presents | Black History Month on PBS

0:32 Air Date 02/01/12 Expires 03/01/12
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Shorts
2559 VIDEOS

America Revealed | Local Ocean

00:00 Air Date 02/15/12

America Revealed | Gridlock

00:00 Air Date 02/15/12

America Revealed | Desktop Factory

00:00 Air Date 02/15/12

America Revealed | Seasonal Manufacturing

00:00 Air Date 02/15/12

Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness | Class Actions Preview

1:11 Air Date 02/13/12

Need to Know | Economics Lesson

11:22 Air Date 02/10/12

Need to Know | Anya Kamenetz on the 'Debt Generation'

6:10 Air Date 02/10/12

PBS NewsHour | OMG! Exporting American Slang to China

2:15 Air Date 02/10/12

PBS NewsHour | Shields, Brooks on Obama's Contraception Compromise and CPAC

12:14 Air Date 02/10/12

PBS NewsHour | 'OMG! Meiyu' Introduces China to American Slang

7:35 Air Date 02/10/12

PBS NewsHour | News Wrap: Republicans Pitch Conservative Values at CPAC

4:16 Air Date 02/10/12 Expires 03/11/12

PBS NewsHour | Greece Reels as Government OKs More Austerity Measures

2:07 Air Date 02/10/12
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