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Space Law, The Next Generation: Chasing the Moon
In 1967, the US, the UK and the Soviet Union signed a treaty that laid out the framework for law in space. Nearly fifty years later, as companies work towards commercial space travel and asteroid mining, those laws will be put to the test.
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The story of a Mississippi town’s effort to integrate its public schools in 1970.

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Revisit 1970s Boston, when court-mandated school integration unleashed racial unrest.

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Casa Susanna was a refuge for transgender women and cross-dressing men in the 1950s-60s.

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Unsung scientist Mária Telkes dedicated her career to harnessing the power of the sun.

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Discover the story of the 1969 showdown between President Nixon and the antiwar movement.

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Discover the unexpected history behind Monopoly, America’s favorite board game.

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The influential author and anthropologist whose work reclaimed and honored Black life.

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The story of the polygraph, the controversial device that transformed modern justice.

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The Iran hostage crisis through the stories of those whose ordeal riveted the world.

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The Iran hostage crisis through the stories of those whose ordeal riveted the world.

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The Blinding of Isaac Woodard with Spanish subtitles.

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How a horrific incident of racial violence became catalyst for the civil rights movement.