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"They are the backbone of our department."
More than 500 inmate firefighters helped fight the 2018 Camp Fire, the deadliest wildfire in California's history. "They are the backbone of our department," says Cal Fire Operations Captain, Luke Thomas.
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A special on the lives, fears and hopes of Americans from the pandemic to the polls.

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An election-year examination of the moments that shaped Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
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How conspiracy theories went from the fringes of U.S. politics into the White House.

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How the COVID crisis has hit vulnerable immigrants and undocumented workers.