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Minted

Season 26 Episode 8
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Matter of Mind: My Alzheimer's

Matter of Mind: My Alzheimer's

Season 26 Episode 17
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AAPI Voices

Who is Michael Jang?

Season 26 Episode 19
41:44
Changemakers

And So It Begins

Season 26 Episode 18
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WE WANT THE FUNK!

WE WANT THE FUNK!

Season 26 Episode 15
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Changemakers

The Strike

Season 26 Episode 10
1:24:40
Home Court

Home Court

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Bike Vessel

Bike Vessel

Season 26 Episode 13
1:24:55
Skin of Glass

Skin of Glass

Season 26 Episode 12
1:25:02
The In Between

The In Between

Season 26 Episode 11
1:23:21
Free For All: The Public Library

Free For All: The Public Library

Season 26 Episode 16
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Dallas, 2019 | Episode 5

Dallas, 2019 | Episode 5

Season 26 Episode 7
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All God's Children | The History of White People in America, Episode 5

In this moving, animated short, poet Ashley M. Jones offers a lyrical historical account of Ann Williams, an enslaved Black woman who won her freedom in the 1830s. When faced with the torturous fate of being separated from her family and sold into Southern slavery, Williams took a literal leap of faith to avoid the dreadful mandate.

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How a small hunger strike against solitary confinement turned into a massive statewide protest.
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A champion grass dancer returns home after 13 years to reconnect with his Indigenous culture.
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The rise and fall of the NFT phenomenon that transformed the art world.
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