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Fighting for Farmworkers

Fighting for Farmworkers

Season 2 Episode 28
54:36
John Lewis Marches On

John Lewis Marches On

Season 2 Episode 29
54:36
Encore: The Faces of America’s Hungry

Encore: The Faces of America’s Hungry

Season 2 Episode 30
50:36
Encore: Taming Capitalism Run Wild

Encore: Taming Capitalism Run Wild

Season 2 Episode 31
50:37
America's Gilded Capital

America's Gilded Capital

Season 2 Episode 33
54:36
Encore: John Lewis Marches On

Encore: John Lewis Marches On

Season 2 Episode 34
54:36
What Are We Doing in Syria?

What Are We Doing in Syria?

Season 2 Episode 35
54:36
The Collision of Sports and Politics

The Collision of Sports and Politics

Season 2 Episode 36
54:35
Inequality for All

Inequality for All

Season 2 Episode 37
54:36
Saving the Earth from Ourselves 

Saving the Earth from Ourselves 

Season 2 Episode 38
54:36
Wendell Berry: Poet and Prophet

Wendell Berry: Poet and Prophet

Season 2 Episode 39
54:35

Distracted from Democracy

Season 2 Episode 27

In a country as rich as America, why is there so little outcry about the ever-increasing economic divide between the very wealthy and everyone else? Media scholar Marty Kaplan points to our well-fed appetite for media distraction. Later on the show, acclaimed historian Gary May puts the recent Supreme Court decision gutting the Voting Rights Act into historical perspective.