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Take an up-close look at the rarely seen world of undertaking in the black community. 6/24/2013 Continue
To The Contrary
The role of women in immigration reform. Women as the primary breadwinners in a family. Behind the headlines and in honor of Father's Day: single dads and surrogacy. Continue
To The Contrary
There are 70 million fathers in the U.S. of whom one-point–eight million of them are single. This father’s day we look at how it’s becoming much easier for men to have children without a partner. Continue
FRONTLINE
In Pakistan, women and girls who allege rape are often more strongly condemned than their alleged rapists. Some are even killed by their own families. For this unforgettable documentary, filmmakers Habiba Nosheen and Hilke Schellmann spent years tracing one alleged rape victim's odyssey through Pakistan's flawed justice system -- as well as her alleged rapists’ quest to clear their names. Continue
PBS NewsHour
While lawmakers in Washington continue work on overhauling American immigration policy, Ray Suarez reports from Colorado, where members of the Evangelical Christian community are advocating passage of immigration reform to respond to demographic shifts in membership. Continue
FRONTLINE
In this reflection, filmmaker Marian Marzynski describes his journey to making "Never Forget to Lie." He writes, "In Poland I lived in a closet: as a 5-year-old boy hiding during the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto, running for my life on the Christian side, but also, as an adult after the war, trying to forget my past. Continue
FRONTLINE
Born in Warsaw in 1931, Ed Herman managed to survive the Holocaust. Here, he recounts his escape and reflects on what it was like to return to his birthplace after being absent for 68 years. "My personnel journey is a narrative of strong faith, growing up in a hurry, resilience and strength in face of adversity, a story of close escapes against all odds and miraculous survival," he writes. Continue
FRONTLINE
In the most recent of his critically lauded autobiographical films, Marian Marzynski explores his own wartime childhood and the experiences of other child survivors, teasing out their feelings about Poland, the Catholic Church, and the ramifications of identities forged under circumstances where survival began with the directive "never forget to lie." Continue
To The Contrary
Sexual Assault in the military is on the rise. The debate on women freezing their eggs. Behind the Headlines: International Surrogacy. PANELISTS: Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, Hadley Heath, Avis Jones-DeWeever, Tara Setmayer Continue
To The Contrary
This week, the Obama Administration moves to challenge a federal court ruling on Plan-B; then, are millennials more spoiled and materialistic than previous generations? Behind the headlines: Sex and the Citadel. Author Shereen El Feki tells us about the relationship between sex and Islam. Continue
Next Avenue
A growing number are finding deeper satisfaction in the ministry. Continue
To The Contrary
Panelists discuss what should be done to curb sexual assault in the military. Continue
To The Contrary
Sneak Preview of To the Contrary's interview with Melinda Gates, of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation at the Women Deliver Conference 2013 Continue
To The Contrary
Sex Scandals-Anthony Weiner and Mark Sanford Pope Francis and "the cult of money" Senator Olympia Snowe's next act Continue
FRONTLINE
Maja Hrabowska is part of the generation of children that survived the Holocaust. "The past is always with me," she writes. "It has long, cold fingers, and catches me unprepared, at night mostly, when I wake up in sweat." Continue
FRONTLINE
In this excerpt from her book "The Old Brown Suitcase," child Holocaust survivor Lillian Boraks-Nemetz recounts being separated from her family and her harrowing escape from the Warsaw Ghetto. Continue
FRONTLINE
As many as 1.5 million children were killed during the Holocaust. But some managed to survive, at times because they hid with their families, or because relatives sacrificed themselves to protect them or because they pretended not to be Jewish. Filmmaker Marian Marzynski visited some of these child survivors spread across the globe, probing their life paths, identities and memories. Continue
FRONTLINE
Before World War II, Poland's capital Warsaw was home to the country's largest Jewish community; more than 350,000 Jews lived in the city. No more than 20,000 of them survived the Holocaust. FRONTLINE filmmaker Marian Marzynski was one of the few. In "Never Forget to Lie," Marzynski returns to the ghetto to explore his own wartime childhood and the experiences of other child survivors. Continue
To The Contrary
Non-profit group Save the Children released a statistic stating 50% more babies die on their first day of life in the United States than in any other industrialized nation--11,000 babies per year. One reason is the high number of teen mothers giving birth to premature infants. Continue
Need To Know
“Need to Know” correspondent Rick Karr travels to the state of Washington to report on The National STEM Consortium – a program designed to target this type of structural unemployment by improving the scientific, technical and mathematical know-how of American workers. Continue
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