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  The Department of Justice estimates that there are 300,000 children at risk of being trafficked into sexual slavery in the U.S. Tonight's episode of A Path Appears introduces individual survivors behind these shocking numbers, and illuminates the widespread existence of crimes happening in our own backyards. Ashley Judd, Blake Lively, and Malin Akerman join Nicholas Kristof in Nashville, Boston, and Chicago to find people who are making a difference. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/path-appears/

  Excerpt from tonight's A Path Appears (airs at 10/9c) on PBS

  

  January 27, 2015 at 1:00 am

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  “If the world is getting warmer, why am I stuck out here, shoveling so much snow?”

  This story has the answer (from FRONTLINE)

  How Climate Change May Lead to Bigger Blizzards – Climate of Doubt - FRONTLINE

  

  With every winter storm, including the blizzard hitting the Northeast this week, climate change skeptics return to a familiar argument: If the world is getting warmer, why am I stuck out here, shoveling so much snow?

  January 27, 2015 at 12:00 am

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  TONIGHT: be sure to tune-in to A Path Appears, from the team that created Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. Airs at 10/9c. More at http://www.pbs.org/apathappears

  

  January 26, 2015 at 10:00 pm

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  In this Alaskan town, almost everyone lives & works in the same building, connected by one tunnel. This is Whittier.

  I Am A Whittier Teacher | INDIE ALASKA

  

  Erika Thompson teaches grade school in Whittier, Alaska, a town where most people live and work in one building, and is only accessible by a miles-long tunne...

  January 26, 2015 at 8:30 pm

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  Poll: Should employers doing background checks be blocked from seeing nonviolent criminal offenses? (from PBS NewsHour)

  Poll: Should employers doing background checks be blocked from seeing nonviolent criminal...

  

  A growing number of jurisdictions are banning preliminary questions about job applicants’ criminal records. But advocates suggest a policy that goes a step further: to seal nonviolent, low-level criminal offenses that are more than ten years old, effectively blocking employers from learning about a…

  January 26, 2015 at 8:00 pm

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  “I am that merry wanderer of the night” – Puck, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Join Hugh Bonneville’s exploration of the great comedy of love and enchantment, which will kick off Series 2 of Shakespeare Uncovered starting this Friday More: http://to.pbs.org/1BpMlUY

  

  January 26, 2015 at 7:00 pm

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  Think you could bake alongside the contestants on The Great British Baking Show? Test your skills with the technical challenge from the latest episode and bake Paul's mini pear pies. (From PBS Food)

  Mini Pear Pies Recipe | Pear Recipes | PBS Food

  

  Make this mini pear pies recipe that appeared as the technical challenge in the Pies and Tarts episode of The Great British Baking Show airing on PBS.

  January 26, 2015 at 6:00 pm

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  In this scene from tonight's episode of the Independent Lens | PBS documentary series A Path Appears, Nicholas Kristof follows Chicago police’s special operations for a sting cracking down on “johns.” Focusing on the demand side of the multi-billion dollar trafficking industry is a way to shift blame from prostitutes. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/path-appears/

  A Path Appears (excerpt from tonight's episode at 10/9c)

  

  January 26, 2015 at 4:26 pm

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  Tune in to Antiques Roadshow at 8/7c for a brand new episode from Austin, TX. In this clip, Kevin Zavian appraises a pin by pop artist Roy Lichtenstein. Visit www.pbs.org/antiques for more videos and features from the show.

  Excerpt from tonight's new ANTIQUES ROADSHOW (airing at 8/7c)

  

  January 26, 2015 at 3:15 pm

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  ‘Completely avoidable’: Vaccination could have prevented Disneyland measles outbreak (from PBS NewsHour)

  'Completely avoidable': Vaccination could have prevented Disneyland measles outbreak | PBS NewsHour

  

  U.S. health officials say the recent measles outbreak that began at Disneyland in Southern California continues to ripple across the nation with approximately 100 cases reported so far. How great a risk does this pose and how can people protect their children? Director of the National Institute of A…

  January 26, 2015 at 1:00 pm