What do a long list of iconic and controversial historical events have in common? They all got the presidential commission treatment.
Watch a preview of The Riot Report.
LBJ tried to torpedo the official Kerner Commission record. Instead it became a bestseller.
When US inner cities erupted in violence in 1967, LBJ created a commission to investigate.
Communities across the country are located around toxic waste sites. Here’s how you can find out what’s close to home.
The women of Love Canal fought to free their families from toxic waste and created landmark environmental legislation in the process.
Watch a preview of Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal
What was it like to live through the Love Canal tragedy? Residents, reporters, and government administrators talk, 45 years later.
The story of housewives who led a grassroots movement to galvanize the Superfund Bill.
Wealthy Americans and those who wanted to be near them flocked to Miami Beach during the 1920's and 30's.
If Carl Fisher were alive today, he might find it difficult to recognize Miami Beach.
Nestled on the narrow strip of land between the two beaches were hundreds of significant but decaying buildings.
