As part of "Chasing The Dream, the multi-platform public media initiative on poverty and opportunity in America, we hear from Kevin Powell (a familiar face to those who watched MTV's "Real World") about his lifelong struggle to overcome a legacy…
It’s a phenomenon that experts call the “school-to-prison pipeline” and that actor and activist Anna Deavere Smith calls “Notes from the Field: Doing Time In School.” As part of our “Chasing The Dream” series, we take you to a distinguished…
On any given night in New York City, nearly 23,00 children will lay their heads down in a homeless shelter. That’s more than a full-house at Madison Square Garden and more than two-thirds of the city’s total shelter population. (According…
After JFK's assassination, we look at the legacy of the man who succeeded him: Lyndon B. Johnson. A cornerstone of his legacy was to the Great Society he founded to finally create real upward mobility for all Americans. But after…