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PBS doc spotlights black life after the Civil War

Watching the gripping and heartbreakingly revealing documentary “Slavery By Another Name” isn’t easy to do but it is necessary all the same. PBS is airing the film in time for Black History Month and like the Douglas A. Blackmon Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same name, the doc explores black life after the Civil War ended. … Continue Reading →

'Frontline' looks at opium brides

Afghan farmers have long borrowed money from drug dealers to subsidize their opium crops. Now, as the Afghan government wipes out their livelihood with its eradication program, the farmers find themselves in a horrifying situation: repay their debts or give their daughters to drug traffickers as so-called opium brides. Take a walk in this disturbing … Continue Reading →