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News & Public Affairs
Full episodes
2984 VIDEOS

To The Contrary | New Americans
25:40 Air Date 05/17/13

Washington Week | Scandal Fallout: IRS, Benghazi and Justice Probes Reporters
24:47 Air Date 05/17/13

Washington Week | Progress on Immigration Reform, Obama's Cabinet
9:29 Air Date 05/17/13

Need To Know | Dying to get back
25:15 Air Date 05/17/13

PBS NewsHour | Friday, May 17, 2013
53:03 Air Date 05/17/13 Expires 06/16/13

Moyers & Company | The Toxic Politics of Science
54:36 Air Date 05/17/13

PBS NewsHour | Thursday, May 16, 2013
52:31 Air Date 05/16/13 Expires 06/15/13

PBS NewsHour | Wednesday, May 15, 2013
53:43 Air Date 05/15/13 Expires 06/14/13

PBS NewsHour | Tuesday, May 14, 2013
53:43 Air Date 05/14/13 Expires 06/13/13

Tavis Smiley | Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill
26:46 Air Date 05/14/13

FRONTLINE | Never Forget to Lie
53:41 Air Date 05/14/13

PBS NewsHour | Monday, May 13, 2013
53:31 Air Date 05/13/13 Expires 06/12/13
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Previews
317 VIDEOS

POV | 5 Broken Cameras - Trailer
2:06 Air Date 08/26/13

POV | The Law in These Parts - Trailer
2:30 Air Date 08/19/13

POV | High Tech, Low Life - Trailer
2:09 Air Date 07/22/13

POV | Herman's House - Trailer
2:24 Air Date 07/08/13

POV | Special Flight - Trailer
1:59 Air Date 07/01/13

POV | POV Season 26 Preview
38:13 Air Date 06/24/13

Independent Lens | Coming to Independent Lens: The Revolutionary Optimists
4:23 Air Date 06/17/13

FRONTLINE | Outlawed in Pakistan
0:31 Air Date 05/28/13

FRONTLINE | The Untouchables Preview
0:31 Air Date 05/21/13

American Experience | Mel Brooks: Make a Noise - Preview
0:30 Air Date 05/20/13

FRONTLINE | Never Forget to Lie
0:31 Air Date 05/14/13

Independent Lens | The Invisible War Influences Military Policy Changes
0:36 Air Date 05/13/13
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Shorts
5267 VIDEOS

Independent Lens | Teaching Children to Be Agents of Change in Calcutta
3:05 Air Date 06/17/13

The Ghost Army | Preview
00:00 Air Date 05/21/13

PBS NewsHour | Shields and Brooks on Government Scandals, Watergate
12:56 Air Date 05/17/13

PBS NewsHour | Military Makes Addressing Sexual Assault Top Priority
9:32 Air Date 05/17/13

PBS NewsHour | News Wrap: Explosions in Iraq Stokes Fears of Violence
2:42 Air Date 05/17/13 Expires 06/16/13

PBS NewsHour | IRS Chief Admits Mistakes, Says Scrutiny Was Not Political
7:27 Air Date 05/17/13

PBS NewsHour | Conversation: Opera Singer Ana Maria Martinez
00:00 Air Date 05/17/13

PBS NewsHour | The Houston Grand Opera's 'Cruzar la Cara de la Luna'
1:41 Air Date 05/17/13

PBS NewsHour | A Look Back at the Senate Watergate Hearings
16:33 Air Date 05/17/13

Tavis Smiley | Hip-hop artist Talib Kweli
11:40 Air Date 05/17/13

Tavis Smiley | Science journalist Dan Fagin
12:16 Air Date 05/17/13

PBS NewsHour | Keeping on Top of Priorities, White House Deals With Drama
7:30 Air Date 05/16/13
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