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News & Public Affairs
Full episodes
2483 VIDEOS

The Open Mind | Young American Voters and the Coming Presidential Election
28:18 Air Date 02/04/12

Need to Know | Fri. Feb. 3, 2012
25:09 Air Date 02/03/12

To The Contrary | February 3, 2012
25:30 Air Date 02/03/12

PBS NewsHour | Thursday, February 2, 2012
54:44 Air Date 02/02/12 Expires 03/04/12

Tavis Smiley | Investigative journalist Michael Hastings
24:30 Air Date 02/02/12

PBS NewsHour | Wednesday, February 1, 2012
55:06 Air Date 02/01/12 Expires 03/03/12

Tavis Smiley | Dr. Richard Jackson, UCLA School of Public Health
23:28 Air Date 02/01/12

PBS NewsHour | Tuesday, January 31, 2012
54:44 Air Date 01/31/12 Expires 03/02/12

PBS NewsHour | Watch the PBS NewsHour 2012 Florida Primary Special Report
26:40 Air Date 01/31/12 Expires 03/02/12

Tavis Smiley | Journalist Ron Brownstein
13:10 Air Date 01/31/12

Tavis Smiley | Writer-director Michel Hazanavicius
11:08 Air Date 01/31/12

PBS NewsHour | January 30, 2012
55:12 Air Date 01/30/12 Expires 03/01/12
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Previews
160 VIDEOS

America Revealed | America Revealed - Preview
6:00 Air Date 04/16/12

America Revealed | America Revealed tease - Cow Power
0:15 Air Date 04/16/12 Expires 05/20/12

America Revealed | America Revealed tease - Facebook
0:15 Air Date 04/16/12 Expires 05/20/12

FRONTLINE | Cell Tower Deaths Preview
0:31 Air Date 02/21/12

American Experience | Clinton Preview
0:30 Air Date 02/20/12

FRONTLINE | The Interrupters Preview
2:28 Air Date 02/14/12

Michael Feinsteins American Songbook | Lost and Found - Preview
0:30 Air Date 02/10/12

Freedom Riders | Freedom Riders - Preview
0:30 Air Date 02/07/12

FRONTLINE | Rules of Engagement - Preview
0:30 Air Date 02/07/12

PBS Presents | Black History Month on PBS
0:32 Air Date 02/01/12 Expires 03/01/12

Independent Lens | Free At Last - A Preview
3:40 Air Date 01/26/12

FRONTLINE | The Meth Epidemic - Preview
0:30 Air Date 01/24/12
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Shorts
2508 VIDEOS

Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness | Class Actions Preview
1:11 Air Date 02/13/12

PBS NewsHour | The Doubleheader: Newt, the NFL and Headbutts
4:36 Air Date 02/03/12

Need to Know | The Foreclosure Crisis in Nevada
13:14 Air Date 02/03/12

Need to Know | Fighting Foreclosures: Promo
2:38 Air Date 02/03/12

PBS NewsHour | Drop Out or Stay in School? Navigating the Education Maze
7:53 Air Date 02/03/12

PBS NewsHour | Komen Charity Reverses Planned Parenthood Grant Cuts
4:48 Air Date 02/03/12

PBS NewsHour | How Will Iran's Threats Affect U.S.-Israeli Ties?
8:49 Air Date 02/03/12

PBS NewsHour | Iran's Khamenei: 'Real War' Would Be More Harmful to U.S.
3:14 Air Date 02/03/12 Expires 03/04/12

PBS NewsHour | Romney Admits Verbal Stumble, but Enjoys 'Real Organization'
8:19 Air Date 02/03/12

PBS NewsHour | News Wrap: At Least 5 Killed After Egypt's Soccer Riot
4:01 Air Date 02/03/12 Expires 03/04/12

PBS NewsHour | Unemployment Drops, but It's 'Premature to Do Handstands'
10:01 Air Date 02/03/12

Need to Know | American Voices: Marcos Villatoro
2:47 Air Date 02/02/12
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