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Need To Know - History of debt, detainee abuse, living with Chinese drywall

History of debt, detainee abuse, living with Chinese drywall History of debt, detainee abuse, living with Chinese drywall
This week on Need to Know: The debate over debt may be over, but our need for debt will always be with us. From The Watch List: A construction material used in thousands of homes is suspected of making some people sick. And: Iraqi detainees claim abuse at the hands of Americans. A military task...
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2090972545/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false This week on Need to Know: The debate over debt may be over, but our need for debt will always be with us. From The Watch List: A construction material used in thousands of homes is suspected of making some people sick. And: Iraqi detainees claim abuse at the hands of Americans. A military task... /episodes/get/2170 /episode/2170 Need To Know: History of debt, detainee abuse, living with Chinese drywall /episode-player/2170
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Dying to get back
Dying to get back
While the number of illegal crossings at the border has plummeted dramatically ? roughly half the number than during peak years ? just as many people are dying. Meaning for those coming into the country illegally, it is now more deadly, more lethal, than at any time in recent U.S. immigration...
Air date: 05/17/2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2365012816/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false While the number of illegal crossings at the border has plummeted dramatically ? roughly half the number than during peak years ? just as many people are dying. Meaning for those coming into the country illegally, it is now more deadly, more lethal, than at any time in recent U.S. immigration... /episodes/get/8765 /episode/8765 Need To Know: Dying to get back /episode-player/8765
Help Wanted: Retraining America
Help Wanted: Retraining America
Even as unemployment remains stubbornly high, millions of jobs remain unfilled because many workers do not have the necessary training to fill them. This week we look at The National STEM Consortium ? a program designed to target this type of structural unemployment by improving the scientific,...
Air date: 05/03/2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2365004827/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Even as unemployment remains stubbornly high, millions of jobs remain unfilled because many workers do not have the necessary training to fill them. This week we look at The National STEM Consortium ? a program designed to target this type of structural unemployment by improving the scientific,... /episodes/get/8695 /episode/8695 Need To Know: Help Wanted: Retraining America /episode-player/8695
Debating the Second Amendment
Debating the Second Amendment
With the gun control debate raging after the mass school shooting in Newtown, CT, Need to Know examines the history of the Second Amendment and how it shapes the discussion today. Ray Suarez anchors a panel including: George Mason Law School professor Joyce Lee Malcolm, former New York Times...
Air date: 04/26/2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2365002459/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false With the gun control debate raging after the mass school shooting in Newtown, CT, Need to Know examines the history of the Second Amendment and how it shapes the discussion today. Ray Suarez anchors a panel including: George Mason Law School professor Joyce Lee Malcolm, former New York Times... /episodes/get/8644 /episode/8644 Need To Know: Debating the Second Amendment /episode-player/8644
Financial literacy
Financial literacy
To mark financial literacy month, "Need to Know" correspondent Stacey Tisdale travels to Mississippi to examine a program designed to help low-income, mostly African-American children save for college - and teach them about banking and money along the way. Anchor Ray Suarez interviews Richard...
Air date: 04/19/2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2364997817/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false To mark financial literacy month, "Need to Know" correspondent Stacey Tisdale travels to Mississippi to examine a program designed to help low-income, mostly African-American children save for college - and teach them about banking and money along the way. Anchor Ray Suarez interviews Richard... /episodes/get/8575 /episode/8575 Need To Know: Financial literacy /episode-player/8575
Main Street: Findlay, Ohio
Main Street: Findlay, Ohio
Correspondent John Larson travels to Ohio to assess how workers are faring after the loss of millions of manufacturing jobs over the past 35 years.
Air date: 04/12/2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2364995162/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Correspondent John Larson travels to Ohio to assess how workers are faring after the loss of millions of manufacturing jobs over the past 35 years. /episodes/get/8507 /episode/8507 Need To Know: Main Street: Findlay, Ohio /episode-player/8507