The FBI arrived on the doorstep of businessman Najam Qureshi shortly after a run-in with mall security. His family moved from Pakistan to the United States when Qureshi was 8. Police once pulled over their car for a minor traffic violation, and Qureshi remembers his father saying, “You don’t have to fear the police here. […]
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From the Mall of America reports: Jatani Boru
Jatani Boru, a respiratory therapist in St. Paul, took a friend visiting from New Hampshire to the mall on May 25, 2009, where they shot video of a large entrance and the mall’s vast interior. During a later interview, Boru, who became a U.S. citizen during the 1990s and is now 45 years old, said […]
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What is a fusion center?
When the dust cleared from 9/11, Americans began asking questions. How could this have been planned in our midst? What did we know about the hijackers before the attack? Why didn’t intelligence about the attacks fall into the right hands before Sept. 11, 2001? The federal government responded in one way by pumping at least […]
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Plastics industry edited environmental textbook
Under pressure from a lobbying group, schools officials edited environmental curriculum to include positive messages about plastic shopping bags, interviews and documents show.
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Watch the full segment: ‘The Pot Republic’ on FRONTLINE
The bulk of the marijuana consumed in the United States used to come across the border from Mexico, Canada and elsewhere. Now, more than half of it is believed to be home-grown in California, where an enormous black market has emerged under the cover of the state’s medical marijuana law. With more than a third […]
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Web exclusive: Extended interview with ‘Leila’ on torture in Iran
PBS NEWSHOUR and the Center for Investigative Reporting mark the two-year anniversary of Iran’s “Green Movement” with an exclusive report about the government crackdown that followed. The report features the courageous work of an Iranian journalist and the first, heart-wrenching accounts of women demonstrators who say once arrested, they were raped, beaten and tortured by […]
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Web Exclusive: Q&A with an Iranian journalist on torture of women
PBS NewsHour and the Center for Investigative Reporting mark the two-year anniversary of Iran’s “Green Movement” with an exclusive report about the government crackdown that followed. The report features the courageous work of an Iranian journalist and the first, heart-wrenching accounts of women demonstrators who say once arrested, they were raped, beaten and tortured by […]
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Iranian Women Prisoners Detail Torture: ‘Death Was Like a Desire’
Thousands of Iranians took to the streets in 2009 as part of the Green Movement to protest a disputed presidential election. The government crackdown that followed included some women being imprisoned, tortured and raped. This report shares some of their stories. This report is a co-production with PBS NewsHour. TRANSCRIPT JEFFREY BROWN: Next, a rare […]
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VIDEO: Davis keeps eye on the ball with political coverage
Politics can feel like sports with all its skirmishes, says money and politics reporter Chase Davis. But California Watch focuses on issues beyond the political scoreboard.
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VIDEO: Lin looks at big picture for quality-of-life reporting
At California Watch, Joanna Lin investigates public health issues, which could involve everything from demographics to unemployment.