Now that the fall of Roe v. Wade has ended the constitutional right to abortion, many in the religious right have a new goal: undermining trust in, and limiting access to, hormonal contraception – including the pill.
Episodes
Minor League Pay
The baseball industry created an entire workforce exempt from being paid minimum wage and overtime – and players eventually cried foul.
After Ayotzinapa: Arrests and Intrigue
New developments in Mexico’s investigation into the disappearance of 43 college students are making headlines, and also ruffling feathers.
Locked Up: The Prison Labor That Built Business Empires
Companies across the South profited off the forced labor of people in prison after the Civil War – a racist system known as convict leasing.
The Big Grift Behind the Big Lie
The group True the Vote has collected millions off spreading “the big lie” that the 2020 election was stolen by voter fraud.
American Rehab: Shadow Workforce
For decades, work-based rehabs have spread across the country. No one knows how many are out there, so we counted them ourselves.
American Rehab: A Venomous Snake
After amassing a small fortune, Synanon turns from a revolutionary rehab into a violent cult with mass sterilizations and a rattlesnake in a mailbox.
American Rehab: A Desperate Call
Penny Rawlings is relieved to finally get her brother into rehab at a place called Cenikor. She doesn’t realize that getting him out of treatment is going to be the bigger problem.
Afghanistan’s Recognition Problem
“Do you recognize the Taliban?” The U.S. government, other countries and individual Afghans grapple with the question that will determine Afghanistan’s future.
My Neighbor the Suspected War Criminal
There may be 1,700 suspected war criminals and human rights abusers in the U.S. Who are they, and what is the government doing about it?