This episode originally aired on June 18, 2020. In the summer of 1964 more than 20 members of the Ku Klux Klan murdered three civil rights workers in a tragic episode of racial injustice that would become known as the “Mississippi Burning” case. The identities of the killers, which included a sheriff’s deputy, were an open secret, but charges were never brought until newspaper journalist Jerry Mitchell started to work on it.

This episode originally aired on February 24, 2020. The history books are full of stories about the women who marched arm-in-arm to win the right to vote. Most of the heroes of the day were white women of means.

This episode originally aired on July 15, 2020. Nearly one in five adolescents has a diagnosable mental health disorder, and nearly one-third of them show signs of depression.

This episode originally aired on July 23, 2020. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced in early July guidelines for local school districts to reopen buildings this fall. But returning to school has parents and teachers worried, and the rise in COVID-19 infections is causing schools across the state to re-think plans for reopening.

A statewide mask mandate goes into effect as Ohio’s number of COVID-19 cases surge. Meanwhile, Gov. Mike DeWine and state lawmakers juggle the aftershocks of what the U.S. attorney has described as the biggest public corruption case in the history of Ohio.

This episode originally aired on July 14, 2020. The history of medical experimentation and the Black community is fraught with exploitation and abuse. But with the COVID-19 virus infecting and killing Black patients at disproportionately high rates, many experts in the medical field are calling for their inclusion in the first vaccine trials.

This episode originally aired on July 21, 2020. The truth about the once legal enslavement of humans in the U.S and the concurrent racism then that persists today is fraught with the worst kinds of violence and inhumanity. How that history is taught in schools and how educators have at times soft-pedaled misery and injustice has come to the fore in the era of Black Lives Matter.

This episode originally aired on April 14, 2020. How the immune system responds to COVID-19 is one of the mysteries doctors and scientists are trying to solve. Our immune system usually functions as a bodyguard, protecting us against harmful bacteria and viruses. Yet, it’s behaving quite differently with novel coronavirus. Why?

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced in early July guidelines for local school districts to reopen buildings this fall. But returning to school has parents and teachers worried, and the rise in COVID-19 infections is causing schools across the state to re-think plans for reopening.

Hand washing has taken on a new level of importance in the age of COVID-19, so much so that some people are overdoing it and drying out their hands. It's a small price to pay but many people do similar damage to their entire body when they shower.