APM Reports Documentaries

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APM Reports Documentaries episodes

March 19, 2018 Ethics Be Damned, Part 2
It all started with a fur coat and an expensive rug. It ended with the resignation of President Eisenhower's chief of staff. That incident led to the government ethics system of today. In the second installment of our series, APM Reports investigative journalist Tom Scheck joins Lizzie O'Leary of Marketplace Weekend to discuss the history of U.S. ethics rules, and the complicated financial holdings of current Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. To read Tom's full investigation, visit apmreports.com/ethics.
12 min
March 19, 2018 Ethics Be Damned, Part 1
More than half of Trump's 20-person Cabinet has engaged in questionable or unethical conduct since taking office. The nation's top ethics official says "these are perilous times." In the first installment of "Ethics Be Damned," APM Reports investigative journalist Tom Scheck joins Lizzie O'Leary of Marketplace Weekend to discuss whether the federal ethics system is broken. To read Tom's full investigation, visit apmreports.com/ethics.
13 min
September 11, 2017 Shadow Class: College Dreamers in Trump's America
President Trump is ending DACA, which allowed some 800,000 undocumented young people to stay and work in the United States. For some, that may mean the end of a dream of going to college. This program profiles DACA students and their opponents and examines a key court case and political forces that led to this moment.
53 min
September 11, 2017 Hard to Read: How American schools fail kids with dyslexia
Public schools are denying children with dyslexia proper treatment and often failing to identify them in the first place.
52 min
September 04, 2017 Shackled Legacy: Universities and the Slave Trade
Profits from slavery and related industries helped build some of the most prestigious schools in New England. This documentary focuses on three universities -- Harvard, Georgetown and the University of Virginia -- as they grapple with a deeply troubling chapter in their vaunted histories.
52 min
August 28, 2017 Keeping Teachers
There may be nothing more important in the educational life of a child than having effective teachers. But the United States is struggling to attract and keep teachers.
52 min
August 21, 2017 Shadow Class: College Dreamers in Trump's America
Some young immigrants have gotten temporary papers under an Obama administration program. But now they find themselves on a collision course with newly powerful opponents, including a president who swept into office on a wave of anti-immigrant fear and anger.
52 min
February 17, 2017 Historically Black, Part 3
The Question of Black Identity, Black Love Stories
52 min
February 14, 2017 King's Last March 2017 update
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Half a century later, King remains one of the most vivid symbols of hope for racial unity in America. But that's not the way he was viewed in the last year of his life.
53 min
February 10, 2017 Historically Black, Part 2
Tracking Down a Slave's Bill of Sale, The Path to Founding an HBCU, The Fiddler who Charmed Missouri
52 min

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The documentary unit of APM Reports (formerly American RadioWorks) has produced more than 140 programs on topics such as health, history, education and justice.