Reporter Lulu Ramadan set out to cover the health effects of burning cane. Now, for the first time, there is data linking Florida residents’ respiratory illnesses to Big Sugar. 

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There’s one last jury trial left, one last shot at forcing the sugar companies to make good on unpaid wages. And Dave Gorman miraculously finds new evidence that could clinch it. But that’s when an obscure 150-year-old law comes into play, sending the lawyers reeling. Finally, the lawyers, journalists and cutters reflect on what the kingdom of big sugar reveals about life, race and justice in America. 

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At the intersection of sugar, nature and influence, you find yourself in just one place: the Everglades, an environmental wonder and disaster. The fight for control and the fight to clean up the massive waterway from agricultural pollution shows the sugar industry’s mastery of lobbying. Exhibit A: the Fanjuls have a direct line straight to the Oval Office.

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Meet Cristin Kearns, a dentist turned detective. She's on a mission to uncover the darkly shrewd public relations strategies that the Sugar industry has used to burnish its image and conceal the health impacts of its product. If this sounds remarkably similar to the tobacco industry, it’s no coincidence. 

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The case continues as the lawyers seek justice for the cane cutters. The jury reaches a decision. 

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Host Celeste Headlee goes on the hunt for the Fanjul brothers in Palm Beach, Florida and uncovers an even more devastating truth about the American sugar industry’s past. J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI and the movie The Godfather play a part in our story. 

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There is a saying in Cuba: “Without sugar there is no country.” We travel to 1950’s Cuba to meet the Fanjul family, sugar barons whose experiences with sugar, Castro and the Tropicana nightclub shine a light on where this story really begins. 

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The lawyers gather evidence as they prepare to take on the biggest players in the sugar industry. Tens of millions of dollars are at stake, but who are they really up against? 

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Crusading lawyer Edward Tuddenham hears about the sugarcane workers - the conditions, the injuries and unpaid wages. With Harley-riding, former intelligence officer Dave Gorman as co-counsel, he takes on the powerful sugar industry on behalf of the workers, suing five enormous farms. 

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Meet Victor and Selvin, who initially feel lucky to travel from Jamaica to Florida to cut sugarcane. The experiences of cane cutters like them lead two ambitious journalists to try and uncover the devastating truth about the labor supporting the American sugar industry. 

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