Making Contact

We go to two communities sorting through the aftermath of Bush-era federal immigration raids, and to Los Angeles, where American Apparel became the first test case of the Obama administration's new approach to workplace hiring violations.

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Stupak, the Hyde Amendment, and religion. We take a look at some of the threats to abortion access, more than thirty-five years after Roe V. Wade legalized a woman's right to have an abortion.

We profile two government leaders tackling the monumental problem of war –– Gambia's Fatou Bensouda, Deputy Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court and retired Colonel Ann Wright, a former United States military leader and diplomat for the State Department.

A look into how struggling communities around the U.S. are meeting each others needs, without charity, or even exchanging a dollar.

Two wars continued, the economy remained in freefall, and as hardship ensued, people crafted creative solutions. We look back at some of the most compelling stories we brought you during 2009, and find out where things are headed for 2010.

A look into the roots of a long-standing conflict between a powerful oligarchy and a dispossessed majority.

We hear from Israeli settlers in Palestine and get reactions to related Obama administration policy.

We revisit the voices from that Seattle WTO protests and find out how global economic forces have shifted in the past decade.

An agricultural renaissance has taken root among the Taos Pueblo people in New Mexico. Sustainable agriculture is returning, after years of unhealthy food, poor health and obesity.

Journalist Dahr Jamail talks about the on-going wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the growing refusal to serve in the US military.