Enron – The Black Box | 2
Enron manipulates California's electricity market for financial gain, and the state is plunged into an energy crisis. Meanwhile, the schemes of a corrupt CFO, a rocky transition of power, and...
American Scandal
Enron – A Sense of Urgency | 1
In the mid 1990s, Enron Corporation solidifies its position as the number one energy company in America. Investment manager Sherron Watkins lands a dream job there, but quickly learns that...
The Standoff at Wounded Knee – The Reign of Terror | 4
Mounting violence forces Dennis Banks and the rest of the occupation to decide how much they’re willing to sacrifice for their cause. Federal negotiators face a deadline to end the...
The Standoff at Wounded Knee – A Nation Reborn | 3
After defying a federal ultimatum to leave Wounded Knee or face a full-scale assault, the occupation doubles down by declaring themselves the Independent Oglala Nation. A new proposal from the...
The Standoff at Wounded Knee – We’ve Bet with Our Lives | 2
Emboldened by their takeover of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, AIM takes its campaign for Indian rights to the border towns of South Dakota. But now AIM is a top...
The Standoff at Wounded Knee – The Trail of Broken Treaties | 1
In early 1973, the militant civil rights group the American Indian Movement (AIM) takes control of the town of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota....
Tuskegee Syphilis Study – Parallels | 5
Black babies in the United States are twice as likely as white babies to die before their first birthday. It’s an alarming statistic that further highlights the wide disparities in...
Tuskegee Syphilis Study – What Was Done Cannot Be Undone | 4
After 40 years, the Tuskegee Study has been exposed, condemned, and ended. But for the survivors and African-American community at large, this is not the end of the story. A...
Tuskegee Syphilis Study – Controlled Genocide | 3
In the 1960s, as cultural attitudes shift and more doctors in the U.S. learn of the study, objections are raised on moral and political grounds. When the government refuses to...
Tuskegee Syphilis Study – Treatment by Autopsy | 2
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study is underway, with hundreds of African-American men unknowingly serving as human guinea pigs. Though it's initially scheduled to last only a few months, the doctors in...