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Coal Wars | The Battle of Blair Mountain
Season 27 Episode 4
The Coal Wars reached an explosive climax in August 1921, as thousands of miners furious over the death of their hero Sid Hatfield shouldered their w…
5 years, 4 months ago
Coal Wars | Bloody Mingo
Season 27 Episode 3
In May 1920, Sheriff Sid Hatfield won the loyalty of Mingo County’s miners after a deadly gun battle that left seven Baldwin-Felts agents dead on the…
5 years, 4 months ago
Coal Wars | The Matewan Massacre
Season 27 Episode 2
In March 1913, famed labor activist Mother Jones was locked up in a shack in Pratt, West Virginia, suffering from pneumonia and a high fever as she a…
5 years, 4 months ago
Coal Wars | The Most Dangerous Woman in America
Season 27 Episode 1
In the early 20th century, coal was the fuel that powered the nation. But the men who mined it in the rugged and remote hills of West Virginia endure…
5 years, 5 months ago
Supreme Court Landmarks | The Outsize Power of the Supreme Court Today
Season 26 Episode 8
Throughout our series, we've seen how social movements and partisan politics helped influence the decisions of landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases, and…
5 years, 5 months ago
Supreme Court Landmarks | Jane Roe
Season 26 Episode 7
In 1970, a 22-year-old woman in Texas named Norma McCorvey tried and failed to get an abortion from her doctor. Abortion was illegal in Texas, just a…
5 years, 5 months ago
Supreme Court Landmarks | A Recount in Florida
Season 26 Episode 6
The morning of Nov. 8, 2000, Americans woke up to an undecided election. Pollsters had predicted a close race between Vice President Al Gore and Texa…
5 years, 5 months ago
Supreme Court Landmarks | The Warren Court
Season 26 Episode 5
Before the 1950s, the Supreme Court was best known as an institution that adhered to the status quo. It often sought to protect the rights of propert…
5 years, 6 months ago
Supreme Court Landmarks | Loaded Weapon
Season 26 Episode 4
Through most of 1941, as fighting raged across Europe, the United States held back from entering the war. That all changed in December, when Japanese…
5 years, 6 months ago
Supreme Court Landmarks | Separate and Unequal
Season 26 Episode 3
After the Civil War, America began to rebuild a shattered nation. For the first time, the country could create a society without slavery, and a natio…
5 years, 6 months ago