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California Water Wars - A River in the Desert
Season 18 Episode 1
By the turn of the twentieth century, Los Angeles had grown from a dusty, crime-ridden pueblo into a thriving metropolis. The only problem was that i…
6 years, 4 months ago
Kentucky Blood Feud - The Revenge of Bad Tom Baker
Season 17 Episode 2
The Civil War forced the warring families of Clay County into an uneasy truce. The Garrards, Whites, Howards, and Bakers found themselves allied as t…
6 years, 5 months ago
Kentucky Blood Feud - The Murder of Daniel Bates
Season 17 Episode 1
The longest and bloodiest feud in American history erupted in the 1840s in Clay County, Kentucky — where it raged for nearly a century and ultimately…
6 years, 5 months ago
The Legacy of The Triangle Fire
Season 16 Episode 5
In September 2019 Democratic Senator and presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren invoked the memory of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire at a camp…
6 years, 6 months ago
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - In America They Don’t Let You Burn
Season 16 Episode 4
In the wake of the biggest workplace catastrophe in the city of New York, the survivors of the Triangle fire and the families of the victims could on…
6 years, 6 months ago
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - Sixteen Minutes
Season 16 Episode 3
Two years after the labor strikes that shook the city of New York, the workers of Triangle factory returned to better wages and lower hours. But when…
6 years, 6 months ago
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - Revolt of the Girls
Season 16 Episode 2
Inspired by the labor strikes at Triangle and other factories in Lower Manhattan, more than 30,000 garment workers took to the streets of New York in…
6 years, 6 months ago
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - Wildcat
Season 16 Episode 1
On March 25, 1911, a fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Manhattan, claiming the lives of 146 garment workers — mostly women and gir…
6 years, 6 months ago
Dutch Manhattan - The Dutch Influence Today
Season 15 Episode 7
New York City was founded on the Dutch principles of tolerance and capitalism, both of which were new ideas at the time. But much of the city's early…
6 years, 7 months ago
Dutch Manhattan - New York
Season 15 Episode 6
In the years after Adrian Van der Donck won a municipal charter for New Amsterdam, and under Peter Stuyvesant's stern but capable rule, the city flou…
6 years, 7 months ago