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FIGHTING BACK - THE PENCIL LETTER THAT CHANGED AMERICA: GIDEON V. WAINWRIGHT
A drifter. A pool hall. A prison cell. And the most consequential letter ever written in pencil on prison stationery.
Garret Fisher closes the Fightin…
2 months, 1 week ago
FIGHTING BACK - SHE HAD THE DOCUMENTS: THE KAREN SILKWOOD STORY
Oklahoma, 1974. A plutonium plant. A whistleblower. A meeting she never made. And documents no one has ever found.
Garret Fisher covers the Karen Silk…
2 months, 1 week ago
FIGHTING BACK - THE FAMILIES WHO REFUSED TO SIT DOWN: THE SACKLERS AND PURDUE PHARMA — PART 2
2,600 lawsuits. $11 billion moved into private trusts. A bankruptcy designed as a shield. And a Supreme Court that said no.
Garret Fisher concludes th…
2 months, 1 week ago
FIGHTING BACK - A PILL, A LIE, AND HALF A MILLION DEAD: THE SACKLERS AND PURDUE PHARMA — PART 1
They called it a miracle of pain management. Their own salespeople called it a drug. Their own documents called it a franchise.
Garret Fisher opens th…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
FIGHTING BACK - $333 MILLION AND A GHOST TOWN: ERIN BROCKOVICH VS. PG&E — PART 2
The largest direct-action settlement in American history. And the town that won it is still dying.
Garret Fisher concludes the Erin Brockovich story —…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
FIGHTING BACK - THE WOMAN WHO WOULDN'T QUIT: ERIN BROCKOVICH VS. PG&E — PART 1
No law degree. No formal training. Three kids, a borrowed car, and a town full of people dying of cancers nobody could explain.
Garret Fisher kicks of…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
FIGHTING BACK - YOU'VE BEEN LIED TO: STELLA LIEBECK AND THE McDONALD'S HOT COFFEE CASE
A 79-year-old grandmother. Third-degree burns across 16 percent of her body. Eight days in the hospital. And a corporation that spent millions making…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
FIGHTING BACK - THEY WERE TOLD TO LICK THE BRUSH: THE RADIUM GIRLS
The company knew. The scientists knew. The executives took precautions to protect themselves. And then they told two hundred young women the paint wa…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
FIGHTING BACK - THE CONFESSION THAT CAME TOO LATE: THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE — PART 2
Garret Fisher concludes the Central Park Five story — picking up where Part 1 left off, inside the adult prisons where Korey Wise spent his twenties.…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
FIGHTING BACK - FIVE KIDS, THIRTY HOURS, NO LAWYERS: THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE - PART 1
Garret Fisher opens the Fighting Back series — two weeks of David vs. Goliath while the production team vacations — with one of the most devastating …
2 months, 3 weeks ago