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Visit the companion Website >> (San Francisco, CA) — In 1966, General Motors, the most powerful corporation in the world, sent private investigators to dig up dirt on an obscure 32-year-old public interest lawyer named Ralph Nader, who had written a book critical of one of their cars, the Corvair. The scandal that ensued after the smear campaign was…

Visit the companion Website >> (San Francisco, CA)— The EPA calls the mining town of Picher, Oklahoma the most toxic place in America, but a dwindling population still call it home. Today the town is divided by fears of serious health risks, environmental politics, civic pride and old racial tensions between Indian and white society. Exploring the…

Visit the companion Website >> (San Francisco, CA)—MISS NAVAJO, an affectionate and engaging look at the annual Miss Navajo pageant, will be broadcast on the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens, hosted by Terrence Howard, on Tuesday, November 13, 2007, at 10pm (check local listings). Directed by Billy Luther, whose own mother was…

Visit the companion Website >> (San Francisco, CA)—In the year following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Empire of Japan grew bolder in its offensive against the U.S. and invaded the remote Aleutian island of Attu in preparation for a larger invasion into Canada and the lower 48 states. Although Attu was the only American territory to be held by a…

Visit the companion Website >> (San Francisco, CA) – SISTERS IN LAW, the acclaimed documentary by Kim Longinotto and Florence Ayisi, will have its broadcast debut on the Emmy® Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens, hosted by Terrence Howard on Tuesday, November 27, 2007, at 10pm (check local listings). Winner of two awards at the Cannes Film…