Above: Peabody Award-winning broadcast journalist Alison Stewart (left) and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and Newsweek editor Jon Meacham co-anchor this weekly primetime news and public affairs series.
Above: Jeff Greenfield, seasoned political, media and culture reporter and commentator, who has worked for CNN, CBS, NBC, and was host of PBS’s CEO EXCHANGE.
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John Steinbeck’s hometown came to worldwide notice through "The Grapes of Wrath." Not all city fathers were pleased by the portrait. Explore what has changed and what remains the same in Salinas.
The program also profiles up-and-coming political leaders and will report regularly from the road, hosting the program from key states whose issues are important to the national election. Essays, many from Jon Meacham and from a diverse group of other journalists and big thinkers, are a weekly feature.
A rotation of respected and experienced media professionals will both anchor the program and report from the field.
As the debate over immigration reform continues in Washington D.C., NEED TO KNOW offers an inside look at the lives of Latino farm workers. With the continuation of our “Main Street” series, correspondent John Larson reports from Salinas, California — home to John Steinbeck and some of the richest farmlands in the world. This episode was originally broadcast on March 1, 2013.
Full Show: Need To Know: Down in the Salinas Valley
Above: As the debate over immigration reform continues in Washington D.C., NEED TO KNOW offers an inside look at the lives of Latino farm workers. With the continuation of our “Main Street” series, correspondent John Larson reports from Salinas, California — home to John Steinbeck and some of the richest farmlands in the world. This episode was originally broadcast on March 1, 2013.
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Preview: Need To Know: Border Patrol, Part 3 - May 17, 2013
Above: While the number of illegal crossings at the border has plummeted dramatically — roughly half the number than during peak years — just as many people are dying. Meaning for those coming into the country illegally, it is now more deadly, more lethal, than at any time in recent U.S. immigration history. For years the age of those dying has been constant — they have been young — but today, these statistics are changing. According to two recent studies, what may be compelling older immigrants to risk death in the desert is this: more and more often, they are mothers and fathers who have long had homes in the United States, with American children who depend on them. Catch up on NEED TO KNOW’s Border Patrol series.
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NEED TO KNOW correspondent Rick Karr travels to the state of Washington to report on The National STEM Consortium – a program designed to target this type of structural unemployment by improving the scientific, technical and mathematical know-how of American workers.
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Preview: Need To Know: American Gun Debate
Above: With the gun control debate raging after the mass school shooting in Newtown, Conn., NEED TO KNOW examines the history of the Second Amendment and how it shapes the discussion today. Ray Suarez anchors a panel including: George Mason Law School professor Joyce Lee Malcolm, former New York Times foreign correspondent and editor Craig Whitney, and Fordham University history professor Saul Cornell.
Above: This week, NEED TO KNOW examines how behavioral economics is being used to encourage low-income workers to save for the future. Correspondent William Brangham reports from Vermont how workers who have repaid emergency loans through automatic paycheck deductions continue to take the lower amount in their paychecks and save the difference after the loan is paid off. Then, correspondent Brian Epstein reports about a plan put forth by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, which offers incentives to low-wage earners who save their tax refunds. Finally, Dan Ariely, professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University speaks on how we think about money.
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Need To Know: March 29, 2013: Economic Inequality and Mobility
Above: On this week’s NEED TO KNOW, Jeff Greenfield leads a round table discussion on economic inequality, mobility, debt, and the state of the American economy four years after the official end of the recession. We’ve invited three highly-respected economic thinkers from different perspectives, to see if there is some common economic ground, and whether that common ground tells us anything about how we can improve our economic health.
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Preview: Need To Know: Medical Devices: March 22, 2013
Above: This week, NEED TO KNOW medical correspondent Dr. Emily Senay examines whether the Food and Drug Administration’s medical device review process is adequately protecting the public. Plus, anchor Jeff Greenfield interviews Dr. Josh Rising, project director of the Medical Device Initiative at The Pew Charitable Trusts.
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Need To Know: How will we pay for Medicare in 2050?
Above: In this episode, Anchor Ray Suarez hosts a panel of experts to explore how to save Medicare.
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Need To Know: February 1, 2013: The Skills Gap
Above: The nation’s unemployment rate has been hovering just below eight percent for months — that means about twelve million Americans are jobless and looking for work. Yet at the same time, firms nationwide say they’re having a hard time filling nearly four million job openings. The mismatch is known as the “skills gap”: Would-be employers say they can’t find workers who have the specific skills they’re looking for. Correspondent Rick Karr traveled to Mobile, Alabama to look at one effort to close that gap.
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Need To Know: January 25, 2013: A Broken System?
Above: Every year, one in 14 doctors in America will be sued for malpractice. Most lawsuits will be dismissed, or resolved in favor of the doctor; but the cost of insuring against such suits can be huge. In Denmark, the country has taking litigation out of the medical malpractice equation completely. Supporters of the system say it makes it easier for doctors to practice medicine, and for injured patients to get compensated quickly.
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Need To Know: January 11, 2013: A Tale of Four Tax Returns
Need To Know: January 4, 2013: What to do about long-term care?
Above: On this episode of NEED TO KNOW, Karla Murthy reports from California about one family dealing with the emotional and financial stresses of caring for a chronically ill parent.
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Need To Know: Family Rewards Program: December 14, 2012
Above: In the next edition of “Your Money and Your Life,” NEED TO KNOW travels to Memphis, Tennessee to cover the Family Rewards Program – an initiative that aims to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty by offering cash incentives. The program rewards low-income families with cash payments for good attendance, good grades, steady employment, and going to the doctor and dentist. The goal is to increase self-sufficiency, create healthy habits and promote savings. Critics ask, why pay families for what they should be doing anyway, and what happens once the money runs out? Yet this pilot project is based on successful programs in Mexico and Brazil. Can it work in the U.S.? Memphis is a test case. We get an inside look at the challenges as well as the potential for success.
Above: Following budget cuts in Texas, clinics that once provided medical services — including reproductive care — for low-income women and women living in rural areas are closing down.
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Preview: Need To Know: Crossing the line at the border
Above: In the rush to stem the tide of undocumented immigrants, has Border Patrol committed widespread abuse on American soil? The latest in our ongoing investigation premieres Friday, November 30, 2012 on PBS.
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Need To Know: Web Extra: Interview with Andrea Guerrero
Above: Need To Know’s report on the circumstances surrounding the death of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas, an undocumented worker living in San Diego, has led to a federal grand jury probe. Two years after the death of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas, an emotional interview with Andrea Guerrero of Equality Alliance. Edited by Elisabeth Ponsot.
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Need To Know: Employment's new look: November 23, 2012
Above: This week, Need To Know profiles two innovative jobs programs at opposite ends of the country. First, an update on a state program in Oregon that encourages workers who have been fired to use their unemployment benefits to start new businesses. The idea is that if the new businesses succeed — and they do at an usually high rate — these new employers will hire workers of their own. Rhode Island is using unemployment insurance to keep workers on the job. The so-called “workshare plan” enables businesses thinking of firing workers to reduce their hours instead. The state makes up most of the difference in pay. This means the state pays out less than if the workers had been fired, employees get to keep their jobs, and companies keep their workforces essentially intact.
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