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INDEPENDENT LENS: Acorn And The Firestorm

Airs Monday, May 21, 2018 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., presides over a hearing in June. Goodlatte's son, Bobby, has publicly criticized his father and urged his followers to donate to a Democrat running for his father's seat.

In Politics, No One Can Call You Out Like Your Family

GOP Rep. Bob Goodlatte's son has publicly criticized his father in recent days. The Goodlattes join a growing list of political families airing their differences in public.

'Accessory To War' An Uncomfortable Wake-Up Call For Some

An "unspoken alliance" between scientists and the military had been brewing for millennia prior to Hiroshima. Neil deGrasse Tyson and Avis Lang excel at detailing this union and its possible future.

AIDS activist group ACT UP organized numerous protests on Wall Street in the 1980s. The group's tactics helped speed the process of finding an effective treatment for AIDS.

How To Demand A Medical Breakthrough: Lessons From The AIDS Fight

When the AIDS crisis started in the 1980s, the official response was tepid. Then activists channeled their anger into into one of the most effective protest movements in recent history.

A piglet gets a shot of antibiotic at a farm in Illinois. The World Health Organization is calling for strict limits on antibiotic use in animals raised for food. The guidelines could push many countries, including the U.S., to restrict drug use on farms.

WHO To Farmers: Stop Giving Your Animals So Many Antibiotics

The World Health Organization is calling for strict limits on antibiotic use in animals raised for food. The guidelines could push many countries, including the U.S., to restrict drug use on farms.

A worker disinfects shoes outside the Ebola security zone at a hospital in Mbandaka in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The Endless Days Of A Young Doctor Battling Ebola

Dr. Leah Feldman was on the Doctors Without Borders team in the 2014 outbreak. Now she's helping fight the virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — and literally sweating in her boots.

Yamamoto Toji and Chi-chan tending to cooked saké rice.

POV: The Birth Of Saké

Airs Monday, Sept. 26, 2016 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

An undated file photo provided by the St. Charles County Department of Corrections in St. Charles, Mo., shows Sayfullo Saipov.

Suspect In October New York Truck Attack Pleads Not Guilty

Sayfullo Saipov, a 29-year-old immigrant from Uzbekistan, is accused of killing eight people and injuring a dozen others on a Manhattan pedestrian and bike path last month.

Discussing his plan to roll back part of the Constitution, President Trump says: "They're saying I can do it just with an executive order."

Trump Says He Will Void Birthright Citizenship Law Through Executive Order

"It was always told to me that you needed a constitutional amendment. Guess what? You don't," Trump said in a recent interview. House Speaker Paul Ryan disagreed: "Well, you obviously cannot do that."

Ethnic Chinese students from the United States and Indonesia join local students for a martial arts class in Taishan, a city in China's Guangdong province.

China Tries To Woo A Sprawling Global Chinese Diaspora

China is extending its reach into emigre communities overseas in remarkable ways. Harnessing their energy, know-how and capital is one more facet of President Xi Jinping's "Chinese dream."

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