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**APM Reports Documentaries**

The documentary unit of APM Reports (formerly American RadioWorks) has produced more than 140 programs on topics such as health, history, education and justice.

Latest Episodes:

Fast Food and Animal Rights Jun 13, 2002

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An unlikely corporation -- McDonald's -- has taken the lead in the campaign for animal welfare.

Corrections, Inc. Apr 13, 2002

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How corporations, prison guard unions, and police agencies help to shape who gets locked up and for how long.

Who Bought the Farm? Mar 13, 2002

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Is there still a place in America for a competitive and independent family farm? And is the use of popular antibiotics on livestock leading us toward a public health crisis?

The Promise of Justice Feb 13, 2002

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Examining the machinery and insidious legacy of war crimes, and the struggle for justice in societies convulsed by mass violence.

Roots of Resentment Dec 13, 2001

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The United States inspires deep and conflicting emotions in other parts of the world. Since the terrorist attacks on September 11, America has been forced to pay closer attention.

Remembering Jim Crow Nov 13, 2001

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For much of the 20th century, African Americans endured a legal system in the American South that was calculated to segregate and humiliate them.

With This Ring Nov 13, 2001

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Follow the international diamond trail from the buckets of child miners in war-torn Western Africa to America's jewelry counters.

Burning the Evidence Oct 01, 2001

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During the war in Kosovo in 1999, war-crimes investigators suspected that Serbian forces were hiding evidence of atrocities by removing bodies of murdered Albanians from graves and execution sites. But until now, no one could say precisely what happened to many of these bodies.

This is the story of a secret and grisly operation by Serbian security forces to destroy evidence of possible war crimes in an industrial furnace in northern Kosovo.

A Russian Journey Aug 13, 2001

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Follow Russian writer Aleksandr Radishchev's 200-year-old footsteps from St. Petersburg to Moscow, and discover the soul of a people and the character of a nation.

The Global Politics of Food Jun 13, 2001

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The global economy is changing the way we think about food, from the kinds of things we eat, to the way food is grown and harvested.