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Politics with Amy Walter on 'The Takeaway'

Politics with Amy Walter on 'The Takeaway'

On “Politics with Amy Walter,” a look at attempts to erode trust in the justice system and undermine Americans' faith in democracy.

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A Water Main event: African American women explore their ties to water

A Water Main event: African American women explore their ties to water

African American women in Minneapolis discuss the cultural, historical and spiritual significance of water in their lives.

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Aspen Ideas Festival: The ZIP code reality — where you live matters

Aspen Ideas Festival: The ZIP code reality — where you live matters

Mary C. Daly speaks about "ZIP Code Economies" where she seeks ideas from communities that overcame disadvantages to create more economic and social opportunity.
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'A Fiery Unrest: Why Plymouth Avenue Burned'

'A Fiery Unrest: Why Plymouth Avenue Burned'

A new documentary explores the causes and consequences of violence that broke out in north Minneapolis in July of 1967.
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Part II of 'Washington Goes to the Moon: Trials and Fire'

Part II of 'Washington Goes to the Moon: Trials and Fire'

This is part 2 of the documentary series "Washington Goes To The Moon." It is called "Trials and Fire" and it looks at the fire on board Apollo 1 that killed three astronauts and nearly derailed the space program. Today we understand better than ever that the exploration of space is a risky business. The explosions of the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003 made that clear. But in 1967, most Americans saw space as nothing more than a big adventure. The danger seem beyond imagining. In this program we go back to the disaster that almost derailed the Apollo Program and America’s drive to put a man on the moon; the tragedy of Apollo One. We look at how the fire revealed deep flaws in a NASA management structure that businesses and governments around the world viewed with envy and how NASA's attempts to cover-over those flaws fed into Congressional distrust that almost crushed the Space Program. Minnesota's US Senator Walter Mondale played a key role in questioning if there was a NASA coverup of an investigative report on the Apollo One tragedy. Documentary produced, written and narrated in 2006 by Richard Paul of WAMU, with funding from the National Science Foundation.
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Open government and the importance of the National Archives

Open government and the importance of the National Archives

How does the National Archives know what it's entitled to keep, or know that it even exists? Who will know what's been deleted or lost? Or is fake? The archivist of the United States speaks about the importance of an open government.

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Politics with Amy Walter on Takeaway Friday

Politics with Amy Walter on Takeaway Friday

A new generation of Democrats is battling for the soul of their party.

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