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Teens in Trouble: Chris Cuomo Reports
Item# 48902
© 2011
38 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62290-020-6
Deceived by the woman who raised him, 17-year-old George found himself stranded in San Francisco, where for two harrowing weeks he lived in a tree. "I felt safer," he tells reporter Chris Cuomo, "beca...
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What Poor Child Is This? Poverty and America's Children
Item# 48031
© 2011
86 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62102-664-8
If poverty is a serpent, child poverty is its venom. And with an estimated 12 million American children suffering from economic hardship, even the wealthiest society on Earth cannot escape the poisono...
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A Mother Never Gives Up Hope: Older Mothers and Abusive Adult Sons
Item# 43871
© 2010
42 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61733-934-9
Verbal attacks, death threats, duping them into signing away property, monitoring phone calls so other family members never find out what’s going on… In this program, four women discuss the abuse they...
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Into the Other Lane: Driving and Dementia
Item# 43872
© 2009
56 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61733-935-6
Many people report that being told they could no longer drive was even more difficult than receiving their diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. This two-section program examines the numerous issues faced by de...
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Aging and the Sexes
Item# 43599
© 2009
30 Min.
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Who faces the sunset years better-men or women? This panel-driven program takes on the issue. Aging specialist Dr. Robert Kane points out that the 55-plus years are tough for everyone. Not only are th...
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The Language of Aging
Item# 43600
© 2009
30 Min.
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Words are a powerful force in our lives, and the English language contains messages about how we feel about aging. Take the word "old": it's a perfectly suitable adjective used to describe an advancem...
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Retirement
Item# 43601
© 2009
30 Min.
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Retirement is a modern idea. In centuries past, with pensions and 401ks unheard of, people often worked until they died. Longevity is also a new factor in overturning fixed notions of when to stop wor...
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The Sandwich Generation
Item# 43594
© 2009
30 Min.
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What do you call the people who care for their aging parents while also raising children? They are the "Sandwich Generation," and they face tremendous emotional, psychological, and financial challenge...
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Bill Moyers Journal: Sociologist Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot / Senator Dick Durbin on the Politics of Big Money
Item# 40502
© 2009
57 Min.
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DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-934-2
In this edition of the Journal, Bill Moyers sits down with Harvard University’s Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, author of The Third Chapter: Passion, Risk, and Adventure in the 25 Years After 50. A MacArthur...
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The Youngest Candidate
Item# 44636
© 2008
90 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62102-194-0
It’s a timeless story: an idealistic, disadvantaged citizen takes on the status quo and runs for public office. In this case, candidates in four separate races encounter more than just bigotry, sexism...
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