Nice White Parents - Ep. 5: ‘We Know It When We See It’
20 August 2020 - 52 mins explicitChana has traced the history of the school from its founding and come to the present. But now: One unexpected last chapter. Last year, the school district for BHS mandated a change in the zoning process to ensure all middle schools would be racially integrated. No longer can white families hoard resources in a few select schools. Black and Latino parents have been demanding this change since the late 1950s. The courts have mandated it. Chana asks: How did this happen? And is this a blueprint for real, systemic change?
Series Episodes
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The Preventionist - Ep. 2
One pediatrician’s path to Pennsylvania, and the rise of a powerful new field in child medicine.
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The Preventionist - Ep. 1
The story of how this extraordinary situation in the Lehigh Valley came to light — because it almost didn’t.
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The Preventionist - Trailer
In the summer of 2023, reporter Dyan Neary received a tip about a problematic doctor in Pennsylvania. Families were claiming that when they sought medical care for their children, this pediatrician falsely accused them of abuse, and their children were taken away from them. The Preventionist traces this doctor’s decades-long career across multiple states, and explores the rise of a new and powerful kind of specialist, the “child abuse pediatrician” — whose decisions can be incredibly difficult to challenge.
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The Retrievals S02 - Ep. 4
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The Retrievals S02 - Ep. 3
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