Need To Know

web-magazine integrating news with a touch of insight, perspective and wit.

Episodes

  • Massachusetts mandate update: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Massachusetts mandate update

    S3 Ep22 |
    A look at Massachusetts, the only state that requires health insurance.
  • Main Street: Salinas, California: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Main Street: Salinas, California

    S3 Ep9 |
    The debate over immigration reform -- an inside look at the lives of Latino farm workers.
  • After Newtown: Gone Boy: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    After Newtown: Gone Boy

    S3 Ep8 |
    Twenty years later: The continuing impact of a school shooting on a small town.
  • Banned in Arizona: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Banned in Arizona

    S3 Ep7 |
    A years-long dispute in Tucson over a Mexican-American studies program has tensions high.
  • Can Medicare Be Fixed?: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Can Medicare Be Fixed?

    S3 Ep6 |
    Anchor Ray Suarez hosts a panel of experts to explore how to save Medicare.
  • Manufacturing Jobs: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Manufacturing Jobs

    S3 Ep5 |
    Are millions of jobs are unfilled, even with high unemployment, because of a skills gap?
  • Do No Harm and Danish Medical Courts: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Do No Harm and Danish Medical Courts

    S3 Ep4 |
    Malpractice lawsuits raise healthcare costs. Is a Danish system the solution for the U.S.?
  • Ending Paralysis: New Jersey and Germany: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Ending Paralysis: New Jersey and Germany

    S3 Ep3 |
    Why does it take 4 times as long to complete infrastructure projects in the US today?
  • A Tale of Four Tax Returns: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    A Tale of Four Tax Returns

    S3 Ep2 |
    Four tax returns from New Jersey illustrate the disparities in tax regulation.

Specials

  • Fri., Nov. 19, 2010: International version: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Fri., Nov. 19, 2010: International version

    Cheese, Reza Aslan, Sarah Palin.
  • Bill Clinton and Michael Bloomberg: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Bill Clinton and Michael Bloomberg

    Featuring Bill Clinton and Michael Bloomberg

About Need To Know

PBS's new TV and web newsmagazine gives you what you need to know -- along with a healthy dose of insight, perspective and wit. Need to Know cuts through the noise of nonstop news to bring you the most compelling stories of the week and of our times. Every Friday night nationwide and all week long on the web.

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