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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn explore the causes and costs of addiction, poverty and incarceration plaguing America, from the inner city to small towns like Yamhill, Oregon. While pockets of empathy and aid exist, are they enough to rescue the thousands of Ame...

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Other Authors:	Chermayeff, Maro (Producer, Director), Bennett, Joshua (Producer) (Producer, Director), Loock, Viva van (Director, Producer), Crumpacker, Erin (Producer), Nemirofsky, Gina (Producer), Kristof, Nicholas D., 1959- (Speaker), WuDunn, Sheryl, 1959- (Speaker)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	[Arlington, Virginia] : Public Broadcasting Service, 2020.
Series:	Academic Video Online
Subjects:	Poor > United States > Social conditions. Working class > United States > Social conditions. United States > Social conditions > 1980-2020. United States > Economic conditions > 1945- United States > Economic conditions > 1918-1945. Travailleurs > États-Unis > Conditions sociales. États-Unis > Conditions économiques > 1945- États-Unis > Conditions économiques > 1918-1945. Economic history Poor > Social conditions Social conditions Working class > Social conditions United States Since 1918 Documentary television programs Documentary television programs. Documentaires télévisés.
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Summary:	Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn explore the causes and costs of addiction, poverty and incarceration plaguing America, from the inner city to small towns like Yamhill, Oregon. While pockets of empathy and aid exist, are they enough to rescue the thousands of Americans in despair, for whom the American Dream of self-reliance is impossibly out of reach?
Item Description:	Title from title screen (viewed June 16, 2023).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (117 minutes)
Playing Time:	01:56:21