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What Americans Will Do To Feel Safe in Era of Mass School Shootings

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Directed And Produced ByTodd Chandler   Produced By Danielle Varga Executive Producers Sally Jo Fifer Lois Vossen Supervising Producer Shana Swanson Edited By Todd Chandler Shannon Kennedy Director Of Photography Emily Topper Music By Troy Herion Sound Design By Ryan Billia Associate Producer Scott Limbacher Field Producer (Washington Dc) Jonna Mckone Additional Cinematography By Todd Chandler Jem Cohen Martin Dicicco Sean Hanley Derek Howard Alan Jacobsen Jacob Scoville Peter Sillen Read More...

What O.J. Simpson and his murder trial told us about race in America

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Nearly 30 years later, O.J. Simpson’s arrest and murder trial in Los Angeles still evokes strong memories. There was the glove. The Bronco chase. The minute-by-minute national television coverage. And, for many Americans, Simpson’s case will also be remembered for how it exposed the deep divisions between Black and White Americans. The nation’s view of his 1995 acquittal for the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and a friend, Ronald Goldman, largely cleaved along racial lines, though time has bridged some of the gap. Read More...

Why Alexandria lost its D.C.

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When you look at the map of Washington, the beautiful symmetry of the diamond shape has an ugly bite taken out of the Southwest quadrant. In that bite lies a story, and it’s not the polite history you might expect from the Old Dominion. George Washington engages in self-dealing! The city surrenders to the British while the Capitol burns! Slave traders wrest Alexandria back into Virginia! Some of the information he uncovers is stunning. Read More...

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