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The Big Payback

Robin Rue Simmons and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) pressure the government to deliver monetary justice for Blacks harmed by chattel slavery, systemic injustice and corporate exploitation. (90 minutes)

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UPCOMING EPISODES

Sat, 7/27 at 7:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD

Racist Trees

Racial tensions reignite in Palm Springs, Calif., as residents fight for the removal of a wall of trees that may have been intentionally added to exclude a Black community. (90 minutes)

Sat, 7/27 at 11:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD

Racist Trees

Racial tensions reignite in Palm Springs, Calif., as residents fight for the removal of a wall of trees that may have been intentionally added to exclude a Black community. (90 minutes)

Sat, 8/3 at 7:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD

Storming Caesars Palace

Activist Ruby Duncan's grassroots movement of mothers fighting for a universal basic income. (90 minutes)

Sat, 8/3 at 11:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD

Storming Caesars Palace

Activist Ruby Duncan's grassroots movement of mothers fighting for a universal basic income. (90 minutes)

Sat, 8/10 at 7:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD

Free Chol Soo Lee

Sentenced to death for a 1973 murder, Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee is set free after a pan-Asian solidarity movement of Korean, Japanese and Chinese Americans helps to overturn his conviction. (90 minutes)

Sat, 8/10 at 11:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD

Free Chol Soo Lee

Sentenced to death for a 1973 murder, Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee is set free after a pan-Asian solidarity movement of Korean, Japanese and Chinese Americans helps to overturn his conviction. (90 minutes)