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When Social Security began delivering payments to older Americans in 1940, the retirement age for eligibility was 65. At the time, the average life expectancy was 63. Today, average life expectancy is about 76, and most Americans can expect to live another 20 years after they retire. The United States also has a far higher proportion of elderly people--about 17 percent of the population--than it did when the program began. As a result of these factors,...

Migration is one of the key themes of modern times, as more and more people leave their own countries to find work and an income. More people are on the move today than at any time in history. Half of them are women. Often they are exploited and forced into prostitution or slave labor. If they do manage to escape and make their way home, life for them is often far from easy. Aside from the trauma and the stigma, their families and communities don’t...

Curiosity and frustration with the status quo drive two gutsy, nearly 90-year-old Seattle grannies to seek answers to their burning question: how do we get out of this economic mess? Two Raging Grannies is a touching, thought-provoking film that challenges our system of required perpetual economic growth.

The fifth documentary in the collection looks at the future of the Greater Mekong. It is by meeting with young people and with those who are in charge of preparing, educating and training them that we will be able to go deeper in search of answers. As a conclusion, the Great Mekong and its development need to be viewed in a historical perspective, from the first men living from gathering, hunting and fishing to new technologies and Western influences...

Can the poor borrow their way out of poverty? In this episode, Alvin Hall aims to find out by lending just $25 to two small business women in Tanzania, via Kiva, a global micro-finance website.

This program by anthropologist Barrie Machin presents a fascinating look at the openness of Japanese primary school teaching about reproduction, providing insights into Japanese culture.

In northeastern Ohio, employers say they see jobseekers all the time who look like "the walking dead," would-be workers struggling with opioid addiction. The problem is so great, reports economics correspondent Paul Solman, that it's had a noticeable effect on the nation's labor force.

Frontline and ProPublica report on the economic and social forces shaping Dayton, Ohio, a once-booming city where nearly 35 percent now live in poverty. This program tells intimate stories of one Rust Belt city's struggle to recover in the post-recession economy.

Anita Rani, Ade Adepitan, Ant Anstead and Dan Snow are in New York. From their base at Grand Central Terminal, they reveal the behind-the-scenes operations responsible for keeping the world's biggest railway terminal running on schedule. In this opening episode, Anita, Ade and Ant try commuting New York style, joining 5.5 million commuters on the iconic Staten Island ferry, the subway and citibikes—the latest addition to the transport network. Ant...