Retro Report

NARRATION: After the #MeToo movement swept through Hollywood, it eventually made its way to Silicon Valley. But more than a year after thousands of Google employees walked out of the job in protest, what kind of change has actually taken place? And has it been lasting change? ARCHIVAL (CNN, 11-2-18):NEWS REPORT: Google employees around the […]

ARCHIVAL (JEFFERSON COUNTY DISPATCH 911 TAPES): DISPATCHER: Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, do you have an emergency? TEACHER: Yes, I am a teacher here at Columbine High School. There is a student here with a gun. NARRATION: When Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold staged their attack on Columbine High School 20 years ago, they were dressed in black […]

ARCHIVAL (C-SPAN, 10-12-91):SENATOR JOE BIDEN: Stand and be sworn if you will. Professor do you swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you God.ANITA HILL: I do. NARRATION: In 1991, the nation was riveted… ARCHIVAL (C-SPAN, 10-12-91):ANITA HILL: My name is Anita F. Hill. NARRATION: …when a University of […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN: JULY 1978 ARCHIVAL:NEWS REPORT: For the first time in history, a human being conceived in a laboratory has been delivered successfully. ARCHIVAL:NEWS REPORT: The world’s first test tube baby was born here in Britain last night. ARCHIVAL:NEWS REPORT: It is a girl, […]

ARCHIVAL:NEWS REPORT: In a span of five years, Kaepernick went from being the dynamic quarterback projected to revolutionize the position to the face of a movement who placed a heightened awareness on social activism.COLIN KAEPERNICK: I’m going to continue to stand with the people that are being oppressed. To me, this is something that has […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. ARCHIVAL (6-16-15):DONALD TRUMP: Save Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security without cuts. Have to do it. NARRATION: During his campaign, Donald Trump broke ranks with Republicans, promising no cuts to entitlements, including Medicaid, the government’s $500-billion health insurance program serving 70 million low-income Americans. ARCHIVAL (4-18-15):DONALD […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. NARRATION: In one of his first moves as Attorney General, Jeff Sessions won’t renew a scientific commission that was working to make analysis of crime scene evidence more reliable. Why is that move so controversial? Take the story of microscopic hair analysis, a forensic technique that […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN: PILATES. CELEBRITIES LOVE THE EXERCISES. ARCHIVAL:MELANIE GRIFFITH (ACTRESS): Within a month my body was tight. My derriere was lifted. TEXT ON SCREEN: BUT DO THEY KNOW THE HISTORY? ROBERTA ROSE KIRSCHENBAUM (OWNER, ROLATES PILATES): People think Pilates is a name like yoga. […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN:CONGRATULATIONS, YOU’VE JUST SUED THE PRESIDENT ARCHIVAL (CNN, 3-6-17):NEWS REPORT: Take 2 of the Trump administration’s controversial travel ban, six nations on it this time, not seven… NARRATION: President Trump’s new executive order comes after his January ban on travelers from seven predominantly […]