A look at the Chicago political machine in the days before our story begins.
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Act Three: Yes, In My Backyard
The story of the government cracking down on smokestack emissions at a city factory...even though the residents LIKE the emissions.
Act Two: A Dave in Court
A judge in a suburban New Jersey courtroom wants the people who come before him to see the rules as fair.
Act Two: The Border Between America and America
If you haven't spent much time in the southwest, you may not know about this, but there are these border patrol checkpoints that are just in the middle of interstate highways and other roads... not at the border.
Staff Recommendations
I'm From the Private Sector and I'm Here to Help
Nancy Updike goes to Iraq to try to figure out what it's like to be a private citizen working in the middle of a war zone.
Simulated Worlds
Civil War reenactments, wax museums, simulated coal mines, fake ethnic restaurants, an ersatz Medieval castle, and other re-created worlds that thrive all across America.