Amerigo: The American Dream
As the United States nears its 250th anniversary in 2026, AMERIGO is a landmark documentary series produced for PBS that asks one urgent, unifying question: What happened to the American Dream?
Join us March 31st at the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine for an intimate evening with the people behind AMERIGO and community leaders reimagining what the Dream means for Pennsylvania, for America, and for you.
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The rise of sports betting in the U.S. fueled significant increases in gambling addiction.
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The story behind one of the deadliest labor related killings in U.S. history.
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Part of the Bucknell University Open Discourse Coalition's Capitalism & Capital Markets Series.
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- WVIA Honored with Five Prestigious Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters (PAB) Awards
- WVIA Awarded Grant to Expand Local Environmental Journalism, Including In-Depth Reporting on Data Centers
- WVIA TV to Present Special Programming in Commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
- WVIA’s Keystone Edition Returns as a Monthly Community Forum on the Region’s Most Pressing Topics
What to Watch & Listen to on WVIA This March
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Iranians escaping hardship and war are shaking it off to Persian, Arabic and Turkish tunes in this disco in eastern Turkey.
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The verdict marks the end of the first-ever jury trial over whether tech giants should be held accountable for social media addiction. It may influence the outcome of 2,000 other pending lawsuits.
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A new archbishop of Canterbury has been installed in a historic ceremony. Sarah Mullally is the 106th person to hold the job, and the first woman.
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Nearly two months after Nancy Guthrie disappeared, her daughter Savannah discusses the toll on her family in an emotional interview with her Today show colleague Hoda Kotb.
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"There is an America that is more free — where there's more equality, where there is more justice, where there is less bigotry — and I think it's waiting for us," says lawyer Bryan Stevenson.
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Low morale, staff turnover and budget issues have sapped the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The administration is expected to soon name a new director, who will have their hands full.
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After weeks of start and stop negotiations between Congressional Democrats and the White House, there's an emerging proposal to fund the majority of DHS and tackle ICE enforcement funding separately.
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