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Game-Changing Confession and a Parent’s Nightmare

Season 2025 Episode 2 | 5m 38s

Imagine this: Hours before polls open, a shocking confession threatens to upend an election. A mother is caught in an ethical storm after her son admits he staged the Ten Commandments burning to sway opinion. With politics, community division, and campaign stakes at play, accountability, family loyalty, and damage control collide in a race against time.

Funding for this program was provided in part by grants from The Rosalind P. Walter Foundation and by a grant from Anne Ray Foundation and by contributions from viewers like you. Thank you. Location furnished by The New York Historical.
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