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Restoring the Rockaways

Season 3 | 3m 02s

Six months after Superstorm Sandy hit the New York City area, neighborhoods like Far Rockaway in Queens are still picking up the pieces — but residents are getting some help from local nonprofits dedicated to rebuilding after the storm's destruction.

Extras
A look at Massachusetts, the only state that requires health insurance.
For those crossing the border illegally, it is now more deadly than ever before.
A girl's painful search for information about her father, lost in the Arizona desert.
20 years before Sandy Hook, a student went on a shooting rampage in Massachusetts.
Fixing structural unemployment by improving scientific, technical and mathematical skills.
The National STEM Consortium improves scientific, technical and mathematical skills.
Interview with Acting Secretary of Labor Seth Harris.
Animated map of STEM training programs by type.
A roundtable examines the history of the Second Amendment and how it shapes debate today.
A program designed to help low-income, mostly African-American children save for college.
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A look at Massachusetts, the only state that requires health insurance.
For those crossing the border illegally, it is now more deadly than ever before.
Fixing structural unemployment by improving scientific, technical and mathematical skills.
A roundtable examines the history of the Second Amendment and how it shapes debate today.
A program designed to help low-income, mostly African-American children save for college.
How have changes in manufacturing impacted the average worker in Findlay, Ohio?
How behavioral economics is being utilized to encourage low-income workers to save.
A round table discussion on economic inequality, mobility, debt, and economic health.
Dr. Emily Senay examines the FDA’s medical device review process.
The debate over immigration reform -- an inside look at the lives of Latino farm workers.