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A young boy who lives in the inner city adjusts to the idea of moving away by building a playground out of the old tires from his father's repair shop.

The crime-infested intersection of West Fayette and Monroe Streets is well-known—and cautiously avoided—by most of Baltimore. But this notorious corner's 24-hour open-air drug market provides the economic fuel for a dying neighborhood. David Simon, an award-winning author and crime reporter, and Edward Burns, a 20-year veteran of the urban drug war, tell the chilling story of this desolate crossroad.
Through the eyes of one broken family—two...

In a crowded South London apartment building, Penny, a working mom, struggles to keep her wayward daughter, her lazy son and her disillustioned partner on the right path.

After his quick-tempered father gets in a fight and is sent back to jail, sixth-grader Bryan, known for being quiet and thoughtful, snaps and follows new friend Mike into trouble.

In March, 1993, LeAlan Jones, thirteen, and Lloyd Newman, fourteen, collaborated with public radio producer David Isay to create the radio documentary Ghetto Life 101, their audio diaries of life on Chicago's South Side. The boys walked listeners through their daily lives: to school, to an overpass to throw rocks at cars, to a bus ride that takes them out of the ghetto, and to friends and family members in the community. Their candor brought listeners...

The heat is on in Baltimore. The drug war is being lost, bodies are piling up, and a desperate mayor wants the tide turned before the election. But no matter how hard McNulty and the detail try, the dealers always seem to be one step ahead of the game.

The fun kicks off in Friday (Director's cut) when Craig and Smokey must come up with the $200 they owe a bully. Craig is a marked man when Next Friday rolls around, so he moves in with family in the suburbs. Friday after next brings holiday time, but a sleazy Santa robs Craig of his loot.

A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

From the Depression to the New Deal, enormous forces were interested upon New York which permanently altered the city and the country. Two remarkable New Yorkers rose to prominence: May Fiorello La Guardia and master builder Robert Moses. This episode examines their careers in detail, as well as the immense public works that transformed the city in the '30s. Also explored are the demise of Mayor Jimmy Walker, the fate of Harlem during the Depression,...