Prison Power Play
California State Prison at Corcoran is a maximum security facility that houses some of the most violent inmates in the country. Laura Ling reports on the complex power plays taking place behind bars...
View ArticleJapan: Robot Nation
Japan, the world's second largest economy, is facing a demographic crisis that will shrink the population dramatically. The Japanese aren't having babies, and the country won't accept immigrants to...
View ArticleFully Automatic America
The debate on gun control rages on in the U.S. Kaj Larsen investigates the issues of guns and crime in America, from the gun nirvana of Knob Creek, Kentucky to one of the most dangerous cities in the...
View ArticleCocaine Mafia
Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel travels to southern Italy to investigate how Europe's growing appetite for cocaine is funding the growth of West African crime syndicates and fueling a turf war...
View ArticleCuba: Waiting for a Revolution
Vanguard Correspondent Adrian Baschuk travels to the last remaining Communist state in the western hemisphere to see how hard life really is there and investigates whether or not there exists any...
View ArticleForest of Ecstasy
Deep in a remote Cambodian rainforest, criminals are setting up illegal factories to produce safrole oil, the raw ingredient for ecstasy. Adam Yamaguchi joins armed forest rangers on a search and...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Notes from a War on Terror
Vanguard correspondent Mariana van Zeller travels to Sri Lanka to see how the Tamil Tigers, one of the world's most lethal and influential terrorist organizations, were finally defeated. added by:...
View ArticlePorn 2.0
Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel takes a behind the scenes look at the adult entertainment industry, examining its history and impact on the ever-changing face of new media. added by: Christof...
View ArticlePrison Contraband
Contributor Janet Choi goes inside a California state prison to investigate contraband smuggled inside the cells, and how cellphones are the new security threat. added by: MitchKoss 59 comments
View ArticleRemote Control War
Vanguard presents: Remote Control War Criss-crossing America to uncover some of the trend lines in warfighting technology, Kaj Larsen investigates the issue of remote control warfare. ***Vanguard is...
View ArticleThe OxyContin Express
In this Peabody Award-winning edition of Vanguard, correspondent Mariana van Zeller travels to South Florida--the "Colombia of prescription drugs"--to expose a bustling pill pipeline that stretches...
View ArticleBeach of Death
Vanguard correspondents Christof Putzel and Kaj Larsen first ventured to Somalia in the summer of 2006 during a brief period of fragile stability. They discovered that peace reigned in the capital for...
View ArticleCaptive in North Korea
Journalist Laura Ling provides harrowing details of how she and producer Euna Lee were apprehended and held in North Korea while on assignment covering human trafficking in Asia. Personal accounts,...
View ArticleMissionaries of Hate: Vanguard Trailer
Vanguard correspondent Mariana van Zeller travels to Uganda to trace the influence of American evangelical leaders on a proposed law that could make being gay punishable by death. The episode...
View ArticleRape on the Reservation: Vanguard Trailer
Vanguard's "Rape on the Reservation" re-airs on Current TV on Wednesday, July 21 at 10/9c. One in three Native American women will be raped in her lifetime. Correspondent Mariana van Zeller travels to...
View ArticleThe World's Toilet Crisis: Vanguard Trailer
An estimated 2.6 billion people, about 40% of the world's population, have no access to toilets and defecate anywhere they can. As a result, more than 2 million people -- including 1.5 million...
View ArticleSoccer's Lost Boys: Vanguard Trailer
As South Africa hosts the 2010 World Cup, the focus will be on many of the continent's brightest stars in soccer, including Chelsea's Didier Drogba and Inter Milan's Samuel Eto'o. In "Soccer's Lost...
View ArticleAmerican Jihadi: Vanguard Trailer
In "American Jihadi," Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel traces the journey of a small town kid from Alabama to Somalia, where as part of Al-Shabaab he is now recruiting young Muslims from the...
View ArticleWar Crimes: Vanguard Trailer
Correspondent Kaj Larsen investigates the alarming rise in the number of soldiers who have been traumatized by war and are now accused of bringing the violence home. Of the more than two million men...
View ArticleWar On the Border: A 3-Part Vanguard Special
On the heels of receiving the 69th annual Peabody Award and the 2010 Television Academy Honor Award, Current TV's "Vanguard" will air a three-part special on the U.S.-Mexico border issue this fall....
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