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America's CEO: The 45th President

President Trump has sold himself to America as the nation's chief executive, a billion-dollar dealmaker. What does his l

America: Manufacturing Hope

CBS Reports documents the lives of struggling Americans in Erie, PA. CBS News correspondent Jamie Yuccas explores the la

Gender: The Space Between

CBSN Originals explores the intricate world of gender, beyond him or her.

Nepal: The Lost Girls

Nepal has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. Correspondent Reena Ninan travels to a rural Nepali v

America: Redefining Hope

In 2016, this manufacturing town voted Republican for the first time since the Reagan administration. CBS Reports return

Thicker Than Water

In natural disasters, people often focus on the major cities hit hardest — New Orleans, Houston, Miami — but what of

Darien Gap: Desperate Journey to America

A dangerous 60-mile stretch of jungle separates Colombia and Panama. It's known as the Darien Gap, and thousands cross i

Portland: Race Against the Past

What happened in Charlottesville proves that America has a white supremacy problem. What happened in Portland explains i

Playing God

CRISPR technology is making genetic editing available to more people than ever before. But how wide should that door be

The Wall: A Nation Divided

CBS News correspondent Mireya Villarreal travels to the Tohono O'odham reservation, which straddles 75 miles of the U.S.

Weaponizing Social Media: The Rohingya Crisis

More than 700,000 Rohingya men, women and children have been ejected from Myanmar's Rakhine state, and now huddle in an

Grassroots in Alabama: An Emerging Women's Movement

CBS Reports traces the beginnings of a new women's movement in the American South.

Replacing Humans: Robots Among Us

In Japan, a rapidly aging population and declining birth rate are creating a crisis. Without enough people to fill jobs

Adapt or Die

The climate cycles that have driven mass extinctions, are shortening and becoming more severe. The species that can adap

Seeking Asylum: An Immigrant's Journey to America

America's border is seen by many as the dividing line between a fearful past and a safer, better future. CBS Reports fol

Expedition Antarctica

More than 30 years ago, Robert Swan became the first man to walk to both the North and South Poles. In 2017, he found hi

Out of Aleppo

Mohammad Shasho's family left Aleppo in 2013, telling their children they were taking a prolonged vacation. That "vacati

Cryptocurrency: Virtual Money, Real Power

In the world of cryptocurrency, money is power, sparking a gold rush wherever energy is cheap and abundant. A booming cr

Puerto Rico: The Exodus After Hurricane Maria

Hurricane Maria left Puerto Rico devastated - almost 3,000 people died in its wake, towns were left without power or wat

Burmese Python Invasion: Fighting Invasive Species

Across America, waves of foreign invaders are taking over. Introduced through human error or carelessness, invasive spec

North Korea: The Art of Surviving Sanctions

Behind the Kim regime's scramble to stay afloat through cultural means.

Esports: The Price of the Grind

The rapid rise of esports has been a dream come true for professional players—traveling the world and paid salaries to

Families in Crisis: Illegal Immigration

Central Americans are migrating to the U.S. in record numbers, but it’s part of a vicious cycle decades in the making.

Priced Out: LA's Hidden Homeless

Los Angeles is in the midst of the worst homeless crisis the city has ever seen, driven by rising rents, stagnant wages

Zika: Children of the Outbreak

Just over three years ago, an outbreak of the Zika virus caused a crisis in Brazil: a dramatic increase in babies born w

Border Business: Inside Immigration

BS Reports presents a documentary special about the cottage industry that's built up across Central America to get migra

(Un)Welcome: Sweden's Rise of the Right

In this installment of CBS Reports ongoing examination at how migration is reshaping the world, Adam Yamaguchi travels t

Sex. Consent. Education.

Sex education is a hotly debated topic in the United States. How, when, and what should kids learn about sex? Only 24 st

Clinging to Coal: West Virginia's Fight Over Green Jobs

For generations, coal has been the backbone of West Virginia, until jobs were wiped out by the tens of thousands. While

Period. Half The Population Has One. But No One Talks About It.

Menstruation is one of the most taboo topics in the world, and for millions of American women, there's a high price to p

Trophy Hunting: Killing or Conservation?

CBS Reports goes inside the closely guarded world of trophy hunting, to find out whether hunting helps or harms the long

Fake News, Real Consequences: The Woman Fighting Misinformation

As the 2016 U.S. election illustrated, social media has become a powerful tool for disinformation and propaganda. Today,

Powerless: The High Cost of Cheap Gas

When the U.S. declared the discovery of natural gas reserves large enough to propel the country to energy independence,

A Climate Reckoning in the Heartland

A historic flood in March 2019 left much of America's heartland under water. Grain farmers already struggling to bounce

Kid Influencers: Few Rules, Big Money

Being a social media influencer is now considered one of the most popular career aspirations for millennials and Gen Z.

Drinking Culture: American Kids and the Danger of Being Cool

On America's college campuses, there are epidemics we talk about and those we don't. When sexual assaults or fraternity

The perils of private prison health care

While serving a three-year sentence in an Arizona prison that contracts with a private health care company, Mariam Abdul

The Faces of Family Separation

CBS News takes viewers inside the real-life challenges facing migrant families split apart by the Trump administration's

Non-monogamy

"One big orgy": That's the stereotype about the lifestyle of consensual non-monogamy — an arrangement where committed

Child Marriage

In 2018, Delaware and New Jersey became the first states to ban marriage under the age of 18 without exception. But in t

Speaking Frankly: Porn

With smartphones and wireless internet, gaining access to pornography has never been easier for young people. But expert

Title IX

Obama-era rules set tough new standards for how schools should handle cases of sexual misconduct on campus under Title I

Raising Boys

Now that the #MeToo movement has brought conversations about toxic masculinity and sexual consent to the forefront of pu

Racial Profiling 2.0

As police departments turn to big data to help reduce crime in their neighborhoods, advocacy groups are sounding the ala

Complicit: The Amazon Fires

As fires ravaged Brazil's Amazon rainforest in the summer of 2019, concerned citizens, politicians and celebrities world

The War On Science

In the age of misinformation, evidence-based science is under fire. Private schools with questionable curriculums, publi

Extremists Next Door

In recent years, gaming and anonymous social media sites have become breeding grounds for right-wing extremists. Populat

Rising Tide: Priced Out in Miami

Miami is often seen as ground zero for the impacts of climate change in the U.S., but the fallout goes well beyond flood

Surviving an Unlivable Wage

The restaurant industry has driven a significant amount of economic growth since the Great Recession, but many restauran

War of Words

As the US faces an unprecedented public health emergency, one thing stands in the way — trust in truth. For years now,

Lifelines In The Lockdown

With millions of Americans under stay-at-home orders in the coronavirus pandemic, workers like grocery store employees,

Coronavirus in Navajo Nation

A history of unfulfilled promises between the Navajo Nation and the U.S. government has helped fuel one of the highest c

Jailed for Abortion in El Salvador

At a moment when Roe v. Wade appears more vulnerable than ever to legal challenges, this half-hour documentary goes to E

Cancel Culture

Cancel culture has destroyed careers and upended the lives of many who've made a controversial statement or committed a

Fat Shaming

The body positivity movement was created to offer an inclusive community for those of all sizes. But some argue that it

Censorship

Social media platforms have become de facto public spaces, where freedom of speech is exercised. But when online speech

Feminism

Feminism has never been more widely proclaimed than it is now. But there is no consensus within the movement about what

Socialism

Socialism has gone mainstream in American politics, but it remains deeply controversial. For some, it seems to offer an

Symbolic Justice

With renewed calls for racial justice in America come fresh demands to take down Confederate monuments, rid sports teams

Welcome to Pine Lake

CBS Reports presents its first feature documentary, “Welcome to Pine Lake.” The film set out to tell the triumphant

Generation Climate

A generation that grew up witnessing a world with a rapidly changing climate is coming of age. Now, Gen Z climate activi

Losing Las Vegas

The economic fallout from COVID-19 hit Las Vegas harder than any other major city in the nation, devastating households

Gun Fight Part One

In the first episode of this two-part documentary, CBS Reports explores an armed backlash to new gun laws. Mass shooting

Gun Fight, Part Two

In the second episode of this two-part documentary, CBS Reports follows a growing movement of militias refusing to compl

A City Under Surveillance

The Detroit Police Department is using facial recognition technology and a network of surveillance cameras to combat the

The QAnon Effect

What started out as a fringe conspiracy theory in 2017 has recently spread into the mainstream. Dozens of people linked

Hindsight is 2020: An Unprecedented Election

When a pandemic, a racial reckoning, and rampant misinformation converged, Americans were faced with an election unlike

The Right's Fight to Make America a Christian Nation

This CBS Reports documentary in the "Speaking Frankly" series explores the fusion of faith and politics in a movement th

What Does It Mean to Defund the Police?

This CBS Reports documentary in the "Speaking Frankly" series explores the push to defund police departments and rethink

Do We Still Need the Electoral College?

This CBS Reports documentary in the "Speaking Frankly" series explores whether the Electoral College helps or hurts Amer

The Student Debt Dilemma

This CBS Reports documentary in the "Speaking Frankly" series delves into the growing demands to cancel student debt.

Does the Supreme Court Need Reform?

This CBS Reports documentary in the "Speaking Frankly" series examines growing calls to overhaul the Supreme Court.

The Diversity Dilemma

This CBS Reports Documentary in the "Speaking Frankly" series examines when diversity measures can be helpful or harmful

Women in the Workplace: The Unfinished Fight for Equality

This CBS Reports documentary explores why are women still fighting to close the leadership gap in corporate America, whi

Fighting for Paradise: Puerto Rico's Future

This CBS Reports documentary explores the growing economic inequality in Puerto Rico and the divide over whether stateho

Ghost Light: The Year Broadway Went Dark

After Broadway's unprecedented 18-month pandemic shutdown, CBS Reports' new documentary looks at how people on stage and

Conspirituality: How Wellness Became a Gateway for Misinformation

A new CBS Reports documentary in its Reverb series explores how the yoga and wellness worlds became a gateway for misinf

Deepfakes and the Fog of Truth

A new CBS Reports documentary reveals the growing threat posed by technology that makes lies look true and the truth see

An (Un)Civil War: The Evangelical Divide

A new episode of CBS Reports Reverb series reveals that as Christian nationalism attracts followers, traditional pastors

The New Pro-Gun Generation

A new episode of CBS Reports’ Reverb series investigates how gun owners are growing more diverse as increasing numbers

Darien Gap 2021: A Haitian Exodus

In 2010, a devastating earthquake drove Haitians from their homeland to rebuild their lives. Ten years later in the wake

The Trials of Critical Race Theory

A new episode of CBS Reports' Reverb series examines the backlash to so-called critical race theory in schools and the i

Being Different in the Delta

A new episode of CBS Reports' Reverb series explores the history of anti-Asian racism in Mississippi's Delta region and

Trayvon Martin: 10 Years Later

Ten years later, Trayvon Martin's death is still igniting a movement and demands for justice. CBS Reports speaks to Mart

Welcome to the Metaverse

This CBS Reports documentary immerses into the lives of early adopters of the metaverse - both real and virtual - on the

Are the Kids All Right?: Chasing Fame

"Chasing Fame" is the first episode of a new CBS Reports documentary series that explores the transformational shifts fa

Are the Kids All Right?: Racism

A racial reckoning is happening in America, but the voices of kids and teens are often missing from that conversation. I

Are the Kids All Right?: The Internet

Gen Z is the first generation to go from birth through adolescence completely connected. This episode of the CBS Reports

Are the Kids All Right?: Free Speech

Is free speech under threat? CBS Reports explores that question with members of Gen Z, many of whom say their right to f

Are the Kids All Right?: Gen(der) Z

For an unprecedented number of young people in Gen Z, gender is a social construct that needs dismantling. In this CBS R

Crime Without Punishment

In this CBS Reports documentary, Jim Axelrod peels back the curtain on a sobering reality of a justice system in crisis:

Artemis: America's New Moonshot

NASA's launch of the Artemis 1 mission signals America's intent to return to the moon, and beyond. This CBS Reports docu

Defending Taiwan

An increasingly powerful China is stepping up its aggression against the self-governing island of Taiwan -- an alarming

CBS Reportes: El Poder

CBS News Race & Culture Unit presents CBS REPORTES: EL PODER, Hosted by Adriana Diaz featuring CBS News correspondents E

A New Conservative Alliance

A segment of American conservatives has found inspiration in the success of the conservative cultural movement in Hungar

Guns in the Classroom

As America grapples with the crisis of school shootings, solutions to school safety seem to divide into two sides — mo

Elon Musk, Inc.

Elon Musk has built a reputation for changing the game by ignoring the rules, and his recent acquisition of Twitter is n

Campaign of Deceit

Since the day George Santos announced his bid for a seat in Congress, much of what he’s said about his life and career

Black Twitter

You may know the hashtags and the groundbreaking movements — #BlackLivesMatter, #OscarsSoWhite, #SayHerName — but no

Body Brokers

In this eye-opening documentary, CBS Reports goes inside the $100 million market where bodies donated to science are bou

Pledge of Silence

CBS Reports investigates why, in public school districts across America, some teachers have sexually abused students for

Eating Trash

Nearly 40% of food in the U.S. ends up in the landfill, a problem exacerbating both climate change and food insecurity.

The ChatGPT Revolution

The artificial intelligence revolution has arrived. AI tools such as ChatGPT offer the power to transform fields like bu

40 Acres and a Mule

Today, the phrase “40 acres and a mule” represents the broken promises the U.S. government has made to Black America

Fighting for Haiti

In July 2021, Haitian President Jovenel Moise was assassinated, leaving a power vacuum seized upon by rival gangs that n

Yellowstone Bison Revival

The mighty bison was virtually wiped out a century ago. But a few remained in the heart of Yellowstone National Park. CB

Arming Cartels

A CBS Reports investigation found that Americans have been aiding Mexican drug cartels by smuggling military-grade weapo

Funding Cartels: The Fentanyl Fight

CBS Reports goes into a cartel stronghold in Mexico to uncover what’s behind the surge in fentanyl trafficking and why

Space Tourism: The Next Great Leap

In the aftermath of the Titan submersible tragedy, extreme travel has come under fresh scrutiny. But one industry stands

America's Migration Reckoning

Major cities far from the southern border are struggling to deal with the arrival of record numbers of migrants. In New

A Nation in Transition

In the 2023 legislative season, over two-thirds of U.S. states either passed or proposed laws restricting gender-affirmi

The Watchlist

CBS Reports examines the legacy of the U.S. government's terrorist watchlist, 20 years after its inception. In the years

The End of Affirmative Action

Toxic Fog

Raising the Stakes

As more states legalize gambling, online sportsbooks have spent billions courting the next generation of bettors. And no

No Place Like Home

CBS Reports goes to Illinois, which has one of the highest rates of institutionalization in the country, to understand t

Anything for Love: The Romance Scam Epidemic

Romance scammers drain billions of dollars from people seeking love, and their tactics have evolved in sinister ways in

The Power of Sheriffs

America Unfiltered: The Voices Behind the Polls

You've seen the CBS News polls that tell you what voters think about big ideas like democracy and the American Dream. No

Model Prisons: California's Push for Reform

Nearly 95% of people currently in prison will be released back into society, and historically a significant percentage a

Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?

As America grapples with an escalating plastic crisis, the city of Houston, ExxonMobil, and other partners announced a n

Ultra Processed | Food Tech & the American Diet

Finding Common Ground

Los Angeles is home to one of the largest populations of Jews in the world, and one of the largest populations of Muslim