Episode list

Why does the same story of gentrification and displacement keeps playing out over and over in cities across America? A tireless advocate wants to make sure that the transformation happening in his neighborhood does not leave out its current residents.

One immigrant in Massachusetts organizes a counter-attack to President Trump's cancellation of Temporary Protected Status for more than 300,000 immigrants, threatening to send them back to the devastated countries they haven't seen in decades.

A working-class single mother activist and a climate scientist sue Exxon Mobil to hold them accountable for decades of misinformation and inaction on climate change. Win or lose, the lawsuit may help advance a movement to hold ExxonMobil accountable for creating climate change in the first place.

A mother-to-be finds out the hard way that the law doesn't protect her from being harassed by her employer for getting pregnant so she helps pass a bill that protects others from the same fate. LEGAL LENS is produced by Martha Minow and Joseph Tovares in association with Kindling Group.

The law makes many demands of our nation's jails, but punishment is not one of them. An innovative Sheriff in Middlesex County takes a therapeutic approach to jail time, and the results are remarkable. LEGAL LENS is produced by Martha Minow and Joseph Tovares in association with Kindling Group.