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The Naked Truth Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
7 Episodes 2017 - 2017
Episode 1
Women's March on D.C.
Sun, Jan 22, 2017
Women have the been the driving force behind some of the biggest mass demonstrations in history. Now Fusion's "The Naked Truth" reports from The Women's March on Washington.
Episode 2
Death by Delivery
Wed, Mar 8, 201743 mins
As the battle over women's bodies heats up, FUSION investigates an often overlooked crisis that is killing American mothers. American women today are dying during childbirth at higher rates than in 1987, and African American women are up to four times more likely to die of pregnancy-related causes than their white counterparts. FUSION's Nelufar Hedayat investigates this domestic crisis and the human rights issues surrounding the shocking hike in maternal mortality rates.
Episode 3
Undocumented on Campus
Sun, Jun 18, 201760 mins
According to the Department of Education, an estimated 65,000 undocumented youths graduate from high schools every year, many of them at the top of their class. But no more than 10 percent of them end up enrolling in college. It's a startlingly low number that shows just how difficult it is for many of these young people to afford higher education and achieve their own American Dream.
Episode 4
China Queer
Sun, Jun 25, 201743 mins
LGBT people in the world's most populous country are learning from gay rights movements abroad and building their own campaigns at an unprecedented pace. These LGBT activists are gradually winning rights for members of their community by producing their own media, challenging homophobic policies through lawsuits and building groups that challenge homophobic social values.Yet as this nascent movement builds momentum, they increasingly run into conflict with Chinese government authorities. Their fight for acceptance cannot happen in public because they are often silenced; either through surveillance, intimidation, or imprisonment. In this one-hour documentary, Fusion reports on the Chinese LGBT community through the experiences of several individuals who are challenging the entrenched homophobic culture on several fronts.
Episode 5
Debt Trap
Sun, Sep 10, 201743 mins
As a nation, we now have 44 million people shouldering a total of $1.4 trillion in outstanding student loan debt, a figure that's growing by more than $100 billion a year. What's more, the impact of this staggering amount is not distributed evenly. It falls disproportionately on those most vulnerable in our country, cutting into decades of advancement for first-generation college-bound students and low income Americans -- limiting their ability to buy homes, get married, have kids and contribute to the national economy.Those without a college degree are increasingly falling out of the middle class and being left behind. But students attempting to prepare for these economic realities are finding themselves taking on a greater burden of covering the cost of higher education and assuming enormous financial risks compared to previous generations. And what's more, now the government is poised to radically reduce oversight of the companies running an industry that controls not only how student loans are handled, but essentially access to the American Dream.In this Naked Truth hour-long investigation, Fusion examines student debt through the lives of several borrowers struggling to make their payments. We look at who benefits from the rise in student debt and examine improvements that government officials and the private sector can and should make to a system in desperate need of reform -- a labyrinth of federal agencies, college financial aid offices and debt servicers operating in a climate rife with confusion, missteps and abuse. On the heels of the mortgage crisis, regulators and other experts are beginning to ask what is really at stake for a country that increasingly finances its higher education system through personal debt. Fusion's The Naked Truth reveals what can be done to ensure that education remains a way up the ladder for Americans, not just another mechanism to cement people in place.
Episode 6
Trick Shots
Tue, Nov 28, 201743 mins
Foreign high school athletes are being exploited for profit by a disparate network of coaches and middlemen. The Naked Truth investigates how young basketball players get to the US and wind up abandoned and broken.
Episode 7
Wasteland
Tue, Dec 19, 201743 mins
When President Trump chose Oklahoma's Attorney General Scott Pruitt as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, he tapped a politician renowned for his hostility toward environmental regulation to police the nation's worst polluters. "For too long, the Environmental Protection Agency has spent taxpayer dollars on an out-of- control anti-energy agenda that has destroyed millions of jobs, while also undermining our incredible farmers and many other businesses and industries at every turn," declared President Trump when he appointed Pruitt. During Pruitt's six years as Oklahoma's attorney general, critics say that he did little to protect the environment, but instead bowed to corporations and special interests putting Oklahomans at risk. In fact, Pruitt dismantled the attorney general's environmental protection unit shortly after taking office. During that time, Oklahomans tell us the air got dirtier, water became more undrinkable, and earthquakes continued to rock the state. Communities with respiratory issues are found statewide. Many attribute high rates of cancer to living side-by-side with industry. Oil production has nearly doubled in Oklahoma since early 2010 to an annual rate of 120 million barrels and natural gas production is up nearly 50%. But the harvesting of oil and gas comes at a high cost. During Pruitt's time as Attorney General, Oklahoma became more seismically active than the state of California. Geologists say the quakes are man-made, caused by the injection of waste water into the ground, a byproduct of extracting oil and gas through hydraulic fracturing. Activists are calling for the corporations to take responsibility for all of the earthquake damage. Fusion's year-long investigation into Pruitt's stewardship in Oklahoma found a state struggling with several environmental disasters. We take viewers to Oklahoma to see how Pruitt's record and cozy relationship with the oil and gas industry affects real people. Oklahoma has long been a microcosm of what might happen to the nation if we allow the energy companies to set the rules for environmental protection. Correspondent Natasha Del Toro meets people across the state who say they have suffered at the hands of this corporate disregard for the environment and public health. This journey will reveal a troubling agenda for Pruitt's tenure as administrator of the EPA.
