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In Uganda, they call it Mivumba — secondhand clothes — and for most people, it's simply how you dress. In Sweden, engineers are building machines that give discarded garments a second life. And in Stockholm, one company is composting its worn-out products to grow food. The Rewear Revolution takes the Big Story podcast from the chaos of Kampala's Owino Market to the cutting edge of circular fashion, asking who really pays the price for the clothes the world throws away.

In the Andes mountains, ancient forests hold the key to water survival for millions of people across South America. But centuries of deforestation have pushed these ecosystems to the edge — disrupting rainfall, triggering droughts, and threatening the communities that depend on them. This week on The Big Story Podcast, we travel across three countries to meet the people fighting to bring these landscapes back. In Peru and Ecuador, conservationist Constantino Aucca and Andean Adventures founder

The U.S. stands at the forefront of medical innovation, but this progress comes at a staggering cost. Exorbitant bills often push people to choose between their health or financial ruin. 'Triage: Healthcare in the U.S.' takes a closer look at the patients, doctors, and providers trying to make sense of a system that should be looking out for Americans but too often leaves them unattended and broke. Watch the full documentary, https://www.cgtnnow.com/videos/triage-healthcare-in-the-u-s

Thailand is grappling with an unsettling trend: a rise in homegrown gun violence and mass shootings. Big Story’s senior correspondent Jason Motlagh talks to survivors and experts trying to make sense of horrific scenes that were once observed at a distance and are now closer and more frequent.

In Louisiana, a police chase ends with the death of an unarmed black man, Ronald Greene. In Mississippi, Rasheem Carter’s body is found in the woods one month after his disappearance under mysterious circumstances. Not far away from there, two men, also African American, are subjected to different types of torture and abuse by the “Goon Squad,” an infamous group of policemen who would eventually face justice for multiple hate crimes. In each case, the victims’ families quest for truth and justic

Portland, Oregon, is an epicenter of the deepening opioid crisis in the United States, where a life is lost to drug use every eleven minutes. Fentanyl, a cheap and highly potent synthetic opioid up to fifty times stronger than heroin, has been responsible for the majority of overdose deaths. In 2023, the overdose death rate topped 112,000 in twelve months for the first time, with more lives lost than in the wars in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan combined. ‘Dead End’ brings into focus the persona