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How the Response To Hurricane Maria Compared to Harvey and Irma
FEMA has defended its efforts in Puerto Rico, but a FRONTLINE/NPR investigation found that the response to Maria lagged behind the actions taken following Harvey and Irma in several key ways.
May 1, 2018
How FEMA Failed To Help Victims Of Hurricanes in Puerto Rico Recover
NPR's Laura Sullivan reports on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's flawed response to Hurricane Maria, and reveals how the agency's shortcomings stymied Puerto Rico's recovery. The story is part of an investigation by FRONTLINE and NPR into the federal response to Hurricane Maria.
May 1, 2018
Former UBS Insider Says Banks Fueled Economic Crisis in Puerto Rico
A former UBS insider is speaking out publicly about the bond frenzy that pushed Puerto Rico into default, and then landing it in bankruptcy just four months before Hurricane Maria.
May 1, 2018
How Banks Responded to "Blackout in Puerto Rico"
In the course of investigating Blackout in Puerto Rico, reporters for FRONTLINE and NPR reached out to several banking giants that were involved in underwriting Puerto Rican bonds to ask them about their involvement in a $3.5 billion debt offering in 2014 -- the largest bond offering of its kind in U.S. history.
May 1, 2018
How Puerto Rico's Debt Created A Perfect Storm Before The Storm
For years, the nation's largest banks made millions off Puerto Rican debt as the island approached financial ruin. Then, with its infrastructure crumbling, a Category 4 hurricane barreled in.
May 1, 2018
Inside the Federal Response to Maria: “Is This Really the Best FEMA Can Do?”
A new investigation from FRONTLINE and NPR into the response on Puerto Rico uncovers a government relief effort in chaos, struggling with key contracts, basic supplies and its own workforce.
May 1, 2018
May on FRONTLINE: Puerto Rico, Myanmar, Weinstein and MS-13
Our May lineup investigates the blackout in Puerto Rico and the slaughter of the Rohingya people in Myanmar.
April 27, 2018
HHS Official Says Agency Lost Track of Nearly 1,500 Unaccompanied Minors
A top official from the Department of Health and Human Services came under fire in a congressional hearing on Thursday over how the agency tracks unaccompanied minors after they are released to family or other sponsors inside the United States.
April 26, 2018
Why Labor Trafficking is So Hard to Track
In 2016, the Justice Department prosecuted 241 federal trafficking cases -- but only 13 primarily involved labor.
April 24, 2018
Q&A: America's "Invisible" Child Labor Problem
It's difficult to know the scope of unlawful child labor in America, and even more difficult to enforce the law, experts say, because federal regulators don't have enough resources.
April 24, 2018
Inside the Hidden Reality of Labor Trafficking in America
A new investigation tells the story of Guatemalan teens trafficked into America, and forced to live and work in virtual slavery in Ohio to pay off their debts.
April 24, 2018
Framed for Murder By His Own DNA
We leave traces of our genetic material everywhere, even on things we’ve never touched. That got Lukis Anderson charged with a brutal crime he didn’t commit.
April 19, 2018