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As Obama's Term Winds Down, Concerns Grow Over Guantanamo
With less than 16 months remaining in President Obama’s term, advocates for shutting down the controversial prison are increasingly on edge that it won’t be closed before he leaves office.
September 25, 2015
The Vatican after Francis: Has the Pope Met His Mandate for Change?
Two-and-a-half years ago, Pope Francis inherited a church beset by scandal. Have his reforms done enough to turn it around?
September 24, 2015
How Europe's Refugee Crisis Was Years in the Making
For weeks, the world's eyes have been fixed upon the tens of thousands of migrants and refugees arriving on Europe's doorstep. But the crisis was years in the making, with a brutal civil war in Syria adding millions of refugees to those fleeing conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq and Nigeria.
September 23, 2015
Military Overlooked Sexual Abuse by Afghan Allies, Investigation Says
A new investigation by The New York Times finds that U.S. soldiers were told not to intervene in cases of sexual abuse of young boys by Afghan allies.
September 21, 2015
New: 87 Deceased NFL Players Test Positive for Brain Disease
Nearly four in five football players examined by one of the nation's leading brain banks tested positive for the disease now at the center of the debate over concussions in football.
September 18, 2015
Investigation Finds Exxon Ignored Its Own Early Climate Change Warnings
Internal documents show company researchers warning of the risks of global climate change as early as 1977, years before the issue emerged on the national agenda, according to a new investigation by InsideClimate News.
September 16, 2015
Female Farm Workers Awarded $17 Million in Florida Abuse Case
The jury award is among the largest on record in a case involving the sexual abuse of one of the most invisible members of the U.S. workforce -- migrant workers in the agriculture industry.
September 15, 2015
Justice Department Signals a Shift in its Policing of Wall Street
In a memo to federal prosecutors, the department says it is putting a new emphasis on prosecuting individuals for corporate wrongdoing, instead of just the companies they work for.
September 10, 2015
Coming This Fall: A Brother's Search for the Truth About the Lockerbie Bombing
Watch a sneak peek of FRONTLINE's season premiere, "My Brother's Bomber" -- a three-part series beginning Sept. 29.
September 9, 2015
Four Mexican Prison Workers Charged in the Escape of "El Chapo"
Four security workers failed to properly sound the alarm to superiors upon the drug kingpin's escape from a Mexican super-max prison in July, said a federal court.
September 8, 2015
Cleared of Phone Hacking, Rebekah Brooks to Return to News Corp.
The return marks a striking reversal of fortune for Brooks, who stepped down in 2011 during the height of Britain's phone hacking scandal.
September 2, 2015
California Agrees to Overhaul Solitary Confinement in Prisons
California has agreed to place limits on how long prisoners can spend in solitary confinement, and review the cases of thousands who are currently in isolation.
September 1, 2015