Archive

Related Stories

New Photos Show Bush Administration Reaction to 9/11 Attacks
The never-before-released images, taken by Vice President Cheney's staff photographer, were released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by FRONTLINE.
July 24, 2015
Locked In a Garage with One of "El Chapo" Guzmán’s Meth Traffickers
In their quest to find and interview the drug kingpin known as "El Chapo," two filmmakers found themselves locked in a garage with a meth trafficker.
July 21, 2015
Meet the Mother of "El Chapo": "Even as a Little Child, He Had Ambitions"
“I remember he had a lot of paper money — little notes of 50’s and 5’s,” the drug kingpin's mother told FRONTLINE in a rare on-camera interview prior to her son's 2014 arrest. "He’d count and recount them, then tie them up in little piles."
July 17, 2015
Why's It Taking So Long to Close Guantanamo?
President Obama has had a great summer. But one of the first items he vowed to check off as president remains undone: closing the Guantanamo Bay prison.
July 16, 2015
A Witness to Slavery: Edward Watts on Making "Escaping ISIS"
"I've covered a lot of bad and terrible stories, and this is just on a different scale," says filmmaker Edward Watts of the violence being committed by ISIS against women.
July 14, 2015
Life After ISIS: For Survivors, Sparse Support Means Lasting Struggles
The battle against ISIS has been waged largely by men. But it is women and children who have borne some of the more horrific violence.
July 14, 2015
How People Are Using Technology Against ISIS
While ISIS uses technology to spread propaganda and terror, its opponents are using it to interfere with its rule, its narrative and its grip on power.
July 14, 2015
The Rise of ISIS
July 14, 2015
ISIS Destroyed His Home. Now Khalil al-Dakhi Rescues Those They Enslaved.
Khalil al-Dakhi was once a lawyer, but today, he runs a modern-day underground railroad that helps families escape captivity from ISIS.
July 14, 2015
Watch: On "Slave Market Day," ISIS Trades Women for Cash, Weapons
It’s a chilling sight: A group of men laughing as they discuss buying and selling women as slaves.
July 14, 2015
How ISIS Is Using Women To Police Other Women
Despite ISIS' brutal treatment of women, some now actively fight for the militant group, helping to enforce its vision for an Islamic State.
July 13, 2015
Drug Kingpin "El Chapo" Guzmán Escapes Prison For a Second Time
Joaquín Guzmán Loera's escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico on Saturday began through a 20 inch by 20 inch opening dug from his shower stall.
July 12, 2015