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The Disturbing Sounds of Solitary Confinement
Friday night at the Maine state prison's segregation unit is anything but quiet.
April 21, 2014
5 Takeaways From the U.N. Climate Change Report
In the push to curb global climate change, 2015 could be a make or break year.
April 14, 2014
Shake-Up Inside Forensic Credentialing Organization
ACFEI, which FRONTLINE reported on in "The Real CSI," has quietly put its accounting division up for sale, prompting the mass resignation of an advisory board.
April 11, 2014
Remembering Peter Matthiessen
The death last week of Peter Matthiessen reminded us poignantly of the film he had done with us in 1989.
April 10, 2014
Can Steven Cohen Move On From SAC's Insider Trading Past?
A judge has approved a guilty plea from SAC Capital Advisors for insider trading, but a civil case now awaits the firm's billionaire founder, Steven A. Cohen.
April 10, 2014
Feds to Reconsider Harsh Prison Terms for Drug Offenders
The federal prison population has grown by nearly 800 percent in the past 30 years, spurred in part by the increasing use of tougher sentences applied to nonviolent drug crimes. Now there's a growing movement to scale it back.
April 9, 2014
Is SEC "Fearful" of Wall Street? Agency Insider Says Yes
An SEC trial attorney used a recent retirement speech to criticize the agency for being too "tentative and fearful" in confronting Wall Street following the 2008 financial crisis.
April 8, 2014
Pioneer Behind Credit Derivatives is Leaving JPMorgan
Blythe Masters, who helped develop one of the most notorious financial instruments of the 2008 financial crisis, has announced plans to leave JPMorgan Chase.
April 3, 2014
Supreme Court Strikes Down Limits On Campaign Spending
The ruling, which strikes down certain limits on individual campaign contributions, all but ensures a greater role for wealthy donors in American politics.
April 2, 2014
FRONTLINE Wins Peabody Award for "League of Denial"
FRONTLINE’s investigation of the NFL’s concussion crisis wins a prestigious honor.
April 2, 2014
Coming in April on FRONTLINE
This April, FRONTLINE presents two raw, explosive films that explore America’s fixation on incarceration.
April 1, 2014
Feds to Look Harder at Cell Carriers When Tower Climbers Die
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration will systematically track who subcontractors were working for when accidents occur on cell tower sites.
April 1, 2014