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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
UN Report: Climate Change Will Deepen Poverty, Hunger
A new report details the impact of climate change on human survival.
March 31, 2014
Florida Bill Would Combat Superbug Threat
A bill to track drug-resistant infections has been introduced in Florida, inspired in part by FRONTLINE's "Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria."
March 28, 2014
Why Northwestern Football Players Won the Right to Unionize
The decision marks a potential game-changer in the debate over whether college athletes are professionals entitled to some form of compensation for their work.
March 27, 2014
How Can We Stop The TB Pandemic? Live Chat 3/26 3:30 pm ET
Join us for a live chat about "TB Silent Killer" on Wed. 3/26 with filmmaker Jezza Neumann, NPR global health reporter Michaeleen Doucleff and a panel of TB experts. You can leave a question now.
March 25, 2014
In Race Against TB, Testing Struggles to Keep Up
Increasingly virulent strains of TB have spread around the world, yet in many countries health workers continue to rely on a test first developed in the 1800s.
March 25, 2014
What's the TB Threat in the U.S.?
Is eradication feasible? Here is a brief snapshot of the effort to stem tuberculosis in the U.S.
March 25, 2014
Map: TB's Global Reach
As TB cases declined in the Western world in recent decades, so did the funding to deal with the disease. But TB, an airborne bug that spreads best when the infected are left untreated in crowded areas, continued to flourish in poorer nations.
March 25, 2014