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Allison Arling-Giorgi: For Gen Y, Brands Are Our Peers
"We feel the need to express our thoughts and opinions when it comes to practically everything. So if we say something about a brand or a company or an experience, we have a captive audience. Our peers are listening."
February 18, 2014
danah boyd: The Kids Are All Right
"The best way to understand young people's relationship to the attention economy is to realize that they're ... trying to make sense of it as part of the public world in which they're growing up."
February 18, 2014
FRONTLINE Wins Polk Award For "League Of Denial"
A FRONTLINE investigation into the NFL's concussion crisis has been named among the winners of the 65th annual George Polk Awards in Journalism.
February 18, 2014
From "The Merchants of Cool" to "Generation Like"
How a high-school English teacher in Cincinnati inspired FRONTLINE's latest exploration of marketing to that all-powerful demographic: American teens.
February 18, 2014
UN: North Korea Commits "Unspeakable Atrocities"
The North Korean government uses torture, abuse and other crimes to crush dissent and maintain control of its people.
February 17, 2014
Labor Dept. Warns of "Alarming" Rise in Cell Tower Deaths
Thirteen workers died at communication tower worksites in 2013, more than in the previous two years combined.
February 13, 2014
How Are Jihadists Changing Syria's War? Live Chat Wed. 1 p.m. ET
Join our chat with "Syria's Second Front" correspondent Muhammad Ali, McClatchy reporter Roy Gutman and guest questioner David Kenner from Foreign Policy Magazine. You can leave a question now.
February 11, 2014
In Fight Against ISIS, a Controversial Rebel Takes Command
With extremists in Syria threatening to take hard-won rebel territory, Jamal Maarouf has emerged as a key, albeit controversial, figure during an increasingly pivotal phase of the war.
February 11, 2014
What's Happened to the Rebels in Aleppo?
Abu Ali, the rebel commander, was abducted in December; the fight against ISIS and the government continues.
February 11, 2014
Witnessing Syria's War Through the Eyes Of Its Children
Amid the turmoil of Syria's seemingly endless civil war, the notion of a normal childhood has all but disappeared.
February 11, 2014
Map: Syria's Shifting Battle Lines
Since the uprising began nearly three years ago, the war has become increasingly diffuse. This map shows the most up-to-date regions of control.
February 11, 2014
Tales By Ex-Detainees Raise Questions About Extremists’ Goals in Syria
The accounts of those imprisoned by ISIS reveal torture and abuse, but also a fixation on property and cash that provides insight into the group's finances.
February 11, 2014