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Her Baby Died After Hurricane Katrina. Was It a Crime?
Our partner The Marshall Project investigates how an expansive definition of murder in Louisiana leaves many behind bars forever.
December 16, 2021
The Fed Is Ending Pandemic Stimulus Sooner Than Planned. What Could It Mean for Inflation?
With consumer prices at their highest since 1982, Fed Chair Jerome Powell announced Dec. 15 the Fed would end its pandemic stimulus — examined in the July 2021 doc 'The Power of the Fed' — and would take action on inflation, although he did not specify when interest-rate hikes would come.
December 16, 2021
Senate Whistleblower Report: After Boeing 737 Max Crashes, Problems with FAA Oversight Continue
A whistleblower who is cited in the newly released Senate report, Joe Jacobsen, had also spoken out in the documentary ‘Boeing’s Fatal Flaw.’
December 14, 2021
Post-Pandora Papers, a Big Week of Federal Activity Examines Hidden Wealth
Hidden wealth — as examined in the recent documentary 'Pandora Papers' — is under the federal microscope, with a House hearing, a draft rule and a new Biden administration plan all in one week. What could it mean for an industry that has brought millions in controversial assets to South Dakota and other U.S. states?
December 14, 2021
Regulators to Step Up Monitoring of Tampa Lead Factory
A county in Florida plans to increase testing around Gopher Resource’s lead factory and use a new, randomized schedule following a Tampa Bay Times report.
December 11, 2021
Isabel dos Santos, Subject of Luanda Leaks, Barred from U.S. for ‘Significant Corruption’
In the 2020 documentary ‘The Luanda Leaks,’ part of a global investigation with ICIJ, FRONTLINE explored how dos Santos amassed her fortune.
December 10, 2021
A Conversation with Nobel Peace Prize Winner Maria Ressa
In The FRONTLINE Dispatch podcast: Journalist Maria Ressa, 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner and subject of the documentary 'A Thousand Cuts,' talks with director Ramona S. Diaz and FRONTLINE's Raney Aronson-Rath.
December 9, 2021
‘A Thousand Cuts’: Where to Stream the Documentary About Nobel Peace Prize Winner Maria Ressa
As Ressa receives the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, watch a documentary chronicling how the journalist became a target of President Rodrigo Duterte’s crackdown on the press in the Philippines.
December 8, 2021
Catching Up With 2 of the Kids from ‘Poor Kids’
Nine years after the documentary’s premiere, we talked to Kaylie and Johnny about where they are today, what’s next and life during COVID.
December 7, 2021
The ‘21-Foot Rule’: How a Controversial Training for Police is Used to Justify Shootings
The 21-foot rule is taught to police across the U.S. and officers use it to explain why they shot at someone. But it's not based on science or the law. And some national policing leaders argue it shouldn’t be taught to cadets anymore.
December 6, 2021
Shots Fired
Amid record police shootings in Utah, an investigation into the use of deadly force in the state.
December 2, 2021
POISONED: Part 3: The Fallout
Gopher Resource promised changes at Tampa’s old lead factory. It kept polluting. Records show the company pumped lead into the air and mishandled hazardous waste.
December 2, 2021