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Not an Either/Or: Minnesota Police Officer and Dad Find Common Ground on Race and Policing
The fault line that cracked open last summer between Jai Hanson and his father, retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Sam Hanson, is not a unique story in this divisive era.
March 20, 2021
Can Police Reform Work? A Mayor and a Historian Discuss Policing in Newark, N.J.
Ras Baraka is the mayor of Newark, N.J. Jelani Cobb is an academic and a writer for The New Yorker. Watch and read their conversations, five years apart, for "Policing the Police," available for the first time as extended videos and transcripts.
March 16, 2021
Ras Baraka (2020)
In the aftermath of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sat down with Jelani Cobb — historian, staff writer for The New Yorker and FRONTLINE correspondent — to discuss policing and race relations in Newark.
March 16, 2021
Ras Baraka (2015)
Ras Baraka has served as the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, since 2014. In 2015, he sat down with historian Jelani Cobb, who also happens to be an old friend, to discuss policing and race relations in Newark.
March 16, 2021
Un(re)solved
A story of civil rights era cold cases and families still searching for justice.
March 16, 2021
‘The Worst Has Passed’: Recovered From COVID, a Family Weathers Challenges Shared by Many Latino Immigrants
Featured in the August 2020 documentary "Love, Life & the Virus," the family shared an update with FRONTLINE: thankful to be healthy but grappling with reduced work hours and remote schooling.
March 15, 2021
10 Years in, Explore the Syrian Conflict’s Origins, Evolution and Toll in These Streaming Documentaries
FRONTLINE’s Syria-related documentaries take you back to the beginning.
March 12, 2021
Chinese Legislature Tightens Control Over Hong Kong Elections
The move delivers yet another blow to Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement, which FRONTLINE covered in the 2020 film "Battle for Hong Kong."
March 11, 2021
Chauvin Trial Brings a Challenge: How to Choose an Impartial Jury
The trial is set to start, but ruling on 3rd-degree murder charge brings uncertainty.
March 7, 2021
After a Bruising, Exhausting Pandemic Year, a Shard of Hope for Some in Tampa Bay
March 1 marked a year since Florida confirmed its first case of COVID-19. Tampa Bay Times spent the day with a grieving mother, a tired teacher, an optimistic outfitter, a frustrated florist and a woman still struggling to recover.
March 5, 2021
Burden of Richmond Evictions Weighs Heaviest in Black Neighborhoods
An eviction moratorium has slowed filings in cities like Richmond, but it hasn’t stopped them, and Black tenants are at highest risk.
March 2, 2021