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How Conflict in Iraq Has Made Women and Girls More Vulnerable
Years of conflict and turmoil in Iraq have widowed women and orphaned children, further worsening the conditions in which they live.
November 12, 2019
How Some Iraqi Clerics Are Facilitating the Country’s Secret Sex Trade
In an excerpt from “Iraq’s Secret Sex Trade,” a cleric officiates a temporary marriage he believes is with a 13-year-old girl over the phone, from inside a taxi.
November 12, 2019
Inside a Shelter Holding Detained Migrant Kids
It’s run by a for-profit company whose leadership includes former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly.
November 12, 2019
U.S. Held a Record Number of Migrant Kids in Custody This Year
New government data shows an unprecedented 69,550 migrant children were held in U.S. government custody over the past year.
November 12, 2019
In the Middle of a Deadly California Wildfire, She Went Into Labor
One year after the worst wildfire in California's history, FRONTLINE shares a mother's story of survival.
November 8, 2019
How Saudi Arabia Weaponized Twitter to Target MBS Critics
As the U.S. accuses two former Twitter employees of spying for Saudi Arabia, revisit the Saudi government’s use of Twitter to crack down on dissent.
November 7, 2019
Artificial Intelligence Can Be Biased. Here's What You Should Know.
Artificial intelligence has already started to shape our lives in ubiquitous and occasionally invisible ways. A researcher in algorithmic bias talks to FRONTLINE about what she thinks the public needs to know about these systems.
November 5, 2019
Could the Rise of Artificial Intelligence Put Truckers’ Jobs in Peril?
An excerpt from “In the Age of AI” explores how self-driving freight trucks could impact drivers’ livelihoods.
November 5, 2019
How an AI Scientist Turned Her Breast Cancer Diagnosis Into a Tool to Save Lives
After she was diagnosed with breast cancer, Regina Barzilay helped build a predictive system that could save many thousands of lives each year.
November 4, 2019
"You Can Barely Breathe": The Inmates Who Fought California's Deadliest Wildfire
The day California’s deadliest-ever wildfire erupted, about 2,000 state employees responded to the blaze. Among them were more than 500 prison inmates.
November 1, 2019
Camp Fire: By the Numbers
A look at some of the numbers that defined 2018's deadly Camp Fire.
October 29, 2019