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What Happens When New Yorkers With Mental Illness Slip Through the Cracks
As the FRONTLINE documentary "Right to Fail" shows, for some New Yorkers with mental illness, the transition from tightly-controlled settings to the lower levels of supervision in supported housing can have dire consequences.
February 26, 2019
Behind “Right to Fail,” a ProPublica-Frontline Collaboration to Overcome Roadblocks and Privacy Restrictions
Here is how we navigated questions about consent, privacy and civil rights for three of the men whose stories appear in the documentary "Right to Fail."
February 26, 2019
"Seeded in Social Media": Jailed Philippine Journalist Says Facebook is Partly Responsible for Her Predicament
The arrest this month of Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, which experts believe is a retaliatory move for exposing violence-inciting fake accounts on Facebook linked to President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration, raises the question of the company’s culpability for her dangerous predicament.
February 25, 2019
Timeline: How the Crisis in Venezuela Unfolded
The humanitarian crisis in Venezuela may reach a flash point this weekend as political tensions escalate.
February 22, 2019
FRONTLINE Wins 2019 Writers Guild Award
Michael Kirk and Mike Wiser, the writing team behind FRONTLINE’s documentary "Trump’s Takeover," won the Writers Guild Award on Sunday evening.
February 19, 2019
“An Unusual Situation”: Experts Weigh in on Trump's National Emergency Declaration
After weeks of sparring with Congress, President Donald Trump invoked a national emergency Friday in an attempt to secure funding for a barrier along the United States’ border with Mexico. The declaration follows Thursday’s passage of a bipartisan spending bill that caps funding for the wall, a key Trump campaign promise, at just under $1.4 billion.
February 15, 2019
South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds Calls for Evaluation of Indian Health Service
U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, a South Dakota Republican, introduced legislation Thursday calling for a broad assessment of the U.S. Indian Health Service, following an investigation of the agency by The Wall Street Journal and FRONTLINE.
February 15, 2019
Press Advocates Call Arrest of Filipina Journalist Maria Ressa "Politically Motivated"
Press freedom advocates view journalist Maria Ressa's arrest as an escalation of ongoing retaliation for adverse reporting of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.
February 13, 2019
HHS to Review Indian Health Service After Revelations on Pedophile Doctor
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar called for a review of the Indian Health Service following an investigation that revealed the agency’s mishandling of a pedophile doctor.
February 13, 2019
How The Wall Street Journal and FRONTLINE Uncovered a Pedophile Doctor's Past
Reporter Christopher Weaver discusses how The Wall Street Journal and FRONTLINE investigated the Indian Health Service's failure to stop a pedophile pediatrician from treating Native American children.
February 12, 2019
A Sexual Abuse Victim, and Two Colleagues Who Suspected A Predator Doctor
Over the years, a government pediatrician allegedly sexually abused several Native American boys, even as colleagues and whistleblowers raised alarms.
February 12, 2019