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Growing Up Poor in America
The stories of three children and their families navigating poverty against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic.
September 8, 2020
Sick With COVID, She Gave Birth on a Ventilator. This Teacher Took Her Newborn In.
“I am willing to help, 100 percent,” the teacher recalls saying. Watch a scene from "Love, Life & the Virus."
August 11, 2020
New York Attorney General Moves to “Dissolve” the NRA, Alleging “Illegal Self-Dealing”
FRONTLINE investigated the challenges facing the embattled organization earlier this year in "NRA Under Fire."
August 6, 2020
How to Run a Primary in a Pandemic: Michigan Clerks Get a Crash Course
For local election officials, upcoming primary elections could be an opportunity to iron out the kinks — or foreshadow larger problems in the fall.
August 2, 2020
This Sandy Hook Father Lives In Hiding Because of Conspiracy Theories Fueled By Alex Jones
Lenny Pozner lives in hiding. The Sandy Hook shooting that stole his son’s life became the subject of conspiracy theories, fueled by people like Alex Jones.
July 28, 2020
How Conspiracy Theorists Have Tapped Into Race and Racism to Further Their Message
Experts weigh in on the intersection of conspiracy theorism and racism, and how outlets including InfoWars have fanned the flames.
July 28, 2020
Alex Jones and Donald Trump: How the Candidate Echoed the Conspiracy Theorist on the Campaign Trail
A sequence from a new FRONTLINE documentary shows how Trump adopted Jones’ claims – sometimes “verbatim,” a former InfoWars staffer says.
July 28, 2020
Broad Changes Still Needed Within U.S. Indian Health Service to Prevent More Abuse, Task Force Finds
The task force was formed to look into the Indian Health Service’s handling of sex-abuse cases and accusations.
July 23, 2020
She Has Cancer and Is High-Risk for COVID Complications. But Like Many Essential Farmworkers, She Can’t Stay Home
Sinthia Hernandez’s story helps reveal “COVID’s Hidden Toll” on workers maintaining America’s food supply, many of them undocumented immigrants.
July 21, 2020
Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Abortion Law
FRONTLINE has been documenting the fight over abortion for several decades. Here are two documentaries that offer context to the Supreme Court's ruling on abortion.
June 29, 2020