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“The Most Horrible Thing I’ve Ever Done”: A Border Patrol Officer Who Separated Families Speaks Out
Wesley Farris, a high-ranking officer with El Paso’s Border Patrol Union, describes what it was like to separate migrant children from their parents in a FRONTLINE documentary: “You can’t help but see your own kids.”
January 7, 2020
Weinstein Indicted On Rape and Sexual Battery Charges In Los Angeles
On the same day that disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s criminal trial on charges of rape and sexual assault began in New York City, he was indicted on sex crimes charges in Los Angeles.
January 6, 2020
Indian Health Service Effort to Protect Patients From Abuse Needs Work, Report Says
The U.S. Indian Health Service’s latest effort to protect patients from abuse falls short, federal inspectors said, despite a rush to overhaul policies after a sex abuse scandal.
December 20, 2019
As Weinstein Prepares for Trial, A Bail Violation and More Denial
Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood mogul, is expected to go on trial in New York City next month to face criminal charges stemming from allegations of sexual assault and rape.
December 17, 2019
WATCH: One Man's Fight Against the School-to-Prison Pipeline
By the time he was 15, Victor Rios had been convicted of three felonies. Now, he's a professor who's working to empower young people who have been "pushed out" of school.
December 3, 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