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We Found Dozens of Uncounted Deaths During the Flint Water Crisis. Here’s How.
A deadly outbreak during the water crisis officially killed 12 people. A FRONTLINE investigation strongly suggests the toll was much higher. Here's how we did it.
September 10, 2019
Tonight on FRONTLINE: The Toll of the Flint Water Crisis, Exposed
A note from FRONTLINE Executive Producer Raney Aronson-Rath about "Flint's Deadly Water."
September 10, 2019
Amid Water Crisis, Michigan’s Top Health Official Said Flint Residents “Have to Die of Something,” Scientists Say
Following a deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that coincided with the Flint water crisis, a team of scientists urged Nick Lyon to step up monitoring of the disease or else more people could die. His response, they say, was, “They’ll have to die of something.”
September 9, 2019
EXCLUSIVE: Before Flint’s Water Crisis, One Man Warned That “People Are Gonna Die”
A foreman at Flint’s water treatment plant tried to sound the alarm, a new FRONTLINE documentary exclusively reveals.
September 5, 2019
How a Hacking Case Could Shape Protections For Abortion Clinics
Experts believe that the use of a law traditionally used against physical threats could change the landscape.
August 28, 2019
As "Abortion Reversal" Laws Spread, Doctors and Scientists are Pushing Back
Abortion reversal laws are based on contested science but states keep passing them. Now, the American Medical Association is fighting back.
August 27, 2019
After Abortion Ban Attempt in Alabama, a Flood of Confusion and Phone Calls
Almost daily, the Reproductive Health Services clinic in Montgomery, Alabama, receives several versions of the same call: “Are y’all still doing abortions?"
August 27, 2019
With Planned Parenthood Out of Title X, Clinics Face “A Terrible Choice”
Since Planned Parenthood’s decision to remove itself from Title X, the federal program that provides reproductive care for nearly 4 million low-income Americans, thousands of health care workers and administrators have been scrambling. In private meetings across the country, many are asking the same question: what next?
August 27, 2019
Las Vegas Man Arrested in Plots Against Jews Was Said to Be Affiliated With Atomwaffen Division
The federal authorities confront a neo-Nazi group that ProPublica and FRONTLINE have been covering for years.
August 14, 2019
"Red Flag" Laws Allow Guns to be Taken from "Dangerous" People
Even before the Stoneman Douglas attack, five states had so-called "red flag laws" in place. Now, more than 20 others are considering them.
August 7, 2019
How Hurricane Maria Fueled Puerto Rico's Resistance
According to many Puerto Rican political observers, scientists and activists, Hurricane Maria — and, by default, climate change — is at the heart of the current resistance.
August 2, 2019
Flashback: Inside Facebook’s First Tangle with the FTC
This week’s $5 billion fine isn’t the first time Facebook has settled with the FTC over privacy violations.
July 26, 2019