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She Was Trafficked for Sex. Now, She’s Sharing Her Story.
“It’s like emotionally and mentally like they have you… in handcuffs,” a young woman named Marriah says in a scene from the new FRONTLINE documentary “Sex Trafficking in America.”
May 28, 2019
Alabama's Abortion Ban Was Meant to Overturn Roe. Can It?
Some abortion opponents used to think overturning Roe would be impossible.
May 24, 2019
Inside the First “All-Out War” Over a Supreme Court Nominee
Inside the failed nomination of Robert Bork — which sparked a desire for revenge from conservatives that is helping to shape the Supreme Court to this day.
May 20, 2019
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Sex Trafficking in America
Sex Trafficking in America tells the unimaginable stories of young women coerced into prostitution – and follows one police unit that’s committed to rooting it out.
May 28, 2019
Facebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes Says the Company Should be Broken Up
As Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes says the company he helped start should be broken up, revisit FRONTLINE's investigation of Facebook's growth and its consequences.
May 9, 2019
53m
Supreme Revenge: Battle for the Court
FRONTLINE traces how Mitch McConnell’s decades-long strategy to reshape the Supreme Court led to Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation.
November 24, 2020
Once Defiant, All Four White Supremacists Charged in Charlottesville Violence Plead Guilty
Guilty pleas last week by two prominent members of the Rise Above Movement came after pledges to fight federal charges and claims that those jailed were political prisoners punished for their controversial views.
May 6, 2019
A Holocaust Survivor Revisits Auschwitz Decades Later
In an excerpt from FRONTLINE’s documentary "The Last Survivors," Auschwitz survivors recount the horrors they experienced there - and one man returns to the scene.
April 29, 2019
Medical Abortions Have Changed Abortion Access — And They're Available on the Internet
The development of medication abortion has vastly changed the landscape.
April 23, 2019
How States Are Preparing For A Potential Roe v. Wade Challenge
Legislation across the U.S. indicates that states are bracing for the potential of a post-Roe world.
April 23, 2019
What's Changed Inside and Outside Abortion Clinics Over 30 Years
FRONTLINE’s latest documentary, "The Abortion Divide," paints a portrait of the complicated, personal issues surrounding abortion.
April 22, 2019