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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
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Predator on the Reservation
A joint investigation into the failure to stop a doctor accused of sexually abusing Native American boys.
February 12, 2019
A Pedophile Doctor Drew Suspicions for 21 Years. No One Stopped Him.
The federal government’s Indian Health Service failed to protect Native American boys from Pat Weber’s sexual abuse, despite repeated warning signs.
February 8, 2019
The Boy in the Caravan
A 15-year-old from El Salvador waits for his chance to cross the US border and ask for asylum. He’s trying to reach his mother on the other side.
February 7, 2019
Calls for Change Follow FRONTLINE/NPR Black Lung Investigation
Thousands of coal miners are dying from an advanced form of black lung disease. Federal regulators could have prevented it.
January 22, 2019
UPDATE: Living With Murder
In December 2017, after serving 30 years of his life sentence, Kempis Songster left Graterford Prison on lifetime parole. In this update to the Living with Murder series, we learn where he is one year later.
January 10, 2019
Muzamil’s Day
In this special episode for kids, FRONTLINE follows a day in the life of Muzamil, a 12-year-old Somali boy growing up in Kenya’s Dadaab Refugee Camp.
December 27, 2018
'I Want to Live Like a Human Being': Where New York Fails Its Mentally Ill
FRONTLINE and ProPublica identified more than two dozen cases in which people with mental illness living in supported housing were not able to care for themselves, leaving them in unsafe or inhumane living conditions.
December 6, 2018
Brad Parscale, Trump’s 2020 Campaign Manager, Calls Facebook Ad Policy “A Gift”
Brad Parscale, the campaign manager for President Trump’s re-election, described the Trump 2016 campaign’s playbook for Facebook advertising in detail.
November 28, 2018