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Following Dire Federal Report on Climate Change, Revisit FRONTLINE's Recent Climate Investigations
Explore the science and politics of climate change in four of FRONTLINE's most recent projects on the subject.
November 26, 2018
Facebook Executive Tessa Lyons: “We were really shocked” by misinformation
The misinformation problem of the 2016 elections left Facebook reeling.
November 20, 2018
Inside a Neo-Nazi Group With Members Tied to the U.S. Military
A former member of Atomwaffen Division, a violent neo-Nazi group that calls for racially motivated, “lone wolf” attacks like the one in Pittsburgh, sheds light on the group’s terrorist objectives.
November 20, 2018
An Atomwaffen Member Sketched a Map to Take the Neo-Nazis Down. What Path Officials Took Is a Mystery.
Some experts and former officials see the case as part of a larger pattern, evidence that federal agencies are understaffed and out of position in confronting the threat of white supremacist terrorism — even as the FBI’s latest report shows a spike in hate crimes for the third straight year.
November 20, 2018
Brothers Whom Authorities Linked to Pittsburgh Shooting Suspect Had Flyer Supporting Neo-Nazi Group, Officials Say
Prosecutors indicated that the contents of the Washington, D.C., house they searched bolstered their fear that Jeffrey and Edward Clark might well have been bent on violence.
November 16, 2018
Brothers Who Were Online Friends With Pittsburgh Shooting Suspect Had Ties to Violent Neo-Nazis
The authorities said they arrested a Washington, D.C., man who had hailed the Pittsburgh suspect and might have known more about the attack. The man and his brother had talked of wanting to kill Jews and blacks, prosecutors said.
November 14, 2018
Philippine Government Indicts Prominent Independent News Site on Tax Charges
Rappler, a prominent Philippine news site run by Maria Ressa, has critically covered Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his drug war.
November 13, 2018
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Documenting Hate: New American Nazis
FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate a neo-Nazi group that has actively recruited inside the U.S. military.
November 20, 2018
Trump Tightens Asylum Policy in Latest Effort to Curtail Immigration
The signing of Friday’s proclamation is the latest step in the administration’s effort to prevent asylum-seekers from crossing the southern border except at official ports of entry.
November 9, 2018
"The Facebook Dilemma" Continues Tonight: A Note From Our Executive Producer
While this two-hour special covers years and many topics, Mark Zuckerberg is central to it all, writes FRONTLINE Executive Producer Raney Aronson-Rath.
October 30, 2018
Is Facebook Ready for the 2018 Midterms?
Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy, sits down with FRONTLINE correspondent James Jacoby in this scene from "The Facebook Dilemma."
October 30, 2018
WATCH: Facebook and "The Data Dilemma”
In “The Data Dilemma,” examine what Facebook knows, and how it knows it.
October 29, 2018