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Interactive: 'Who Am I, Then?' Stories from South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning.
Explore this interactive that tells the stories of over a dozen Korean adoptees as they search for the truth about their origins.
September 19, 2024
Adoption Fraud Separated Generations of South Korean Children From Their Families, AP Finds
The stories of South Korean adoptees — who searched for their roots and realized they are not who they were told — have sparked a reckoning that is rocking the international adoption industry.
September 19, 2024
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South Korea's Adoption Reckoning
FRONTLINE and The Associated Press examine allegations of fraud and abuse in South Korea’s historic foreign adoption boom.
September 20, 2024
Tennessee Family’s Lawsuit Says Video Long Kept From Them Shows Police Force, Not Drugs, Killed Son
A mother whose son was having a seizure in his Tennessee apartment said in a federal lawsuit that police and paramedics subjected the 23-year-old to “inhumane acts of violence” instead of treating him, then covered up their use of deadly force.
August 16, 2024
Uvalde City Officials Release Shooting Records That Provide New Details, Reaffirm Previous Reporting
The release is the first major disclosure of documents by a government agency involved in the flawed response to the deadliest school shooting in Texas history, and it comes after a yearslong legal battle involving nearly two dozen news outlets.
August 10, 2024
Bill Moyers on Three Decades Documenting 'Two American Families' With Tom Casciato and Kathleen Hughes
Bill Moyers, Tom Casciato and Kathleen Hughes, the filmmakers behind ‘Two American Families: 1991-2024,’ talk about profiling two families in America’s Rust Belt over multiple decades and economic cycles.
August 2, 2024
Where Are the ‘Two American Families’ 30-Plus Years After We Started Filming Them?
A new documentary special about the Neumann and Stanley families, filmed over more than three decades, offers answers — and sheds profound light on the changing nature of the American economy. Watch an excerpt now.
July 23, 2024
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Two American Families: 1991-2024
Filmed over 34 years, this is the saga of two families struggling to survive in a changing American economy.
July 23, 2024
Watch FRONTLINE’s 5 Most-Streamed Documentaries of 2024 (So Far)
Looking for some documentaries to watch as summer enters full swing? We’ve got you covered.
July 3, 2024
Former Uvalde Schools Police Chief Indicted for Role in Robb Elementary Shooting Response
Pete Arredondo, the former chief, and former officer Adrian Gonzales face felony charges of abandoning or endangering a child. Read The Texas Tribune’s report.
June 27, 2024
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Crisis on Campus
FRONTLINE and Retro Report tell the inside story of the protests dividing college campuses over Israel and the war in Gaza.
June 11, 2024
