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“No Good Choices”: At the First U.S. Hospital Network to Knowingly Battle the Coronavirus, a Struggle Over Protective Equipment
“We cannot have our own caregivers going down from COVID while they’re trying to take care of the community,” says Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips.
April 21, 2020
"They Should Have Done Something": Broad Failures Fueled Wisconsin Ballot Crisis, Investigation Shows
Inadequate computer systems, overwhelmed clerks and misleading ballot information hampered Wisconsin’s historic — and historically troubling — spring election.
April 21, 2020
“We’ve Got to Double Our Efforts”: WA Gov. Inslee Warns Against Reopening Too Early
“The most dangerous element in my state today is the virus of complacency,” Gov. Jay Inslee told FRONTLINE. “We have to be just as diligent for the next several weeks as we were in the last several.”
April 17, 2020
'Voter Suppression At Its Finest': Wisconsin Citizens Say Missing Ballots, Lines and Coronavirus Kept Them from Being Counted in Election
A picture emerged of voters disappointed, angry and confused about how the election played out in a state that has long prided itself on taking voting seriously.
April 13, 2020
How the U.S. Has Responded to Allegations of China’s Human Rights Abuses
More recently, new and troubling reports began to emerge: some detainees were also being forced to work in factories, producing products for export.
April 7, 2020
Coronavirus Pandemic
FRONTLINE investigates the U.S. response to COVID-19 — from Washington State to Washington D.C. — and examines what happens when politics and science collide.
April 21, 2020
With NRA Under Investigation, Former Fundraiser Says Gun Group is Republican "Through and Through"
According to a FRONTLINE interview with one former NRA fundraiser, the group has privately tailored its fundraising messages — and wielded its financial power — to advance a Republican agenda for years.
March 24, 2020
How Gun Control Groups Are Closing the Spending Gap with the NRA
For years, the National Rifle Association has been the uncontested heavyweight champion of spending — on either side of the gun debate. But gun-control groups have started to close the gap in recent years.
March 24, 2020
How a Group of High-School Students Put the NRA In the Hot Seat
For years, the NRA outlasted and overpowered the calls for change that followed mass shooting after mass shooting — but the Parkland survivors may have changed the equation. Watch an excerpt from "NRA Under Fire."
March 24, 2020
Florida Lagged Behind Dozens of States on Coronavirus Restrictions
Despite a large elderly population that is more vulnerable to the virus, the state has been slower than many others to restrict businesses.
Tampa Bay Times
March 24, 2020
NRA Under Fire
FRONTLINE investigates how the NRA, once an unrivaled political power, faced growing challenges from all sides.
March 24, 2020
Lawmakers Urge Azar to Release Indian Health Service Report on Sexual Abuse
Four Democrats press the head of HHS for full transparency in the matter of pedophile doctor.
March 4, 2020