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Mailings to Teachers Highlight a Political Fight Over Climate Change in the Classroom
A rare back-and-forth of direct mailings to teachers demonstrates how classrooms have emerged as a battleground in the American political war over climate change.
March 23, 2018
"I Was Just Flabbergasted." Discovering Cambridge Analytica.
One evening during the 2016 presidential primaries, Sam Woolley wandered into a meet-up on digital political messaging in the basement of a New York City tech store. At the gathering, he says, a group of experts boasted of an uncanny ability to influence voters on social media. The name of their company: Cambridge Analytica.
March 21, 2018
Facebook Insider Says Warnings About Data Safety Went Unheeded By Executives
A manager who worked on privacy issues at Facebook told FRONTLINE that he raised red flags to company executives more than five years ago about the risks that users' personal data could be inappropriately obtained and misused, but said his warnings went unheeded.
March 20, 2018
As Mississippi Restricts Abortion After 15 Weeks, Revisit "The Last Abortion Clinic"
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant has signed into law the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., in terms of weeks of pregnancy after which the procedure is prohibited.
March 19, 2018
Q&A: What Trump Could Expect from a Meeting with North Korea
After "fire and fury," Trump shows a sudden willingness to talk. Dr. Jung Pak, a former CIA analyst and now a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, weighs in on what could come next.
March 14, 2018
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Trump's Takeover
Inside President Trump's high-stakes battle for control of the Republican Party.
April 10, 2018
How Billy Graham Helped Merge Patriotism and Christianity
In the wake of Graham's death at age 99, revisit his role in shaping American Christianity, politics and culture.
February 21, 2018
2h 51m
Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia
FRONTLINE investigates how a dangerous rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia has plunged the Middle East into sectarian war.
February 20, 2018
In Crackdown on MS-13, a New Detention Policy Raises Alarms
An agency once primarily tasked with aiding refugees and asylum seekers has quietly become a potent and controversial tool in the Trump administration's fight against MS-13 and its approach to undocumented immigrants.
February 18, 2018
How the Trump Administration is Rewriting the Rules for Unaccompanied Minors
An assortment of new policies are quietly reshaping the legal landscape for children who enter the United States as unaccompanied minors.
February 13, 2018
After Trump's State of the Union, Get the Backstory on 5 Key Issues
From MS-13, to opioids, to North Korea, explore FRONTLINE's reporting for the backstory on five of the issues President Trump touched on in his speech.
January 31, 2018
Why Trump Talked About MS-13 Gang Violence in His State of the Union
During his State of the Union address, President Trump talked about MS-13 – a gang that’s made national headlines for a string of teen murders on Long Island.
January 31, 2018