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In America's Affordable Housing Crisis, More Demand but Less Supply
Watch an excerpt from "Poverty, Politics and Profit," an investigation with NPR of affordable housing in America.
May 9, 2017
This May, FRONTLINE Presents Four New Documentaries Examining American Life and Politics
The month will culminate with a documentary on Stephen Bannon from the team behind “The Choice 2016” and “Divided States of America."
May 1, 2017
Chuck Hagel: Closing Guantanamo is an "Imperfect Process"
There's no way to 100 percent guarantee that any detainee transferred out of Guantanamo won't return to terror, says the former Defense Secretary, but "we’re talking about people’s lives here, and we’ve made mistakes."
February 21, 2017
Matt Olsen: "Politics" Kept Guantanamo Open, "Not National Security"
"Do we really want to continue to keep people forever in a prison in Cuba?", asks the former director of the National Counterterrorism Center.
February 21, 2017
How 30 "Forever Prisoners" Got Out of Gitmo
To shrink the detainee population at Guantanamo Bay, the Obama administration transferred 30 men once deemed too dangerous to let out. Who were they?
February 21, 2017
Released Guantanamo Detainee Struggles In His New Home
Are former detainees still a threat or just desperate to rebuild their lives? In partnership with NPR, correspondent Arun Rath traveled to Serbia to find out why it's difficult to relocate the men.
February 21, 2017
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Out of Gitmo
With NPR, a report on the struggle over freeing prisoners once deemed international terrorists.
February 21, 2017
WATCH: What Happens to Detainees Once They're Out of Gitmo?
With Guantanamo's future unclear under President Trump, tonight's new FRONTLINE goes inside the controversial U.S. military prison in Cuba.
February 21, 2017
Betting on Trump: Coal
Many coal miners saw the election of Donald Trump as a moment of hope. But what can he actually do to bring back coal jobs?
February 15, 2017
Betting on Trump: Jobs
Donald Trump has promised to bring manufacturing jobs back to communities like Erie, Pennsylvania. But economists say that many of those jobs are gone for good.
February 15, 2017
Betting on Trump: Water
Though California is a famously blue state, water shortages tipped the vote in its agricultural heartland decisively in Donald Trump's favor.
February 15, 2017
Trump's Road to the White House: The Interactive Script
Hundreds of hours reporting went into "Trump's Road to the White House." FRONTLINE's interactive, annotated script lets you explore detailed interviews, documents, photographs and other sources behind key moments in the documentary.
January 24, 2017