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To The Contrary
Women make up half the world's HIV infection, and adolescent girls are at particular risk. Experts at this week's International AIDS Conference experts call women an 'unfinished agenda' in the AIDS respose and urge action on education and treatment. See what our panelists think on this week's To The Contrary Extra. Continue
To The Contrary
Marissa Mayer announced her new role as CEO of Yahoo this week, and then revealed she is six months pregnant; The State Department is teaming up with World Bank and Gallup to close the gender gap in data; The media darling talks about her new book, her road trip across the U.S. and the future for young women in the Republican party. Continue
Need To Know
Following the two-year anniversary of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas’ death, Need to Know sits down with Andrea Guerrero, Executive Director of the Equality Alliance. In an emotional interview, Guerrero speaks about her work advocating for justice in the Hernandez Rojas case. Continue
POV
Tamara and Thomas, two students living on the Navajo reservation in New Mexico, graduate ready to go on to college. Continue
POV
Tamara, a bright and hard-working student at Navajo Pine High School in Navajo, NM, dreams of going to college and furthering her education. Continue
Homeland: Immigration in America
Probe one of the nation’s most polarizing issues and a key topic in the 2012 election: immigration. 7/20/2012 Continue
Washington Week
You have probably already heard that they booed Mitt Romney and cheered Joe Biden at the NAACP convention in Houston, Texas this week. Here is why it goes much deeper than that. Continue
FRONTLINE
Today, African Americans represent half of all new HIV/AIDS cases in the United States. How did we get here? An exploration of the events leading up to today's high rates -- and the activists and leaders who stepped up to fight the disease. Continue
FRONTLINE
Chairman of the NAACP from 1998 to 2009, Bond became one of the first prominent black leaders to get tested for HIV in 2006. He tells FRONTLINE that for too long, too many members of the African American community ignored the threat of HIV/AIDS. Ultimately, he says, the effort to stop the spread of the disease is “a civil rights issue because it afflicts anyone.” Continue
POV
Thomas and Tamara are track stars at their rural New Mexico high school. Like many teenagers, they are torn between the lure of brighter futures elsewhere and the ties that bind them to home. For these teens, however, home is an impoverished town on the Navajo reservation, and leaving means separating from family, tradition and the land that has been theirs for generations. Continue
Need To Know
On this week's episode of Need to Know, our team traveled deep into the mountains of central Mexico to speak with a woman who says she was sexually assaulted by a Border Patrol officer. Later, correspondant John Larson speaks with a former Border Patrol agent turned whistleblower, who describes deplorable conditions in detention centers. Continue
Need To Know
In the rush to stem the tide of undocumented immigrants, has Border Patrol committed widespread abuse on American soil? A former Border Patrol agent blows the whistle on unacceptable conditions in detention centers, including massive over-crowding and detainees who claim they were deprived of food and water. Continue
FRONTLINE
Students and teachers from West Philadelphia High School, a public high school serving one of the most disadvantaged neighborhoods in Philadelphia, defy expectations as they design and build two super-hybrid cars for international competition and compete for the chance to be part of a technological revolution. Continue
POV
As Thomas gets ready to embark on his life after high school, which may include leaving the Navajo reservation, his family holds a traditional meeting for him. Continue
To The Contrary
Comedian Daniel Tosh's remark about rape jokes being funny draws controversy. Continue
FRONTLINE
Keith, Tom, and Liza are a few of the young people featured in FRONTLINE's "ENDGAME: AIDS in Black America." All three were born with HIV, but we saw in the film, they're a lot more than a positive diagnosis. We caught up with them to see how they're doing now. Continue
FRONTLINE
About one-third of people diagnosed with HIV aren't being treated for the disease, according to government data. Part of the reason? There's no money for their medications. Continue
FRONTLINE
Phill Wilson, founder and executive director of the Black AIDS Institute, explains how. Continue
FRONTLINE
Columbia University's Robert Fullilove tells FRONTLINE that the fight against HIV/AIDS, particularly in the black community, has been made harder “because the majority of Americans no longer see HIV/AIDS as a problem.” The nation should care more, he says, “because you don’t want people cut down in the flower of youth by a debilitating condition that costs us so much money.” Continue
FRONTLINE
Tonight in "ENDGAME: AIDS in Black America," FRONTLINE explores how HIV has permeated the community. Continue
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