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Former FDIC Chair on Bank Collapses, the Federal Reserve and "Potential Fragility" in the Financial System
Sheila Bair, a former top banking regulator, spoke to FRONTLINE just days after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank about the Federal Reserve, easy money and potential fragility in the financial system.
March 16, 2023
What Silicon Valley Bank’s Collapse Says About the Easy Money Era Ending
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is among the kinds of disruptions economic experts say may happen as the Federal Reserve winds down its “easy money” policies.
March 14, 2023
What the Fed’s Inflation-Fighting Efforts Could Mean for the U.S. Economy
Amid bank failures and concerns about economic stability, the FRONTLINE documentary 'Age of Easy Money' traces the road to this moment, and the potential consequences of the Federal Reserve's decision last year to hike interest rates to fight inflation. Watch an excerpt.
March 14, 2023
Three Numbers That Help Explain What Happened to Inequality During the Pandemic
Experts see small improvements, but not fundamental change.
March 14, 2023
Weinstein's Cases
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Looking Back at the U.S.-Led Invasion of Iraq, 20 Years On
The U.S.-led Invasion of Iraq, 20 Years Later
March 17, 2023
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Marking One Year Since Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
From the archives
Putin's History with American Presidents
Reporting on Extremism
A.C. Thompson on Antisemitism and Right-Wing Extremism
February 3, 2023
FRONTLINE This Year
A Reflection on 40 Years of FRONTLINE, From Our Editor-in-Chief and Executive Producer
January 17, 2023
The Pegasus Project
Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus
January 3, 2023
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In a two-part documentary, FRONTLINE and Forbidden Films explore how the powerful spyware Pegasus, sold to governments around the world by the Israeli company NSO Group, was used on journalists, activists, the wife and fiancée of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and others.
'Collaboration is Protection': Journalists Talk About Investigating Pegasus Spyware
January 3, 2023
After Zero Tolerance
After Zero Tolerance
December 6, 2022
FRONTLINE tells the story of a Honduran family’s struggle to reunite after being separated at the U.S.-Mexico border three years earlier under Trump administration immigration policies.
‘It’s All We Could Do: Cry’: A Honduran Mother and Daughter Describe Their Separation Under U.S. 'Zero Tolerance' Immigration Policy
December 6, 2022
What Happened in Bucha, Ukraine
"I think we are in a once-in-a-lifetime financial transition, and I think that everybody needs to sort of strap in for that ..."
RANA FOROOHAR, Financial Times
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From the Archives: An Iconic Tire Company’s Secret History in Liberia
FRONTLINE and ProPublica's 2014 documentary 'Firestone and the Warlord' is newly available to stream on FRONTLINE's YouTube channel.
March 23, 2023
Federal Reserve Raises Rates as it Juggles Fighting Inflation With a Banking Crisis
The U.S. central bank announced Wednesday it would raise interest rates by a quarter-percent. FRONTLINE’s documentary “Age of Easy Money” offers context on this moment.
March 22, 2023
Where Harvey Weinstein’s Cases, Trials & Convictions Stand Now
The former movie mogul has been tried, convicted and sentenced to nearly four decades in prison on multiple charges in two jurisdictions and faces additional civil lawsuits.
March 21, 2023
Citing War Crimes in Ukraine, International Criminal Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Putin
The court alleges there are “reasonable grounds” to believe the Russian president bears “individual criminal responsibility” for the deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia.
March 17, 2023
The U.S.-led Invasion of Iraq, 20 Years Later
Explore 22 FRONTLINE documentaries that chronicle the U.S.-led March 2003 invasion of Iraq, its long and bloody aftermath and the enduring impact on ordinary Iraqis and U.S. soldiers.
March 17, 2023
Former FDIC Chair on Bank Collapses, the Federal Reserve and "Potential Fragility" in the Financial System
Sheila Bair, a former top banking regulator, spoke to FRONTLINE just days after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank about the Federal Reserve, easy money and potential fragility in the financial system.
March 16, 2023
What the Fed’s Inflation-Fighting Efforts Could Mean for the U.S. Economy
Amid bank failures and concerns about economic stability, the FRONTLINE documentary 'Age of Easy Money' traces the road to this moment, and the potential consequences of the Federal Reserve's decision last year to hike interest rates to fight inflation. Watch an excerpt.
March 14, 2023
Three Numbers That Help Explain What Happened to Inequality During the Pandemic
Experts see small improvements, but not fundamental change.
March 14, 2023