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Working the Night Shift, Alone and Vulnerable to Sexual Assault
They clean your offices, your hotels, your malls and airports. But as everyone else goes home, janitors -- many of them undocumented women who work the night shift -- are alone, which makes them especially vulnerable.
June 23, 2015
Dental Chain Violated New York Law, Settlement Says
Aspen Dental, one of the nation’s largest dental management chains, is being called on to pay $450,000 for allegedly pressuring dentists to increase revenue by using high-pressure sales techniques on its low-income patients.
June 22, 2015
In Newly Released Photos, a Rare Glimpse of Cheney Unscripted
A FRONTLINE producer spent years trying to get never before seen photos of former Vice President Dick Cheney. On Friday, she got 2,664.
June 20, 2015
Can Pope Francis Bridge the Political Divide over Climate Change?
Pope Francis is viewed favorably by nearly 90 percent of U.S. Catholics, but is that enough to heal deep political divides about whether climate change is even occurring?
June 18, 2015
Has the U.S. Killed the Most Important Al Qaeda Member Since Bin Laden?
The death of Nasser al-Wuhayshi comes at a time when ISIS is eclipsing Al Qaeda globally in territory and notoriety, while simultaneously luring fighters away from the group.
June 16, 2015
Did "Enhanced Interrogation" Break the CIA's Own Rules on "Human Experimentation"?
The CIA's "enhanced interrogation techniques" may have violated its own guidelines on human experimentation, according to previously classified documents published by the Guardian.
June 15, 2015
Locked Up In America: Stephen's Story
States across the country have started rethinking the use of solitary confinement. For inmates like Stephen Kirkley, one of the worst behaved inmates at the Maine State Prison, that means a transfer out of solitary to the prison's mental health unit.
June 15, 2015
Locked Up In America: Christel's Story
Christel Tribble says she wants to be on "American Idol," or maybe even become a detective someday. But in Beecher Terrace -- a housing project where around one in six people cycle in and out of prison every year -- the odds seem stacked against her.
June 8, 2015
What an Estimate of 10,000 ISIS Fighters Killed Doesn't Tell Us
A senior U.S. official said this week that airstrikes have killed 10,000 ISIS fighters. So why does the group continue to expand its territory?
June 4, 2015
Coming in June on FRONTLINE
This month on FRONTLINE: What life is like for children who are "Growing Up Trans." Plus, an investigation uncovering the scourge of "Rape on the Night Shift."
June 4, 2015
Nigerian Military Has Committed "War Crimes" in Fight Against Boko Haram, says Amnesty Report
The Nigerian military has starved, suffocated and tortured to death more than 8,000 people in its quest to eradicate the terrorist group Boko Haram, according to a scathing new report from Amnesty International.
June 3, 2015
With or Without the Patriot Act, Here's How the NSA Can Still Spy on Americans
The provisions of the Patriot Act that were allowed to lapse today represent only part of the vast NSA surveillance apparatus exposed by Edward Snowden.
June 1, 2015