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Quietly Over Two Decades, This Tiny Midlands Town Became the Hispanic Migrant Capital of South Carolina
Until the early 2000s, most of the people who lived in Saluda were Black or white. The town was shrinking. Most of the brick buildings on Main Street were vacant. Today, city officials say, most businesses in Saluda's city limits are owned by immigrants from Mexico or Guatemala.
October 15, 2024
Who Am I? A South Korean Adoptee Finds Answers About the Past — Just Not the Ones She Wants
Thousands of South Korean adoptees are looking to satisfy a raw, compelling urge that much of the world takes for granted: the search for identity. Rebecca Kimmel, one of them, has stumbled into a web of switched photos, made-up stories and false documents that erase the very identity she desperately wants to find.
October 14, 2024
Uvalde City Officials Release Dozens of Missing Videos From Officers Responding to Robb Elementary Massacre
The new material largely affirms prior reporting by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and FRONTLINE detailing law enforcement’s failures to engage the teen shooter who killed 19 children and two teachers in 2022.
October 9, 2024
From an NRA ‘A’ Rating To Calling for Reform: How Tim Walz Shifted on Guns While Running for Governor
For years, then-Rep. Tim Walz had an ‘A’ rating from the NRA. Then, as he was running for governor, came a number of mass shootings — and a decision for Walz to make. Watch an excerpt from ‘The VP Choice: Vance vs. Walz.’
October 8, 2024
From ‘Never Trumper’ to a Trump Endorsement: How JD Vance Shifted on Trump When He Entered Politics
When JD Vance launched his 2021 Senate campaign, a key to success would be an endorsement from Donald Trump, a man Vance once thought could be America’s Hitler. Watch an excerpt from ‘The VP Choice: Vance vs. Walz.’
October 8, 2024
How Tucson Police Handled a Death Like George Floyd’s When Leaders Thought It Would Never Happen
Like many American cities, in June 2020 Tucson was struggling with the murder of George Floyd. What protesters didn’t know was that their city had two undisclosed deaths of Latino men who — like Floyd — said they could not breathe after officers pinned them face down.
October 8, 2024
A Series of Deaths and the ‘Big Fight’: Uncovering Police Force in One Midwestern City
Police leaders called the training “routine” when one recruit died and another was badly injured at their academy.
October 8, 2024
Did This Happen to Me Also? Korean Adoptees Question Their Past and Ask How To Find Their Families
Dozens of South Korean adoptees, many in tears, have responded to an investigation led by The Associated Press and documented by FRONTLINE on adoptions from South Korea. The investigation reported dubious child-gathering practices and fraudulent paperwork involving South Korea's foreign adoption program, which peaked in the 1970s and '80s.
October 3, 2024
FRONTLINE Wins 2 News & Documentary Emmy Awards; Series’ Leader Recognized by NATAS
Two FRONTLINE documentaries were honored at the 2024 News & Documentary Emmy Awards, and Editor-in-Chief and Executive Producer Raney Aronson-Rath was inducted into the Silver Circle by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
September 26, 2024
Neo-Nazi Telegram Users Panic Amid Crackdown and Arrest of Alleged Leaders of Online Extremist Group
An analysis by ProPublica and FRONTLINE shows a surge in activity on Telegram channels aligned with the Terrorgram Collective, as allies tried to rally support for their comrades in custody and sought to oust users they believed to be federal agents.
September 25, 2024
Many Americans Say Immigration Is Out of Control, but 24 Hours on the Texas-Mexico Border Showed a New Reality. Will It Last?
The Texas Tribune and The Associated Press visited five locations along the 1,254-mile span to separate the facts from the political narrative during a heated election year.
September 25, 2024
California Sues ExxonMobil Over Plastic Recycling Claims, Citing FRONTLINE/NPR
The lawsuit cites joint reporting from FRONTLINE and NPR, whose 2020 documentary collaboration 'Plastic Wars' investigated how plastic makers publicly promoted recycling for decades despite privately expressing doubts that widespread plastic recycling would ever be economically viable.
September 24, 2024