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The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
FRONTLINE investigates the lives and characters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump as they seek the presidency. In a historic election, those who know the candidates best reveal key moments that shape how they would lead America.
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
Tonight, FRONTLINE Presents 'The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump'
A message from FRONTLINE Editor-in-Chief & Executive Producer Raney Aronson-Rath about the 2024 edition of "The Choice."
September 24, 2024
‘All About the Fight’: How Donald Trump Developed His Political Playbook
As Donald Trump, his father and their company faced a race discrimination suit in the early 1970s, McCarthy-era lawyer Roy Cohn taught Trump what would become an enduring lesson. Watch an excerpt from ‘The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump.’
September 24, 2024
How a ‘Life-Changing Moment’ as San Francisco DA Shaped Kamala Harris’ Approach to Politics
After the murder of a police officer in 2004, DA Kamala Harris faced blowback for maintaining opposition to the death penalty. The experience had a lasting impact on her approach to prosecution — and politics. Watch an excerpt from ‘The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump.’
September 24, 2024
Policing Group Says Officers Must Change How and When They Use Physical Force on U.S. Streets
An influential group of law enforcement leaders is pushing police departments across the U.S. to change how officers use force when they subdue people and to improve training so they avoid “consistent blind spots” that have contributed to civilian deaths.
September 24, 2024
'South Korea's Adoption Reckoning' Reporters & Director Spotlight How Western Demand Played a Role in the Korean Adoption Boom
The filmmaker and reporters of the documentary "South Korea's Adoption Reckoning" talk about how their investigative revelations challenge some Korean and Western assumptions about international adoption, and how the practice is now facing a reckoning.
September 20, 2024
‘Is This Really All for the Children?’: Former Korean Adoption Worker Speaks Out
An AP/FRONTLINE documentary, ‘South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning,’ examines cases of false identities and fabricated backstories during a historic adoption boom of Korean children. In this excerpt, a former adoption agency worker describes pressure to adopt out large volumes of children — and ‘zero effort’ being put into verifying that children being adopted out had actually been abandoned.
September 20, 2024
Western Nations Were Desperate for Korean Babies. Now Many Adoptees Believe They Were Stolen
Hundreds of thousands of South Korean children were adopted by families in the United States, Europe and Australia. Now adults, many have since discovered that their adoption paperwork was untrue, and their quest for accountability has spread far beyond South Korea’s borders to the Western countries that claimed them.
September 20, 2024
Interactive: 'Who Am I, Then?' Stories from South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning.
Explore this interactive that tells the stories of over a dozen Korean adoptees as they search for the truth about their origins.
September 19, 2024