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PG&E says power cuts are the best way to prevent devastating wildfires during California’s most fire-prone time of year. Yet many of the company’s customers, watchdogs, and regulators say they are skeptical of the company’s motives. Two plans that have been proposed for the utility’s path out of bankruptcy include a clause allowing the company's financiers to renegotiate or back out if PG&E ignites another fire that burns more than 500 homes. A new tragedy could also hurt victims of previous fires.

Years of conflict and turmoil in Iraq have widowed women and orphaned children, further worsening the conditions in which they live.

In an excerpt from “Iraq’s Secret Sex Trade,” a cleric officiates a temporary marriage he believes is with a 13-year-old girl over the phone, from inside a taxi.

It’s run by a for-profit company whose leadership includes former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly.

New government data shows an unprecedented 69,550 migrant children were held in U.S. government custody over the past year.

One year after the worst wildfire in California's history, FRONTLINE shares a mother's story of survival.

As the U.S. accuses two former Twitter employees of spying for Saudi Arabia, revisit the Saudi government’s use of Twitter to crack down on dissent.

Artificial intelligence has already started to shape our lives in ubiquitous and occasionally invisible ways. A researcher in algorithmic bias talks to FRONTLINE about what she thinks the public needs to know about these systems.