Patrice Taddonio

Senior Digital Writer

Forced to Flee: 6 Documentaries to Watch to Understand the Global Refugee Crisis
The number of people around the world who have been forcibly displaced is at a record high — again — says the UN’s refugee agency.
June 19, 2019
Inside Kim Jong-nam's Relationship with the West
Amid new reports suggesting he had a relationship with the CIA, revisit the life and death of Kim Jong-nam, his engagement with the West, and his public criticism of his half-brother, Kim Jong-un.
June 11, 2019
Flashback: Inside McConnell’s “Unprecedented” Power Play After Scalia’s Death
As Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell weighs in on how he'd handle a Supreme Court vacancy in the 2020 election year, revisit how he responded to Justice Antonin Scalia’s death in 2016.
May 29, 2019
She Was Trafficked for Sex. Now, She’s Sharing Her Story.
“It’s like emotionally and mentally like they have you… in handcuffs,” a young woman named Marriah says in a scene from the new FRONTLINE documentary “Sex Trafficking in America.”
May 28, 2019
A Supreme Court Face-Off Decades in the Making
Inside the bitter partisan battle that played out during Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings, and why Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was ready for the chaos.
May 21, 2019
Inside the First “All-Out War” Over a Supreme Court Nominee
Inside the failed nomination of Robert Bork — which sparked a desire for revenge from conservatives that is helping to shape the Supreme Court to this day.
May 20, 2019
FRONTLINE Investigates the Battle for Control of America’s Highest Court in “Supreme Revenge”
On Tuesday, May 21, FRONTLINE premiere "Supreme Revenge."
May 10, 2019
Facebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes Says the Company Should be Broken Up
As Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes says the company he helped start should be broken up, revisit FRONTLINE's investigation of Facebook's growth and its consequences.
May 9, 2019
Trump's Tariff Strategy Can Be Traced Back to the 1980s
President Donald Trump’s decision to put tariffs on billions of dollars in Chinese imports last year shocked the world — but it was nothing new for Trump.
May 6, 2019
With Billions at Stake, FRONTLINE and NPR Investigate Trump’s Trade War with China
On May 7, FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the inside story of President Trump’s gamble to confront China over trade, in "Trump's Trade War."
May 3, 2019
The Evolution of Wayne LaPierre
The NRA’s executive vice president wasn’t always a gun enthusiast.
April 30, 2019
A Holocaust Survivor Revisits Auschwitz Decades Later
In an excerpt from FRONTLINE’s documentary "The Last Survivors," Auschwitz survivors recount the horrors they experienced there - and one man returns to the scene.
April 29, 2019