reports Social Issues / Race / Religion

The Meth Epidemic
(60 minutes) Speed. Meth. Glass. On the street, methamphetamine has many names. What started as a fad among motorcycle gangs in the 1970s ... (more)

Sex Slaves
(60 minutes) An estimated half-million women are trafficked annually for the purpose of sexual slavery. The women are kidnapped -- or lured by traffickers who prey ... (more)

Country Boys
(360 minutes) On January 9, 10, and 11, David Sutherland, acclaimed producer of The Farmer's Wife, returns to rural America with Country Boys, an epic tale of ... (more)

The Storm
(60 minutes) In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, FRONTLINE will produce a documentary special that investigates the political storm surrounding the devastation of America's Gulf Coast. Veteran ... (more)

The Last Abortion Clinic
(60 minutes) Today, the headlines are filled with speculation about changes in the U.S. Supreme Court and what those changes might mean for abortion -- an issue ... (more)

The O.J. Verdict
(60 minutes) On October 3, 1995, an estimated 150 million people stopped what they were doing to witness the televised verdict of the O.J. Simpson trial. ... (more)

The New Asylums
(60 minutes) There are nearly half a million mentally ill people serving time in America's prisons and jails. As sheriffs and prison wardens become the unexpected and ... (more)

The Persuaders
(90 minutes) FRONTLINE takes an in-depth look at the multibillion-dollar "persuasion industries" of advertising and public relations and how marketers have developed new ways of integrating their ... (more)

Sacred Ground
(60 minutes) Within days of the September 11 attacks, the questions began: What should be built on the site of Ground Zero? Who should build it? And ... (more)

The Way the Music Died
(60 minutes) The modern music scene was created in 1969, at Woodstock. Half a million fans, dozens of artists, and the politics of the times came ... (more)

The Jesus Factor
(60 minutes) As an evangelical Christian, President Bush has something in common with the 46 percent of Americans who describe themselves as being "born again" or having ... (more)

Diet Wars
(60 minutes) Americans spend $40 billion a year on books, products, and programs designed to do one thing: help us lose weight. From Atkins to Ornish and ... (more)

Public Schools, Inc.
(60 minutes) Ten years after "edupreneur" Chris Whittle first announced his bold plan to revolutionize the way we educate children, Whittle's Edison Schools continue to be a ... (more)

Burden of Innocence
(60 minutes) In recent years, media headlines have trumpeted the release of more than 100 longtime inmates who have been exonerated by DNA testing. But what ... (more)

Failure to Protect: The Caseworker Files
(120 minutes) The removal of a child from an abusive or neglectful parent is one of the most drastic actions a government undertakes; and yet it does ... (more)

Failure to Protect: The Taking of Logan Marr
(60 minutes) In January 2001, five-year-old Logan Marr was found dead in the basement of her foster mother's home in Chelsea, Maine. The foster mother, Sally Schofield, ... (more)

Let's Get Married
(60 minutes) Marriage is in trouble. The past half-century has witnessed staggering changes in the makeup of the American family as the number of single-parent households and ... (more)

Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero
(120 minutes) Ground Zero in Manhattan has become a site of pilgrimage. Thousands of people visit the site, looking for consolation as they question the events ... (more)

Muslims
(120 minutes) The events of Sept. 11 left many Americans questioning how such atrocities could be perpetrated in the name of religion: specifically, the religion of Islam. ... (more)

American Porn
(60 minutes) It's one of the hottest industries in America -- and with adult movies, magazines, retail stores, and the growth of the Internet -- business is ... (more)