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Flashback: How U.S.-Backed Kurds Defeated ISIS in Kobani, Syria

US forces, accompanied by Kurdish People’s Protection Units fighters, drive their armored vehicles near the northern Syrian village of Darbasiyah, on the border with Turkey on April 28, 2017. The ...
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Filmmakers Sought to Unearth the “Real” RFK Jr.

The Rise of RFK Jr.’ filmmakers explain how chronicling his life story through his own words and the accounts of those who know him well helped unpack Kennedy’s trajectory and growing influence.
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The Rise of Germany’s New Right

Watch FRONTLINE's documentary examining how far-right leaders in Germany have risen to the brink of power.
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How the ‘Unthinkable’ Alliance Between RFK Jr. and Donald Trump Came to Be

Watch a scene from ‘The Rise of RFK Jr.,’ a FRONTLINE documentary on how a scion of the Kennedy dynasty ended up a powerful player in President Trump’s administration and is now reshaping public ...
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Paula White

Pastor Paula White is a Christian televangelist. She served as an adviser to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, and later as a special adviser to the Faith and Opportunity Initiative in the ...
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The U.S.-led Invasion of Iraq, 20 Years Later

Twenty years ago, the George W. Bush administration expanded its “war on terror,” launched in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, to Iraq. In his March 19, 2003, address announcing the ...
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In Their Own Words: Sunnis on Their Treatment in Maliki’s Iraq

Much of the world was shocked when militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) took over Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, in June. One of the many factors that allowed the group of Sunni ...
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With Renewed Attention on the Border, These 8 Documentaries Illuminate U.S. Immigration Policies Involving Kids

A U.S. Border Patrol agent questions an unaccompanied minor after a group of asylum seekers crossed the Rio Grande into Texas on March 25, 2021. April 8, 2021, update: U.S. authorities took almost ...
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Sofia Nelson

Sofia Nelson is a Detroit-based public defender. They attended Yale Law School with JD Vance. The following interview was conducted by Gabrielle Schonder for FRONTLINE on August 7, 2024. It has been ...
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Former Boeing 737 Max Pilot Pleads Not Guilty to Federal Grand Jury Indictment

A screengrab from “Boeing’s Fatal Flaw,” the September 2021 FRONTLINE and New York Times documentary investigating the 737 Max disasters. March 24, 2022, update: A federal jury in Fort Worth, Texas, ...
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What Are Some Challenges of Growing Up Poor in America?

The U.S. has one of the highest child poverty rates among wealthy nations. Here’s a look at some struggles kids living in poverty face. Kaylie, pictured in the 2012 documentary “Poor Kids” and the ...
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They Were ‘Born Poor’ in America. As Adults, They’re Fighting to Shake Child Poverty’s Lingering Impact.

More than a decade ago, the Emmy-nominated documentary Poor Kids portrayed poverty in America as it’s rarely seen: through the eyes of children. Now, those kids — Brittany, Johnny and Kaylie — are all ...