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Growing Up Poor in America

The experience of childhood poverty against the backdrop of a pandemic and a national reckoning with racism. Set in Ohio, the film follows children and their families navigating issues of poverty, homelessness, race and new challenges due to COVID-19.
Season 2020 Episode 18 Length 54:22 Premiere: 09/08/20

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Return From ISIS
S2020 E24 Length 54:22 Premiere Date 12/15/20

American Voices: A Nation in Turmoil
S2020 E23 Length 54:23 Premiere Date 11/17/20

Whose Vote Counts
S2020 E22 Length 54:22 Premiere Date 10/20/20

America's Medical Supply Crisis
S2020 E21 Length 54:21 Premiere Date 10/06/20

The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
S2020 E20 Length 1:54:21 Premiere Date 09/22/20

Policing the Police 2020
S2020 E19 Length 54:20 Premiere Date 09/15/20

Growing Up Poor in America
S2020 E18 Length 54:22 Premiere Date 09/08/20

Love, Life & the Virus/Undocumented in the Pandemic
S2020 E17 Length 54:22 Premiere Date 08/11/20

United States of Conspiracy
S2020 E16 Length 54:53 Premiere Date 07/28/20

COVID's Hidden Toll
S2020 E15 Length 54:26 Premiere Date 07/21/20

Once Upon A Time In Iraq
S2020 E14 Length 1:54:22 Premiere Date 07/14/20

Opioids, Inc.
S2020 E13 Length 54:23 Premiere Date 06/23/20

The Virus: What Went Wrong?
S2020 E12 Length 1:24:22 Premiere Date 06/16/20

Inside Italy's COVID War
S2020 E11 Length 54:22 Premiere Date 05/19/20

Coronavirus Pandemic
S2020 E10 Length 54:22 Premiere Date 04/21/20

China Undercover
S2020 E9 Length 54:22 Premiere Date 04/07/20

Plastic Wars
S2020 E8 Length 54:22 Premiere Date 03/31/20

NRA Under Fire
S2020 E7 Length 54:24 Premiere Date 03/24/20

Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos
S2020 E6 Length 1:54:22 Premiere Date 02/18/20

Battle for Hong Kong
S2020 E5 Length 54:17 Premiere Date 02/11/20

Taliban Country/The Luanda Leaks
S2020 E4 Length 54:48 Premiere Date 01/21/20

America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump (Part Two)
S2020 E3 Length 1:54:18 Premiere Date 01/13/20

America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump (Part One)
S2020 E2 Length 1:55:13 Premiere Date 01/13/20

Targeting El Paso
S2020 E1 Length 54:48 Premiere Date 01/07/20

2020: Year in Review | FRONTLINE
Clip Length 02:28 Premiere Date 12/01/20

"Growing Up Poor in America" - Preview
Preview Length 00:31 Premiere Date 09/08/20

Raney Aronson-Rath on FRONTLINE Peabody Institutional Award
Clip Length 03:20 Premiere Date 06/10/20

FRONTLINE Peabody Institutional Award
Preview Length 02:10 Premiere Date 06/09/20

Alexandra Salazar — Interview
Clip Length 01:10 Premiere Date 04/13/20

Shavonda Sisson — Interview
Clip Length 01:07 Premiere Date 04/13/20

Hannah Gleeson — Interview
Clip Length 01:51 Premiere Date 04/13/20

Doug Doeren — Interview
Clip Length 01:33 Premiere Date 04/13/20

Brain Wars: David Nash
Clip Length 01:12 Premiere Date 09/09/10

Law & Disorder: Robert Williams
Clip Length 01:38 Premiere Date 08/08/10

Haiti: The Aid Dilemma
Clip Length 14:49 Premiere Date 06/25/10

"Gangs of Iraq" - Preview
Preview Length 00:32 Premiere Date 04/17/07

Obama Speaks at Harvard Law in '90
Clip Length 11:39 Premiere Date 04/24/90

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A Dangerous Assignment: Uncovering Corruption in Maduro's Venezuela - S42 E12

Exposing the shadowy figure at the heart of a corruption scandal spanning from Venezuela to the U.S. With the Venezuelan news outlet Armando.info, the inside story of Alex Saab, his capture, then release by the U.S. in a controversial prisoner swap.

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South Korea's Adoption Reckoning - S43 E1

The Associated Press investigates falsified records and faked identities in the adoption of children to the U.S. and other countries over seven decades.

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Children of Ukraine - S42 E11

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