FRONTLINE

News and Public Affairs Series / 31 Seasons

FRONTLINE explores and illuminates the critical issues of our times - from business and health to social issues, politics and war.

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1h 26m

The Pot Republic

24m 28s

The bulk of the marijuana consumed in the U.S. used to come across the border. Now, more than half is believed to be home grown in California, where an enormous black market has emerged under the cover of the state's medical marijuana law.

100 Cheers

10m 30s

A few weeks after the tsunami, the ChimPom art collective traveled to a fishing village in Fukushima. Hand in hand with some young locals from the community, they created a video piece that became an expression of solidarity.

Doctor Hotspot

13m 1s

Using medical billing data in Camden, N.J., Dr. Jeffrey Brenner mapped out "hot spots" of the impoverished city's most costly patients. By targeting unique care -- including home visits and social workers -- at high-cost patients, he developed a program that he argues has both lowered health care costs and provided better care in Camden. But can his model work for the rest of the nation?

Preview: The Pot Republic

30s

More than half of the marijuana consumed in the United States is believed to be home grown in California, where an enormous black market has emerged under the cover of the state's medical marijuana law. FRONTLINE and The Center for Investigative Reporting team up to investigate the country's oldest, largest, and most wide-open marijuana market.

The Atomic Artists

12m 3s

How Chim Pom, a provocative group of young artists, is challenging the status quo in Japan after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Its work, ranging from video pieces to rogue installations in public places, comes at a generation-defining moment as many question Japan's dependence on nuclear power.

Inside California's Green Rush

2m 38s

Sgt. Randy Johnson used to bust pot growers. Now he works with them. With more than a third of all states now trying some form of legalization and decriminalization, and several California counties attempting to openly regulate pot production, FRONTLINE and the Center for Investigative Reporting investigate the country's oldest, largest and most wide-open marijuana market in "The Pot Republic."

Educating Sergeant Pantzke

17m 57s

In a follow-up to FRONTLINE's "College, Inc.," correspondent Martin Smith investigates how for-profit schools are aggressively recruiting huge numbers of new veterans with educational promises that many now question whether they can keep.

The Child Cases Preview

30s

Coming June 28. In this joint investigation with ProPublica and NPR, FRONTLINE correspondent A.C. Thompson unearths more than 20 child death cases in which people were jailed on medical evidence -- involving abuse, assault and "shaken-baby syndrome" -- that was later found unreliable or flat-out wrong. Are death investigators being properly trained for child cases?

Educating Sergeant Pantzke Preview

30s

FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith ("College Inc.") continues to investigate for-profit colleges, this time focusing on their aggressive recruitment of veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. Are the for-profits exploiting a generous new GI bill and making promises that they can't keep? "Educating Sergeant Pantzke" is the second of three magazine segments airing June 28.

Behind the Danziger Bridge Shooting

6m 30s

As a federal trial gets underway, a look back at the infamous post-Katrina shooting by police that killed two unarmed citizens and wounded four. Five current and former NOPD officers face charges ranging from civil rights violations to covering up the incident.

'A Different David Coleman Headley'

1m 15s

ProPublica's Sebastian Rotella describes how the "restrained" testimony of confessed Mumbai terrorist David Coleman Headley differed from interrogation videos from 2009 shown in court. The videos, says Rotella, depict a "much more animated, eager, almost frantic" man trying to make a deal.

Testimony Reveals Mindset of Confessed Mumbai Terrorist

2m 48s

"Five days of in-depth, detailed, rare testimony from a consummate insider, is fascinating and very unusual in a U.S. courtroom," says ProPublica's Sebastian Rotella. He describes how the dramatic testimony of David Coleman Headley, a confessed terrorist of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, reveals a striking portrait of "a man taking stock of the wreckage of his life."

Don't Ask, Don't Tell

2m 58s

In this excerpt from "WikiSecrets," coming May 24, FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith tells the story of Pfc. Bradley Manning and his struggle with the Army's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. Manning is currently charged with handing over half-a-million classified documents to the WikiLeaks website.

Welcome to the Hacker Space at Boston University

2m 16s

In this excerpt from "WikiSecrets," coming May 24, FRONTLINE uncovers video of Pfc. Bradley Manning around the time he allegedly handed over half-a-million classified documents to the WikiLeaks website. With exclusive access to those closest to Manning--including his father, close friends and his Army bunkmate--FRONTLINE explores how and why the secret cache of documents may have been leaked.

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