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Craig Haney: Solitary Confinement is a “Tried-and-True” Torture Device

Solitary confinement is the confinement of prisoners in a cell, usually for 22 to 23, in some instances 24, hours a day, where they’re prevented from having access to any common activities which ...
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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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Michelle Alexander: “A System of Racial and Social Control”

Michelle Alexander is the author of the bestseller The New Jim Crow, and a civil-rights advocate, lawyer, legal scholar and professor. She spoke with FRONTLINE about how the war on drugs spawned a ...
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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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Forced to Flee: 6 Documentaries to Watch to Understand the Global Refugee Crisis

Helen (left) and Sara (right), two of the “Children of Syria” in FRONTLINE’s documentary chronicling a family’s escape from Syria to a new life as refugees in Germany. The number of people around the ...
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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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Kids Caught in the Crackdown

As the detention of migrant children has climbed to record-breaking levels under President Trump, FRONTLINE and The Associated Press investigate what’s going on inside federally-funded shelters — and ...
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“Germany’s Enemy Within” Filmmaker on the Surge of the Far Right and Political Divides in a Country Grappling With its Nazi Past

Germany has spent decades reckoning with its Nazi history and the Holocaust. But in recent years, far-right extremism and violent plots, especially against Jews, Muslims and immigrants, have been on ...
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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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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 ...