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‘Truth Has Nothing to Do With Who Wins the Argument’: New Details on Big Oil’s Campaign to Defeat Climate Action
The fossil fuel industry employed PR tactics in the 1990s to emphasize uncertainty on climate change, episode one of the three-part documentary series ‘The Power of Big Oil’ reports in new detail.
April 19, 2022
Watch a Decade of Documentaries on Climate Change & Other Environmental Threats
Ahead of FRONTLINE’s three-part series ‘The Power of Big Oil,’ revisit our reporting on how we reached this moment.
April 12, 2022
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The Power of Big Oil
FRONTLINE examines the fossil fuel industry’s history of casting doubt and delaying action on climate change in a three-part documentary series.
April 19, 2022
The Opioid Crisis in 2021: Benchmark Legal Decisions & Deaths
It has been a landmark year for the opioid crisis, both in court decisions impacting former executives of Insys Therapeutics — investigated in the 2020 documentary 'Opioids, Inc.' with the Financial Times — and in the toll on human lives.
December 27, 2021
What Happened to Poverty in America in 2021
When it comes to tracking how poverty impacts American families with children — a subject documented in 2017's 'Poor Kids' and 2020's 'Growing Up Poor in America' — estimates for 2021 reveal something noteworthy.
December 22, 2021
Pegasus Spyware Placed on Phone of Jamal Khashoggi’s Wife Before his Murder, Washington Post Reports
The revelation is part of an ongoing investigation into a spyware, called Pegasus, that has been sold to governments by the Israeli company NSO Group and used to monitor journalists, politicians and human rights activists.
December 21, 2021
Watch 2021’s 10 Most-Streamed New FRONTLINE Documentaries
As another tumultuous year winds down, explore the 10 most-streamed FRONTLINE documentaries released in 2021.
December 21, 2021
PANDORA PAPERS: Video & Major Stories From Our Partners
Watch the trailer for an upcoming FRONTLINE investigation into the Pandora Papers, exposing how U.S. trusts are sheltering millions in controversial assets, and read major stories from our ICIJ partners.
December 20, 2021
The Fed Is Ending Pandemic Stimulus Sooner Than Planned. What Could It Mean for Inflation?
With consumer prices at their highest since 1982, Fed Chair Jerome Powell announced Dec. 15 the Fed would end its pandemic stimulus — examined in the July 2021 doc 'The Power of the Fed' — and would take action on inflation, although he did not specify when interest-rate hikes would come.
December 16, 2021
Senate Whistleblower Report: After Boeing 737 Max Crashes, Problems with FAA Oversight Continue
A whistleblower who is cited in the newly released Senate report, Joe Jacobsen, had also spoken out in the documentary ‘Boeing’s Fatal Flaw.’
December 14, 2021
Post-Pandora Papers, a Big Week of Federal Activity Examines Hidden Wealth
Hidden wealth — as examined in the recent documentary 'Pandora Papers' — is under the federal microscope, with a House hearing, a draft rule and a new Biden administration plan all in one week. What could it mean for an industry that has brought millions in controversial assets to South Dakota and other U.S. states?
December 14, 2021
Catching Up With 2 of the Kids from ‘Poor Kids’
Nine years after the documentary’s premiere, we talked to Kaylie and Johnny about where they are today, what’s next and life during COVID.
December 7, 2021