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5 Years Later, A Look Back at How the COVID-19 Pandemic Disrupted the World
FRONTLINE and our partners have been covering the pandemic and its fallout in the U.S. and around the world since COVID-19 broke out. Revisit our reporting.
March 10, 2025
After Turbulent Election Season, Trump Defeats Harris. What Shaped This Political Moment?
Explore a broad slate of FRONTLINE’s political coverage — about President-elect Donald Trump, his VP pick JD Vance, VP Kamala Harris, President Biden’s legacy, the state of U.S. politics and voters’ feelings leading up to the election.
November 8, 2024
‘American Voices 2024’ Filmmakers Hope to Expose Audiences to Differing Perspectives and ‘Bridge Silos’
Filmmakers behind ‘American Voices 2024’ spoke to FRONTLINE about how Americans’ sentiments on power and government have changed in the last four years and more.
October 29, 2024
Documenting 'American Voices 2024'
One week before the election, a message from FRONTLINE's editor-in-chief and executive producer about a documentary more than four years in the making.
October 29, 2024
Americans Across a Divided Nation Weigh in on Election 2024
Eight Americans in seven states react to the debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump in this excerpt from ‘American Voices 2024,’ offering a glimpse at how ordinary voters feel about the 2024 election.
October 29, 2024
Jan. 6, Three Years Later: 10 Documentaries to Watch
Explore a selection of FRONTLINE's reporting related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
January 5, 2024
How American Politics Reached This Fraught Moment: 12 Documentaries to Watch Ahead of the Midterms
As a divided America prepares to vote and fears of political violence continue, these FRONTLINE documentaries show how U.S. politics reached this moment.
November 4, 2022
The U.S. COVID Death Toll Has Passed 1 Million. These Documentaries Offer Context.
These 14 FRONTLINE documentaries, all available to stream, examine the national and global toll of the coronavirus.
May 5, 2022
Taking Office in a Time of Crisis: 16 Documentaries on Key Issues Biden Inherits
These 16 FRONTLINE documentaries offer context on some of the biggest challenges the new administration faces.
January 19, 2021
A Look at the Places Behind ‘American Voices: A Nation in Turmoil'
To lend broad insight into the communities featured in FRONTLINE's 2020 post-election special, we’ve looked to census, city, county and state data for some key stats.
November 18, 2020
'I Have Someone Else's Lungs': Meet a 28-Year-Old Who Survived COVID-19 via a Double Lung Transplant
Mayra Ramirez, 28, was among the first known COVID-19 patients in the U.S. to receive new lungs. She shares her story in ‘American Voices: A Nation in Turmoil.’
November 17, 2020
Behind ‘American Voices’: How 2 Dozen Cinematographers Followed People Across the Country for FRONTLINE’s Latest Film Documenting 2020
A documentarian and a doctor joined forces with cinematographers in roughly 12 states to capture a first draft of 2020 history as intimately yet safely as possible.
November 17, 2020