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The lives of the people of Allende, a Mexican border town, are overtaken by a powerful cartel's operations, leading to tragedy. Inspired by true events.

A Black family in North Carolina has been harassed for decades by land developers attempting to take their waterfront property.

Does America's future depend on its past? An exploration of a mysterious woman's influence on George Washington, his vision for America, and its independence - a vision that could deeply influence the nation's need for healing and unity.

The story of two mothers fleeing their homeland and seeking to be reunited with their children after being separated at the U. S. - Mexico border.

Ransomware is proliferating across the country, disabling computer systems and harming critical infrastructure. This technology may be new, but extortion and ransom are not. So why is this happening now? And can it be stopped?

An Afghan journalist embarks on a journey to find out who murdered her family 30 years ago, only to uncover hundreds of civilians killed in a secretive American-backed program.

"Before a Breath" tenderly braids together the stories of three women determined to make pregnancy safer after losing their children to stillbirth.

"Uprooted" reveals a Black community's decadeslong battle to hold onto their land as officials in Newport News, Virginia, used eminent domain to establish and expand Christopher Newport University.

A frustrated Black Lives Matter activist. A die-hard Confederate loyalist. A sheriff who won't back down. In a small Town, a battle for racial justice confronts a bloody past and an uncertain future. In a place where protests are restricted and violence feels imminent, many cry: "We don't want to die no more." This documentary is a The News and Observer/ProPublica production. The News and Observer is a member of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network.

Falling from 15,000 feet, two Marines hit the Pacific Ocean at 800 feet per minute. They were bruised and cold, their rescue equipment failed and help was hours away. Adrift tells the story of the Marine Corps failed Squadron 242.

When the salmon are running up the Columbia River, Native people are there with them. They live, eat and sleep at the river. This is the life of the Wy-Kan-Ush-Pum, the Salmon People.

Tyler Haire was 16 when he was arrested for stabbing his father's girlfriend. He waited nearly four years in jail, without a mental evaluation, before his case could be heard in court.

Levees - massive earthen or concrete structures that keep rivers confined to their channels - tame the flow of rivers and make life possible for the millions of people who live behind them. But they come with often-unexamined risks, as they can make floods worse for the communities across the river or upstream from them. This is well-known to scientists and supported by basic physics, but we wanted to see it for ourselves. So, instead of waiting for a huge flood, we built our own.

Phillip Garcia was in psychiatric crisis. In jail and in the hospital, guards responded with force and restrained the 51-year-old inmate for almost 20 hours, until he died.

The gripping true story that reveals how an acclaimed American charity failed Some of the world's most vulnerable girls. Katie Meyler captivated Americans with the stories of girls she met in Monrovia, Liberia, who she said were so poor that they had to sell their bodies to buy clean drinking water. She started a charity called More Than Me, and in 2012 she won $1 million live on NBC to build a school of her own. She said she was saving vulnerable girls from sexual exploitation. But from the very beginning, girls were being raped by a man Meyler trusted. A yearlong ProPublica investigation delves into the question of who is responsible when those who help also cause enduring and irreversible harm.

In this short documentary from ProPublica and TIME, an immigrant family struggles to find livable housing in the eastern Coachella Valley, one of the hottest regions in the U.S. Less than 30 miles northwest, more affluent residents cool themselves in shimmering pools and on lush green golf courses. Between these worlds is what's known as the "climate gap," a literal gap in temperature and infrastructure, but also a gap in suffering due to the climate crisis.

This short documentary from ProPublica and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, is an intimate glimpse into what happens when people learn that Philips Respironics' CPAP machine may be causing harm.

Follows the story of a Tennessee county that was arresting and illegally jailing children for almost two decades.

Terrified residents, families and staff of the Queens Adult Care Center have watched helplessly as COVID-19 runs rampant. They say management lied about the extent of its spread. Here's how one daughter rescued her sick dad. The home's administrator assured her that her 82-year-old father was safe, she said. Then she found out the coronavirus was tearing through the facility - and her dad had caught it.

He's the President, but how does his business work? What deals are happening? Who are these happening with? And, is the President and his family keeping their promise to separate the Trump Organization from the Trump White House?

Thousands of New Yorkers with severe mental illnesses won the chance to live independently in supported housing, following a 2014 federal court order. FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate what's happened to people moved from adult homes into apartments and find more than two dozen cases in which the system failed, sometimes with deadly consequences.

Hasan investigates the underlying issues with housing in America as well as the impending eviction crisis many renters may be facing in months to come.

As the tax deadline approaches, Hasan exposes an industry built around making tax prep more complicated and expensive.

In the aftermath of the assault on the U.S. Capitol, FRONTLINE examines how far-right groups were emboldened and encouraged by former President Trump and how individuals were radicalized and brought into the political landscape.