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How Maine’s Novel ‘Yellow Flag’ Law Endured After the Lewiston Mass Shooting
Maine’s law is a compromise rooted in a tradition of gun rights that crosses the political aisle.
October 30, 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
Thousands of Children Adopted by Americans Are Without Citizenship. Congress Is Unwilling To Act
The U.S. celebrated saving foreign orphans. But thousands were left without citizenship, at risk of deportation, because of loopholes in American law.
October 25, 2024
Lewiston Counseling Center Helps Community Navigate Grief From Mass Shooting
The Maine Resiliency Center opened just 19 days after the mass shooting and has become a critical resource for more than 400 people. Some are trying to keep it open permanently.
October 24, 2024
A Year After the Lewiston Mass Shooting, Six Portraits of Grief
Eighteen people were killed, 13 were shot and survived, and many others witnessed the deadliest attack in Maine’s history. A year later, a look at how some have navigated the aftermath.
October 24, 2024
If It Survives in Court, Texas' Immigration Law Could Upend Immigration Enforcement Nationwide
Texas challenged federal supremacy by creating a state crime for illegal entry into the U.S. The courts will decide whether it’s constitutional — and whether other states can follow Texas’ lead.
October 24, 2024
A Maine Law Could Have Forced the Lewiston Mass Shooter Into Mental Health Treatment. Why Wasn’t It Used?
Like nearly every other state, Maine can compel those with serious mental illnesses to comply with outpatient treatment. But the law is rarely used. Some fear it threatens to return America to a dark era of institutionalization.
October 18, 2024
Two Young Women — One Israeli, One Palestinian — Whose Lives Were Devastated by Oct. 7 & the War in Gaza That Followed
Agam, an Israeli teen, was taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7. Ghada, a young Palestinian woman, lost her home in the Israeli bombardment of Gaza that followed. Their stories unfold in the documentary 'A Year of War: Israelis and Palestinians.'
October 15, 2024
'A Year of War' Filmmaker Wanted To ‘Bring Out the Humanity’ of People Caught in the Violence in Israel and Gaza
Filmmaker Robin Barnwell talks about why he wanted to document the Oct. 7 attacks and the war in Gaza through personal accounts from Israelis and Palestinians.
October 15, 2024
Quietly Over Two Decades, This Tiny Midlands Town Became the Hispanic Migrant Capital of South Carolina
Until the early 2000s, most of the people who lived in Saluda were Black or white. The town was shrinking. Most of the brick buildings on Main Street were vacant. Today, city officials say, most businesses in Saluda's city limits are owned by immigrants from Mexico or Guatemala.
October 15, 2024