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Introducing: Breakdown
Over six episodes, Breakdown explores the missed opportunities to prevent the Lewiston shootings, the role of guns and hunting in Maine’s politics, and the aftermath for shooting victims, some of whom were deaf and hard of hearing. From Maine Public Radio, The Portland Press Herald, and FRONTLINE.
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
The VP Choice: Vance vs. Walz
FRONTLINE investigates the lives and views of Sen. JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz as they run for vice president.
October 16, 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
Who Am I? A South Korean Adoptee Finds Answers About the Past — Just Not the Ones She Wants
Thousands of South Korean adoptees are looking to satisfy a raw, compelling urge that much of the world takes for granted: the search for identity. Rebecca Kimmel, one of them, has stumbled into a web of switched photos, made-up stories and false documents that erase the very identity she desperately wants to find.
October 14, 2024
Uvalde City Officials Release Dozens of Missing Videos From Officers Responding to Robb Elementary Massacre
The new material largely affirms prior reporting by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and FRONTLINE detailing law enforcement’s failures to engage the teen shooter who killed 19 children and two teachers in 2022.
October 9, 2024
From an NRA ‘A’ Rating To Calling for Reform: How Tim Walz Shifted on Guns While Running for Governor
For years, then-Rep. Tim Walz had an ‘A’ rating from the NRA. Then, as he was running for governor, came a number of mass shootings — and a decision for Walz to make. Watch an excerpt from ‘The VP Choice: Vance vs. Walz.’
October 8, 2024