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Are we making progress on global warming? Watch HEAT, this week's broadcast, and then see what prominent scientists had to say on the same subject eight years ago, when we interviewed them for What's Up with the Weather? MORE » |
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What happens when the government goes from buyer of "troubled assets" to seller of same? These clips from The Great American Bailout (1991) may offer some clues from an earlier, similar crisis.MORE » |
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As the financial crisis continues, these excerpts from a 1999 FRONTLINE called The Crash are a vivid reminder a) that we've been here before, and b) that we're not the world's speediest learners.MORE » |
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Among the many extraordinary stories told in FRONTLINE's much-acclaimed four-hour series, The Age of AIDS, was the tale of how the elusive virus was finally identified. It was, and remains, a gripping narrative ...MORE » |
| FRONTLINE PROGRAMS
COMING SOONThe War Briefing Oct. 28, 2008 The next president will inherit a daunting set of challenges and face limited options. Afghanistan is now a deadlier battlefield than Iraq. And that's where America's next war will be fought ... and possibly lost. HEAT Oct. 21, 2008 Facing rising pressures, big business is reshaping its approach to the environment. FRONTLINE investigates how companies are repositioning themselves to prosper in a radically changed world.The Choice 2008 Oct. 14, 2008 A two-hour examination of the rich personal and political biographies of John McCain and Barack Obama that goes behind the headlines to discover how they arrived at this moment and what their very different candidacies say about America.FRONTLINE/WORLDJesus in China Jun. 24, 2008 Is Christianity transforming China? Young & Restless in China Jun. 17, 2008 A remarkably intimate look into the lives of nine young Chinese coming of age in a society changing as fast as any in history.FRONTLINE/WORLDMexico: Crimes at the Border May. 28, 2008 The business of human smuggling Storm Over Everest May. 13, 2008 Renowned climber/filmmaker David Breashears returns to Everest's worst tragedy to tell the story as it's never before been told...Sick Around the World Apr. 15, 2008 In the debate over health care, what might the U.S. learn from the successes and failures of five other capitalist democracies?Bad Voodoo's War Apr. 01, 2008 FRONTLINE captures the realities of war through a "virtual embed" with a National Guard platoon serving in Iraq.Bush's War Mar. 24, 2008 On the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, FRONTLINE unfolds the full saga of the war in a two-part, definitive broadcast.FRONTLINE/WORLDRussia: Putin's Plan Feb. 26, 2008 Giving up the presidency but not the power
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