FRONTLINE

PBS FRONTLINE investigates the lives and views of Sen. JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz as they run for vice president. Where did they come from and who do they represent? In a historic election, those who know the candidates best reveal the influences and ideas each would bring to the White House.

Behind President Joe Biden’s fateful decision are decades of challenges and controversies, triumphs and tragedies. FRONTLINE tells the inside story of Biden’s rise to the presidency, and the personal and political forces that shaped him and led to his dramatic decision to step aside.

A firestorm has been raging on many American college campuses. Ignited by the devastating October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and the catastrophic war in Gaza, the outrage deeply divided American campuses and, in some places, devolved into hate-filled rhetoric and arrests. Frontline investigates universities that have responded and how powerful interests joined the fray.

With the Venezuelan news outlet Armando.info, FRONTLINE investigates the shadowy figure at the heart of a corruption scandal spanning from Venezuela to the U.S. This 90-minute documentary tells the inside story of Alex Saab, his capture and then release by the U.S. in a controversial prisoner swap, and what has happened to the journalists who helped uncover the corruption scandal.

“The Astros Edge: Triumph and Scandal in Major League Baseball,” premieres Oct. 3 on PBS. The report will feature “Astroball” author Ben Reiter and examine how the team and its cheating scandal has changed the sport.

Following a summer of protests against police brutality and in honor of the lives lost to it, FRONTLINE's latest documentary examines race, policing and…

A new FRONTLINE documentary explores how the COVID-19 crisis has affected vulnerable populations of immigrants and undocumented workers in the United…

Immigration reform has become a political weapon in contemporary American politics over the last six years. Controversial policies such as zero tolerance…