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FRONTLINE
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump (Part One)
Season 2020
Episode 2
A two-part investigation into America’s increasingly bitter, divided and toxic politics. Part One of the documentary traces how Barack Obama’s promise of unity collapsed as increasing racial, cultural and political divisions laid the groundwork for the rise of Donald Trump.
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Some of the last survivors of the Holocaust talk about its lingering impact.

54:47
Stories of women dealing with unplanned pregnancies in a community divided over abortion.

1:54:02
A U.S. veteran fights to reunite her family after her undocumented husband is deported.

54:18
With the Mueller report complete, a look back at how we arrived at this moment.

1:54:52
Ratko Mladić went on trial for some of the worst atrocities in Europe since the Holocaust.

54:48
Investigating the NY effort to let those with severe mental illnesses live on their own.

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An investigation into the failure to stop a pediatrician accused of sexual abuse.

54:47
Reports on a severe black lung epidemic, and the U.S. fight against Al Qaeda in Yemen.

54:18
An investigation of a neo-Nazi group that has actively recruited inside the U.S. military.

54:47
FRONTLINE investigates a series of warnings to Facebook as it grew into a global empire.

55:17
A major investigation of Facebook’s impact on privacy and democracy around the world.

54:47
FRONTLINE examines the role of state governments and Wall Street in the pension crisis.