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Cell Tower Deaths
To satisfy the ever-increasing demand for cell phone service, tower climbers install and service cell antennas, a job that requires them to ascend hundreds of feet. Across the country, some of these workers have fallen to their deaths from cell phone towers. FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate this hidden and deadly cost of the smartphone revolution.
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Vladimir Putin’s clashes with U.S. presidents as he’s tried to rebuild the Russian empire.
54:22
Investigating the powerful spyware called Pegasus sold to governments around the world.
54:23
Investigating the powerful spyware called Pegasus sold to governments around the world.
54:23
A 2-part hour: Mapping atrocities in Bucha, Ukraine, and a family's struggle to reunite.
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Defiant Russians push back against Putin’s crackdown on critics of the war in Ukraine.
1:24:23
Investigating evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine and the pursuit of justice.
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Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn: from elite soldier overseas to waging “spiritual war” in America.
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A look at political leaders and choices they made that threatened American democracy.
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An undercover investigation into the Taliban’s crackdown on women in Afghanistan.
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A dramatic and intimate look inside the Russian assault on Kharkiv.
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Families struggle to keep homes during the pandemic, despite a federal ban on evictions.
1:24:23
An investigation of the Minneapolis police in the aftermath of George Floyd's murder.