A group of women rise up to peace to Liberia and help bring to power the country’s first female head of state.

FRONTLINE and the Investigative Reporting Workshop examine the Obama administration’s controversial get-tough immigration policy. Watch Lost in Detention Preview on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE.

“The story of Bradley Crowder and David McKay, who were accused of intending to firebomb the 2008 Republican National Convention, is a dramatic tale of idealism, loyalty, crime and betrayal. Better This World follows the radicalization of these boyhood friends from Midland, Texas, under the tutelage of revolutionary activist Brandon Darby. The results: eight homemade [...]

For 25 years, report after report has shown that American students are falling further and further behind the rest of the world intellectually. As the American public school system fails to adapt to this century, schools in China and India produce four times the number of high school graduates as the U.S. and educate these [...]

A former rapper guides his talented nine-year-old daughter through the music business

Biblioburro is the story of a librarian — and a library — like no other. A decade ago, Colombian grade-school teacher Luis Soriano was inspired to spend his weekends bringing a modest collection of precious books, via two hard-working donkeys, to the children of Magdalena Province’s poor and violence-ridden interior. As Soriano braves armed bands, [...]

“Every year, thousands of young teachers walk into a classroom full of dynamic and sometimes difficult kids. Meet Monica Groves and witness the challenges she’ll face as a first-time teacher. She’s determined that her students will learn… but in the end, she’s the one who will be truly tested.”

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AND THE HISTORY CHANNEL Long a symbol of love, affection and faithfulness, the diamond is now increasingly linked with war, blood and brutality. In the diamond-rich West African nation of Sierra Leone, rebels used the precious gems to bankroll a violent ten-year insurrection, leaving a terrorized population and a ravaged landscape in its wake. [...]

YOU CAN TAKE THE BOY OUT OF THE CITY, BUT CAN YOU TAKE THE CITY OUT OF THE BOY? Some surprising revelations about why at-risk children fail to flourish academically come to light when twenty 12-year-olds from Baltimore are sent to an experimental boarding school in rural Kenya. After establishing that drugs, violence, and single-parent [...]

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