Stickup Kid

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What happens when we lock up juvenile offenders in adult prisons? “Stickup Kid,” a PBS Frontline digital exclusive by 2013-2014 IRP fellow Caitlin McNally tells the story of Alonza Thomas, who was sent to adult prison in California at age 16. Alonza Thomas didn’t start out as a stickup kid. He grew up in Bakersfield,…

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COVID’s Hidden Toll

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Watch Here July 21, 2020 While millions of Americans have been sheltering in place, FRONTLINE has been investigating the hidden toll of the pandemic of those who cannot stay home: Agricultural workers, many of whom are undocumented immigrants, who have been deemed essential to the nation’s food supply. In COVID’s Hidden Toll, numerous farmworkers speak…

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Kids Caught in the Crackdown

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As the detention of migrant children climbed to record-breaking levels under President Trump, FRONTLINE and The Associated Press investigate what’s going on inside federally-funded shelters — and the lasting impact on children held in U.S. custody. Produced by FRONTLINE’s Daffodil Altan and Berkeley Journalism Prof. Andrés Cediel, featuring AP investigative reporters Garance Burke and Martha…

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