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This week marked more than 1000 days since the start of the Ukraine war. The FRONTLINE and AP collaboration documenting the siege of Mariupol at the beginning of the invasion made its PBS premiere a year ago this week. “20 Days in Mariupol” would go on to win the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

FRONTLINE examines the rise of Xi Jinping, his vision for China and the global implications. Correspondent Martin Smith traces the defining moments for President Xi, how he’s exercising power and his impact on China, and relations with the U.S. and the world. Premieres Tuesday, Nov. 26th on PBS.

The International Documentary Association has named "Two American Families: 1991-2024" a 2024 IDA Documentary Award nominee. The documentary, from FRONTLINE, Bill Moyers and filmmakers Tom Casciato and Kathleen Hughes, was nominated in the “Best Feature TV Documentary” category. Filmed over three decades, "Two American Families: 1991-2024" tells the stories of two families in Milwaukee, Wisconsin — one Black, the Stanleys, and one white, the Neumanns — who have spent the past 34 years battling to keep from sliding into poverty, and who refuse to give up despite the economic challenges that their stories reveal.

Congratulations to FRONTLINE's editor-in-chief and executive producer, Raney Aronson-Rath, on being awarded the 2024 John Chancellor Excellence in Journalism Award from Columbia Journalism School. Over a career spanning more than 25 years in journalism — as a reporter, producer, correspondent and now at the helm of FRONTLINE, the award-winning PBS documentary series produced at GBH in Boston — Aronson-Rath’s “accomplishments have earned her the industry’s highest praise,” Columbia noted. The prestigious John Chancellor Award is presented annually to a journalist “with courage and integrity for cumulative professional accomplishments.”

For more than three decades, the Stanleys and Neumanns — two families in Milwaukee, Wisconsin — have been among the Americans navigating a turbulent and rapidly changing U.S. economy. FRONTLINE’s documentary, "Two American Families: 1991-2024," chronicles the lives of both families as they navigate job loss, housing foreclosures and medical expenses and struggle to make ends meet with part-time and low-wage work. Here’s a by-the-numbers look at broad economic trends and forces that have impacted the lives of working families like the Stanleys and Neumanns in recent decades. More: https://to.pbs.org/4hNpY5O

Explore a broad slate of FRONTLINE’s political coverage — about President-elect Donald Trump, his VP pick JD Vance, VP Kamala Harris, President Biden’s legacy, the state of U.S. politics and voters’ feelings leading up to the election.

Today, Columbia Journalism School named two FRONTLINE documentaries — "Democracy on Trial" and "Putin vs. the Press" — 2025 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award finalists. According to the duPont-Columbia Awards website, the prestigious awards, established in 1942, “uphold the highest standards in journalism by honoring winners annually, informing the public about those journalists’ contributions and supporting journalism education and innovation.”

Ahead of Election Day, watch FRONTLINE's investigations into the lives and characters of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates. "The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump" and "The VP Choice: Vance vs. Walz" are now streaming.

The filmmakers behind ‘American Voices 2024’ spoke to FRONTLINE about how Americans’ sentiments on power and government have changed in the last four years and more. https://to.pbs.org/3AluUhs

In 2020, FRONTLINE followed more than a dozen Americans in eight states across the country as they navigated a year of extraordinary tumult, from the pandemic to protests to the polls. Four years later, amid another polarizing election season, a new FRONTLINE documentary updates the stories of those same Americans, exploring how their hopes and fears have changed since 2020 in a nation that remains deeply divided. "American Voices 2024" premieres TONIGHT on PBS.