Season 31

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TBATBA"Secret War / Opium Brides"TBAJanuary 3, 20130000
TBATBA"The Education of Michelle Rhee"Education, Family/ChildrenJanuary 8, 20130000
Biography and in depth look at one of the most controversial educational reformers in the modern era.
TBATBA"Inside Obama's Presidency "Government/Elections/PoliticsJanuary 15, 20130000
A look inside the first term of the Barack Obama presidency and an eye to the second.
TBATBA"The Untouchables "Business/Economy/Financial, Government/Elections/PoliticsJanuary 22, 20130000
A look inside the lack of prosecutions on Wall Street after The Great Recession
TBATBA"Cliffhanger "Business/Economy/Financial, Government/Elections/PoliticsFebruary 12, 20130000
The inside history of how Washington has failed to solve the country's problems of debt and deficit
TBATBA"Newtown Divided "Social IssuesFebruary 19, 20130000
In depth look at the Newtown shooting and all surrounding issues.
TBATBA"Raising Adam Lanza "Biographies, Criminal JusticeFebruary 19, 20130000
In depth look at the history of Adam Lanza, the Newtown shooter.
TBATBA"Kind Hearted Woman"BiographiesApril 2, 20130000
A portrait of Robin Charboneau, a 32-year-old divorced single mother and Oglala Sioux woman living on North Dakota's Spirit Lake Reservation.
TBATBA"Syria Behind the Lines"Foreign Affairs/DefenseApril 9, 20130000
Everyday life of both the Syrian rebels and the Bashar al-Assad regime.
TBATBA"The Retirement Gamble"Business/Economy/Financial, Social IssuesApril 23, 20130000
Reform and common pitfalls in regards to retirement, IRA's and 401k, and less risky and less costly index funds.[1]
TBATBA"Top Secret America: 9/11 to the Boston Bombings"Iraq/War on TerrorApril 30, 20130000
An updated version of Top Secret America which traces the journey from 9/11 to the Boston Marathon bombings and investigates the secret history of the 12-year battle against terrorism.
TBATBA"Never Forget to Lie"Family/Children, Social IssuesMay 14, 20130000
Filmmaker Marian Marzynski returns to Poland to explore his own wartime childhood and the experiences of other child survivors of the Holocaust.
TBATBA"Outlawed in Pakistan"Afghanistan/PakistanMay 28, 20130000
The story of a girl in Pakistan whose life is at risk for daring to allege rape.
TBATBA"Rape in the Fields"Criminal Justice, Social JusticeJune 25, 20130000
Lowell Bergman investigates the hidden reality of rape on the job for immigrant women working in America's fields, farms and factories.
TBATBA"Two American Families"Family/Children, Social IssuesJuly 9, 20130000
Bill Moyers chronicles the lives of two ordinary families over more than 20 years as they battle to keep from sliding into poverty.
TBATBA"Life and Death in Assisted Living"Family/Children, Social IssuesJuly 30, 20130000
Frontline and ProPublica investigate assisted living in America.
TBATBA"Egypt in Crisis"TBASeptember 17, 20130000
Middle East Correspondents Martin Smith and Charles Sennott examine the rise and rapid fall of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood.
TBATBA"League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis"Health/Science/Technology, SportsOctober 8, 20130000
The epidemic of concussions among National Football League players, their lingering effects, and the league's efforts to downplay the issue
TBATBA"Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria"Health/Science/TechnologyOctober 22, 20130000
Frontline investigates the rise of deadly drug-resistant bacteria.
TBATBA"Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald? (2 hr)"BiographiesNovember 19, 20130000
50th anniversary shortened repeat of 1993 broadcast: Investigative biography examining the Kennedy assassination by exploring the life of Lee Harvey Oswald.
TBATBA"A Death in St. Augustine"Criminal JusticeNovember 26, 20130000
What happens when the police face the possibility of domestic violence within their ranks?
  1. ^ "Transcript". FRONTLINE.