Fault Lines

One week after Donald J. Trump was sworn in, the 45th president of the United States signed an executive order titled "Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States". The order described the new measures as a means to "keep radical Islamic terrorists" out of the US and included a ban on immigrants from 7 Muslim-majority countries, including Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. While the order suspended entry for all citizens of the aforementioned countries for a total of 90 days, it went a step further with banning refugees for an additional month, at 120 days, and barred Syrian refugees from entering the US indefinitely. Abdul Ghani Abdul Jawad and his family are among countless people who were impacted by the travel ban. With two sick children under the age of 10 in urgent need of medical attention and revoked permission to travel and re-settle in New York, the future is bleak for the Abdul Jawad family and countless others like them.

Fault Lines investigates the legacy and impact of sex abuse by UN peacekeepers in Haiti.

Thousands of people were disappeared during the civil war. Fault Lines meets families still searching for justice.

Fault Lines investigates the Alabama prison system, as prisoners lead a bold campaign to reform it from the inside.

From his long, unwieldy press conferences to the nomination of a Supreme Court Justice in prime time, Donald Trump delivers on spectacle. There is conflict, there is humiliation, and there is supreme confidence - dramatic elements pulled straight out of a reality TV playbook that for Trump has been years in the making. "The Apprentice", a show helmed and co-produced by Donald Trump, solidified him as a gospel of success, despite being plagued by bankruptcy and scandal. Building on this image, and through similar projects, Trump has arguably become a brand unto himself, endearing him to a segment of the American public that supported him all the way to the White House. Now in the early days of his presidency, the showmanship continues, as 24-hour news channels race to cover his every move. Is Donald Trump in his own reality show? And what does it mean for the United States? Josh Rushing explores Trump's reality TV rise from a C-list New York celebrity to the most powerful office in the world.

In El Salvador, abortion is banned under any circumstances. But increasingly the law is being taken to new extremes. Correspondent Evan Williams investigates.

As U.S. energy companies work to discredit climate science, Fault Lines asks what a Trump administration will mean for global moves to combat climate change.

Fault Lines investigates what it means to be undocumented in Trump's America -- and how communities across the country are fighting back against deportation.

How is the US opioid crisis shaping the next generation of Americans left behind by addicted parents?

Fault Lines examines the rise of hate in the United States and the toll it is taking on communities across the country.

Is an equitable recovery possible for Houston, or has the storm deepened the city's social and economic divide?

Fault Lines investigates the scope and impact of police and FBI surveillance of black activists in the US.

A look at the Trump administration's regulations cull and the consequences for health, safety and the environment.

A year into the Trump administration, how have GOP and Democrat identities changed and what does it mean for the US?