Since the Iraq war began, 36 soldiers at Colorado’s Fort Carson have committed suicide, and 14 have been charged with or convicted of murder—three of those from the same platoon. Frontline follows the Third Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion of the 506th Infantry, from heroism and horror in Iraq to depression and drug abuse at home—throwing a harsh light on the war’s high human cost, and exploring military and civilian authorities’ failure to provide compassion to traumatized veterans. Tuesday, May 18, at 9 p.m., PBS; check local listings
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today’s big questionCan a Democrat win the Texas governor’s race?
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talking pointsLivestreaming an execution: cruelty or added deterrent?
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QUOTE OF THE DAY‘You don’t get to take a man from his family. You don’t get to take his very life, his whole future from him, and just walk away from it. Especially when that man is Tupac Shakur.’
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today’s big questionCan a Democrat win the Texas governor’s race?
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