Beneath Argentina’s salt flats lies the “white gold” fueling the green transition. As multinationals rush to extract lithium and Elon Musk aligns with President Javier Milei, Indigenous communities warn that mining drains their water and endangers their way of life. White Gold exposes the clash between tech titans, politicians, and those paying the true cost of clean energy.
Pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University launched the Gaza Solidarity Encampment, protesting the war in Gaza and the school’s arms industry ties. The movement faces growing resistance from police, media, and students, capturing a tense moment of protest and campus politics.
Anastasia Trofimova gains unprecedented access to a Russian Army battalion in Ukraine. Without official clearance, she embeds with the soldiers for 7 months as they move across the frontlines. What she uncovers defies East and West narratives: a war dividing families, with soldiers disillusioned and struggling to understand what they’re fighting for.
For decades, the UN Security Council veto has sparked fierce debate. Though unlikely to be abolished, its use during atrocities like genocide and war crimes raises urgent moral and legal questions. This film, with global experts and case studies from Gaza to Ukraine, exposes the veto’s deadly impact and explores ways to break the Council’s deadlock.
After Katie is harassed by a sexual predator within the virtual world of Roblox, a platform designed for kids with 78 million daily users, the trio of amateur investigators uncover far more sinister activities, including explicit games and extremist groups operating unchecked in these digital spaces.
Two young American Jews are raised to defend the state of Israel at all costs but when they witness Israel's mistreatment of the Palestinian people, they are horrified. Their stories reveal a generational divide in the American Jewish community as more young Jews question the narratives Hebrew school teachers fed them as children.
Taiwan: On the Brink of War explores the threat of war with China, explaining how the conflict has already gotten underway as China directs grey-zone conflict, disinformation and other measures at Taiwan, fomenting political polarization.
A nuanced exploration of the historical factors that have shaped Taiwans evolution, from the emergence of democracy in the 1990s to how it empowered civil society to atonishing reforms and economic growth.
Determined to give birth in the United States, Yuri and Mike escape the poverty and violence that proliferates South America along with 7,000 others. Full of hope, they face a dangerous journey of 5,000km to reach one of the most defended borders on Earth.
Returning to Kyiv to search for his missing dog during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, director Stas Kapralov documents his journey as he joins forces with volunteers and becomes part of a movement to rescue animals caught in the crossfire of war.
What begins as a patient story evolves into an investigation into the history of Lyme disease dating back to its discovery in 1975. A paper trail of scientific research and buried documents reveals why ticks—and the diseases they carry—have been allowed to quietly spread around the globe.
The 19th is the first nonprofit, nonpartisan news agency in the United States. Its mission is to focus on the impact of national politics and policy on women. Breaking the News provides an inquisitive and dynamic view of the inner workings of a news agency as its journalists aim to disrupt entrenched biases including their own.