Phillip Martin

A blood-stained message prosecutors say Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wrote on the inside of a boat. The undated photo was presented as evidence to jurors at Tsarnaev's trial in Boston.

The man who escaped the Tsarnaev brothers takes the stand in Boston

Jurors in the Boston Marathon bombing trial heard testimony on Friday from Dun Meng, who made a dramatic escape after his car was hijacked by bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

The man who escaped the Tsarnaev brothers takes the stand in Boston

Friends of Boston Bombing Suspect Charged

Friends of Boston Bombing Suspect Charged

The Scene from MIT -- and Listener Messages for Boston

The Scene from MIT -- and Listener Messages for Boston

A City in Lockdown

A City in Lockdown

Manhunt Underway for Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect

Manhunt Underway for Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect

Investigating the Underground Trade of Human Trafficking

Investigating the Underground Trade of Human Trafficking

How Race Factors Into Our Political Leanings

How Race Factors Into Our Political Leanings
The World

A Hot Friday Night in North Vietnam

What's happening on a typical Friday night in Hanoi, Vietnam? We find out from WGBH reporter Phillip Martin who's been traveling in and around this Vietnamese cultural capital.

A Hot Friday Night in North Vietnam

Fenway Park's Troubled Racial Past

Fenway Park's Troubled Racial Past

What Would Don Draper Do?: Rebranding the Occupy Movement

What Would Don Draper Do?: Rebranding the Occupy Movement

Freedom Riders Ride Again

50 years ago, buses carrying civil rights workers traveled to the South to confront racism. The brutality that the Freedom Riders faced became an international embarrassment. Reporter Phillip Martin joined a group of students who recreated the journey.

Freedom Riders Ride Again
The World

From Libya to detention in Malta

Wave after wave of illegal immigrants traveling by boat have come ashore in Malta on a regular basis. Malta has one of the toughest detention policies in Europe, some say it goes too far.This is part two of Phillip Martin's special report.

From Libya to detention in Malta
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Investigating nail salons as cover for sex and labor trafficking

We speak with Phillip Martin, reporter for WGBH, about the increase in human trafficking in New England and beyond. Martin's reporting exposes where and how human trafficking crimes take place and why it is so difficult to prevent them.

Investigating nail salons as cover for sex and labor trafficking
The World

Carbon offsets: planet-savers, or guilt-reducers?

A six-month investigation into the multi-million dollar business of carbon offsets has uncovered, instead of verdant forests of carbon-sequestering trees, many shady alleys of corruption and fraud.

Carbon offsets: planet-savers, or guilt-reducers?
The World

Race debate in China

President Obama arrived in China as people there are engaged in a debate over perceived racist attitudes. The debate was sparked by the vitriolic response to a biracial contestant on a televised talent show this summer. Phillip Martin has the story.

Race debate in China