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334: Project #CitizenSleuth: Disclosing Trump's Disclosures

Tue, 29 Aug 2017 06:00:00 +0000

How much is President Donald Trump worth? And is he or anyone in his administration profiting from their positions? Reveal is teaming up with the Center for Public Integrity to investigate those questions. We’ve created a database listing all the assets that members of his administration have disclosed. Now we’re digging through those documents to see whether there are any conflicts of interest. We’ve posted the information online, and we’re asking the public to take part in our investigation. Citizen sleuths already have uncovered some leads. By crowdsourcing this project, we will be able to monitor whether any policy changes end up benefitting members of the president’s team. Then, we revisit another Center for Public Integrity investigation into pollution at public schools. Thousands of public schools are within 500 feet of roads such as highways and truck routes. We tell you how the bad air is affecting the millions of children who are breathing it in.

332: The mystery of Mountain Jane Doe

Tue, 15 Aug 2017 06:00:00 +0000

Investigators dig up an unidentified murder victim, 45 years after she was buried, in an attempt to give her back her name. The exhumation leads to a series of unexpected revelations about who she was and why she may have been killed. Her case speaks to the complexity – and importance – of opening up cold cases. This story from last year is just one of thousands from the crisis of America’s unidentified dead.

331: No Country for Sanctuary Seekers

Tue, 08 Aug 2017 06:00:00 +0000

President Donald Trump has promised to withdraw federal money from places that do not help immigration agents find and deport people living illegally in this country. This week, we look into places that offer sanctuary to those migrants – and what the conflict between local and federal policies means for people living illegally in the United States and those who depend on them.

Reveal 330: Her own devices: Is a contraceptive implant making us sick?, 7/29/2017

Tue, 01 Aug 2017 06:00:00 +0000

329: Deadly Waters

Tue, 25 Jul 2017 06:00:00 +0000

The U.S. Navy spends tens of billions of dollars each year building and repairing ships. But how safe are the shipyards where that work is done? Reveal investigates how lax safety has been allowed to persist at shipyards that thrive on military contracts. This hour also will explore one of the newest warships in the Navy’s fleet and whether it’s living up to expectations. And we’ll tell the story of one man’s unexplained disappearance on the high seas.

328: No Place to Run

Tue, 18 Jul 2017 06:00:00 +0000

In Texas, the foster care system is failing the vulnerable children it’s meant to protect, leaving them without a safe place to live. Many end up on the streets or in jail, which is one of the few places where they can receive treatment services. This week we look into the crisis in foster care, and efforts to fix it.

327: The Smuggler

Tue, 11 Jul 2017 06:00:00 +0000

In 2015 French radio reporter Raphael Krafft was covering the refugee crisis. Then one day, one refugee asked for his help. Raphael followed his moral compass… which led him on the journey of a lifetime,

Farming While Black

Tue, 04 Jul 2017 06:00:00 +0000

In 1996, Eddie Wise, the son of a sharecropper, purchased a farm with a loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Twenty years later, the USDA foreclosed on the property and evicted him. Reveal investigates his claim that he was discriminated against because of his race

Reveal: Trial & Terror

Tue, 27 Jun 2017 06:00:00 +0000

President Donald Trump has used the threat of foreign-born terrorists to justify his travel ban – but since 9/11, nearly every terrorist attack in the United States has come from within. On this episode of Reveal, we investigate which domestic terror episodes get tracked and why.

Reveal’s Stan Alcorn looks into two back-to-back terrorist plots in 2010: a Somali American’s attempted bombing of a Portland, Oregon, Christmas tree lighting and an American arsonist who set the suspect’s mosque on fire in reaction. We look into how law enforcement responded to these cases so differently – despite the role it played in one.

Already, there’s a huge disparity in the way U.S. law enforcement investigates and prosecutes right-wing extremists and other suspected terrorists. Veteran journalists and counterterrorism experts discuss this phenomenon under the Obama and Trump administrations.

The law often goes after Islamist terrorists in the U.S. more than domestic right-wing ones. Reveal’s Katharine Mieszkowski tells the story of Jerad and Amanda Miller, a couple who’d raised red flags with local law enforcement. But investigators didn’t regard their anti-government views as a threat – until they targeted police in a shooting spree.

Hateful rhetoric has become so commonplace that many Americans ignore it – sometimes, with deadly consequences.

Misconceptions

Tue, 06 Jun 2017 06:00:00 +0000

The world’s first "test tube baby" turns 40 next year. As she’s grown up, so has the medical specialty that produced her: in vitro fertilization. It's a big business addressing a big demand. On this episode of Reveal, we examine the stakes – and high costs – of IVF.

320: The Man Inside: Four Months as a Prison Guard

Tue, 30 May 2017 06:00:00 +0000

The government's back in business with private prisons. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has reversed the Obama-era decision to phase out federal use of corporate-run prisons. On this episode, Reveal revisits an hour with Mother Jones reporter Shane Bauer who takes you inside a private prison on lockdown.

321: The Kids Aren't All Right

Tue, 30 May 2017 05:00:00 +0000

Federal law requires colleges and universities to report sexual assaults on campus. But that’s not true for kindergarten through 12th grade – and the Associated Press found a shocking level of that violence among students under 18. Reveal delves into the results of this yearlong investigation on its upcoming episode.

319: Standing Rock and Beyond

Tue, 16 May 2017 06:00:00 +0000

The oil protests at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation drew national attention. On Reveal, we team up with Inside Energy to go behind the scenes and meet the young people who started the fight. This upcoming hour looks at how those protests put at-risk teens on a healthier path and how other Native tribes are grappling with energy projects on their sovereign land.

318: What Cops Aren't Learning

Tue, 09 May 2017 06:00:00 +0000

Some police departments are embracing a set of tactics designed to reduce the use of force – and prevent police shootings. Rather than rushing in aggressively, officers back off, wait out people in crisis and use words instead of weapons. But this training isn't required in most states. Reveal teams up with APM Reports and finds that most cops spend a lot more time training to shoot their guns than learning how to avoid firing them.

314: If You Can't Afford a Lawyer

Tue, 25 Apr 2017 06:00:00 +0000

If you can’t afford a lawyer, one will be appointed to you – that’s how it’s supposed to work. But in New Orleans, the lawyer in charge of representing poor people accused of crimes is saying no. His office doesn’t have enough money or time to do a good job, he says, so he’s refusing some serious cases, which is jamming up the courts and leaving hundreds of people stuck in jail with no lawyer. His goal? To break the system in order to fix it. Reveal follows up on this story that we first brought you last fall.

315: Toxic Burden

Tue, 18 Apr 2017 06:00:00 +0000

At a time when environmental protections are under more threats than ever, Reveal visits minority communities facing toxic burdens.

The Mystery of Mountain Jane Doe

Tue, 04 Apr 2017 06:00:00 +0000

Investigators dig up an unidentified murder victim, 45 years after she was buried, in an attempt to give her back her name. The exhumation leads to a series of unexpected revelations about who she was and why she may have been killed. Her case speaks to the complexity – and importance – of opening up cold cases. This is one story of thousands from the crisis of America’s unidentified dead.

312: Against Their Will

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 06:00:00 +0000

Powered by the internet, the sex trade is reaching into all corners of the country. Reveal follows up on what’s happened since we first took you inside the hidden places – real and virtual – where people are exploited for sex. Produced in collaboration with APM Reports, we’ll hear stories from the pot fields of Northern California to the streets of Chicago and suburban Seattle.