How a national health crisis fell on the backs of local leaders
With a leadership vacuum in Washington, the San Francisco Bay Area’s shelter-in-place orders led the nation’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Unrepentant
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Despite revelations of clergy sex abuse and promises of transparency, a prominent Jesuit university does little to punish priests who cross the line.
‘My daughter died giving her heart helping.’
Part four of our illustrated series on inequity in the time of pandemic.
The uprising
As Americans take to the streets, we hear from the person prosecuting the police officers and remember the history of policing in black communities.
Keith Ellison talks about police power, protest and George Floyd murder prosecutions
Minnesota’s attorney general came of age as an anti-police-violence activist. Now he’ll prosecute one of the most important police murder cases ever.
Inside hate groups on Facebook, police officers trade racist memes, conspiracy theories and Islamophobia
Officers in law enforcement agencies across the country have joined private hate groups on Facebook, participating in the spread of extremism.
Coming soon: American Rehab, a new podcast series from Reveal
Amid the opioid crisis, we uncover a type of rehab that flourishes by turning thousands of people desperate for treatment into an unpaid labor force.
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Unrepentant
Despite revelations of clergy sex abuse and promises of transparency, a prominent Jesuit university does little to punish priests who cross the line.
Jun 20, 2020
Divided states of the pandemic
The federal government’s failure to manage the pandemic shifted the burden to local officials. We look at state responses in California and Florida.
Jun 13, 2020
‘It felt like the floor was giving in on me.’
Part of our illustrated series on inequity in the time of pandemic.
Jun 8, 2020
Federal judge sides with Reveal, ruling injury and illness data is public
The decision has far reaching implications and could force the federal government to release tens of thousands of workplace injury reports.
Jun 5, 2020
Home school
Online learning works only if you can get online. We explore why tens of thousands of families are caught on the wrong side of the digital divide.
May 30, 2020
‘Scary times can be exciting as well’
Part of our weekly series with The Nib on inequity in the time of pandemic. Interview by Mallory Newman, illustrated by Thi Bui, script by Sarah Mirk and Amanda Pike.
May 25, 2020