This Week’s Podcast
They Followed Doctors’ Orders. The State Took Their Babies.
Medications like Suboxone help pregnant women safely treat addiction. But in many states, taking them can trigger investigations by child welfare agencies that separate mothers from their newborns.
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CIR’s ‘Victim/Suspect’ Now Streaming on Netflix
The documentary uncovers a nationwide pattern of young women reporting sexual assaults to police, only to be charged with making a false report, arrested and imprisoned.
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A Mother’s Worst Nightmare
Federal law has put thousands of women on anti-addiction medications into an impossible bind: Give up your treatment or risk losing your child.
The Culture War Goes to College
From banned books to forbidden pronouns, the culture war is raging inside America’s classrooms. We go to one Florida college where students and faculty are battling Gov. Ron DeSantis.
The Welfare-to-Work Industrial Complex
How “work requirements” spawned a lucrative industry profiting off people in need.
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Behind the Smiles at Amazon
Amazon’s internal records expose the true toll of its relentless drive for domination.
The Disappeared Series
A collection of never-before-seen records shows what migrant children endure once they’ve been placed in U.S. custody.
The New Front in Voter Suppression
State legislators across the country are trying to dramatically increase voting-related prosecutions, inspired by Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election.
The Grab
An investigative journalist uncovers the money, influence, and alarming rationale behind covert efforts to control the most vital resource on the planet.
When Abusers Keep Their Guns
Reveal’s investigation into how domestic abusers are allowed to keep their guns – with deadly consequences.
American Rehab
A treatment for drug addiction has turned tens of thousands of people into an unpaid, shadow workforce.
Mississippi Goddam
Reveal’s serial podcast investigates a story that is a reckoning of justice in America. Explore the series.
After Ayotzinapa
In 2014, students from a rural college in Mexico came under attack by police. Six people were killed and 43 young men disappeared without a trace.
The Bitter Work Behind Sugar Series
Millions of pounds of sugar is harvested for the U.S. each year in the Dominican Republic, where the grueling work means harsh conditions and low pay for Haitian migrants.
The Post-Roe Health Care Crisis
Abortion bans are confusing doctors about what’s still legal. Reveal investigates the effects on pregnant women and the growing influence of anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers.
The Battle for Clean Energy in Coal Country
Across the country, states are moving to renewable energy – but Montana is doubling down on fossil fuels.
Weapons With Minds of Their Own
The future of warfare is being shaped by computer algorithms that are assuming ever-greater control over battlefield technology. Will this give machines the power to decide whom to kill?
The Long Campaign to Turn Birth Control Into the New Abortion
Now that the fall of Roe v. Wade has ended the constitutional right to abortion, many in the religious right have a new goal: undermining trust in, and limiting access to, hormonal contraception – including the pill.
The Border Patrol’s Fearless 5%
Female agents are so rare in the U.S. Border Patrol that they have their own nickname: the Fearless 5%. It’s meant as a badge of honor, but the title is a bold admission of the agency’s inability to recruit or retain women.
No Retreat: The Dangers of Stand Your Ground
In a string of recent shootings, young victims have been killed or seriously injured over innocent mistakes. What is justice in the age of stand your ground laws?
After History of Discrimination, These Federal Contractors Fought to Hide Diversity Data
Top federal contractors like Dell, Lockheed Martin refused to make diversity data public. Some have paid to settle employment discrimination claims.
The COVID Tracking Project Part 3
The final episode of our three-part series takes listeners inside the failed federal response to COVID-19 and explores the massive volunteer effort to collect data about the disease.
People of Color Were Promised Equal Opportunity. Federal Contractors Are Failing.
Federal contractors who employ 1 in 5 Americans are required to give women and people of color opportunities to advance. Many do not, new data shows.
The COVID Tracking Project Part 2
Part two of our three-part series takes listeners inside the failed federal response to COVID-19 and explores the massive volunteer effort to collect data about the disease.