American Rehab
Introducing: American Rehab, a new podcast series from Reveal
Reveal exposes how a treatment for drug addiction has turned tens of thousands of people into an unpaid, shadow workforce.
Latest Episode
American Rehab Chapter 8: Shadow Workforce
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For decades, work-based rehabs have spread across the country. No one knows how many are out there, so we counted them ourselves.
In/Vulnerable
‘I have to be out there. They’re killing us.’
“Even though I don’t wanna die from COVID-19, I’d rather die fighting for a cause trying to save people’s lives.”
Hate
Domestic terror in the age of Trump
A new database of domestic terror incidents shows attacks by far-right extremists have become far more lethal since Donald Trump became president.
All Work. No Pay.
At hundreds of rehabs, recovery means work without pay
Despite deadly injuries and multiple investigations into illegal labor practices, work-based rehabs are an American growth industry.
COVID-19
‘I was forced to drive across the country during a pandemic just to get health care.’
A Texas woman seeking an abortion asks: “Why is my life not important enough to the governor and the other men making these decisions?”
All Work. No Pay.
They worked in sweltering heat for Exxon, Shell and Walmart. They didn’t get paid a dime
“I can’t fathom this being legitimate,” one former Labor Department investigator says of a drug rehab’s work program.
COVID-19
How the US’ massive failure to close digital divide got exposed by coronavirus
Three out of four Americans without reliable high-speed internet access live in urban areas. Most haven’t connected because they can’t afford it.
Recently Published
In/Vulnerable
‘We’re not treated like people. We’re numbers.’
This comic shares the experiences of someone working in Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse during the COVID-19 pandemic.
American Rehab
American Rehab Chapter 8: Shadow Workforce
For decades, work-based rehabs have spread across the country. No one knows how many are out there, so we counted them ourselves.
The (Un)Scientific Method
New York bill to ban toxic solvent TCE awaits governor’s signature
At the federal level, the White House has interfered with the EPA’s evaluation of the chemical, which can cause cancers and deform fetal hearts.
American Rehab
American Rehab Chapter 7: The Work Cure
One man’s journey into Cenikor leads to almost two years of hard labor. The program will change him. But can it help Chris Koon with his addiction?
American Rehab Chapter 6: The White Vans
Before sunrise, a line of passenger vans heads to job sites across Baton Rouge, Louisiana. They carry squads of unpaid laborers.
COVID-19
‘A lot of us feel we are living in a state of tyranny.’
Part of our illustrated series on inequity in the time of pandemic.
