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Why Rehab Often Fuels Relapse Instead of Recovery
On this week’s “More To The Story,” author and journalist Shoshana Walter explains how the underregulated drug rehab industry in America is often failing people battling substance abuse.
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A Baby Adopted, A Family Divided
A video leaks of a wealthy politician describing how he adopted a Native child, leading to outrage from the child’s biological family and members of her tribe.
Why Conservatives Are Trying to Kill the Voting Rights Act
On this week’s “More To The Story,” New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie examines the conservative movement’s yearslong effort to challenge the right to vote across the country.
What Police Weren’t Told About Tasers
Tasers were billed as a weapon that could subdue but not kill. The company’s own research told another story.
Trump’s Homelessness Crackdown Has Been Tried Before. It Didn’t Work.
On this week’s “More To The Story,” Sam Tsemberis explains how his Housing First approach to homelessness went from receiving bipartisan support to being abandoned by the Trump administration.
She Ate a Poppy Seed Salad. Child Services Took Her Baby.
You’re having a baby. A hospital drug test comes out positive. But you know the test is wrong—and you can’t control what happens next.
FEATURED Investigations
Several Law Enforcement Agencies Have Stopped Reselling Guns
The shift comes after an investigation by The Trace, CBS News, and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting linked former police guns to crimes.
Hospitals Gave Women Medications During Childbirth—Then Reported Them for Using Illicit Drugs
Drug testing of new mothers is ubiquitous, but protections for false-positive results are not—even when hospital error is to blame.
The Unflinching Courage of Taylor Cadle
When she was 12, the police said she lied about being raped. Then she hit record.
Arizona Sues Saudi-Owned Farm Draining Groundwater in the Desert
The company is “taking advantage of Arizona’s failure to protect its precious groundwater resource,” the lawsuit says.
How Some Christian Group Homes Avoid Florida’s Standards
In place of the state, a nonprofit association has regulatory authority over about two dozen of the facilities.
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40 Acres and a Lie
It’s often thought of as a promise that was never kept. But “40 acres and a mule” was more than that. A three-part series from Reveal and the Center for Public Integrity.
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.
Behind the Smiles at Amazon
Amazon’s internal records expose the true toll of its relentless drive for domination.
The Bitter Work Behind Sugar Series
Millions of pounds of sugar are harvested for the U.S. each year in the Dominican Republic, where the grueling work means harsh conditions and low pay for Haitian migrants.
‘If the Police Don’t Believe You, They Might Prosecute You’: How Officers Turn Victims of Sexual Assault Into Suspects
Research shows the debilitating effects of sexual trauma on memory and behavior. But when investigating reports of sex crimes, police sometimes twist trauma responses into evidence of false reporting.
The Grab
An investigative journalist uncovers the money, influence, and alarming rationale behind covert efforts to control the most vital resource on the planet.