Najib Aminy, Author at Reveal

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Accountability

Fancy Galleries, Fake Art

by Najib Aminy, Clare Mullen, Brett Myers, Taki Telonidis, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Steven Rascón, Al Letson, Zulema Cobb and Nikki Frick December 20, 2025

How two well-respected New York art galleries sold more than $80 million in fake art—and why almost no one ever was punished.

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Prisons

In a Mississippi Jail, Inmates Became Weapons

by Artis Curiskis, Kate Howard, Jenny Casas, Najib Aminy, D. Victoria Baranetsky, Taki Telonidis, Brett Myers, Zulema Cobb, Al Letson, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs and Steven Rascón November 14, 2025November 17, 2025

After a violent scandal involving his deputies, a popular sheriff survived calls to resign. But another scandal was already brewing in his county jail.

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Law Enforcement

The Deputies Who Tortured a Mississippi County

by Jenny Casas, Kate Howard, Najib Aminy, Taki Telonidis, Brett Myers, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Zulema Cobb, Steven Rascón, Nikki Frick and Al Letson November 8, 2025

A “Goon Squad” of Rankin County sheriff’s deputies spent years brutalizing people until their reign of terror was exposed.

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Human Rights

Kids Under Fire in Gaza

by Najib Aminy, D. Victoria Baranetsky, Claire Mullen, Artis Curiskis, Taki Telonidis, Brett Myers, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Nikki Frick, Al Letson and Zulema Cobb September 20, 2025September 22, 2025

American doctors volunteering in Gaza report a disturbing pattern of children shot by Israeli forces. Now they’re pushing for accountability.

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Environment

Will the National Parks Survive Trump?

by Nadia Hamdan, Najib Aminy, Jenny Casas, Kate Howard, Taki Telonidis, Brett Myers, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Nikki Frick, Al Letson, Zulema Cobb and Artis Curiskis August 30, 2025

From budget cuts to “ideological” changes, the Trump administration is shaping the future of the National Park Service.

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Reproductive Rights

They Followed Doctors’ Orders. The State Took Their Babies.

by Shoshana Walter, Najib Aminy, Melissa Lewis, Nina Martin, Nikki Frick, D. Victoria Baranetsky, Claire Mullen, Anayansi Diaz-Cortes, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Zulema Cobb, Taki Telonidis, Brett Myers and Al Letson August 2, 2025

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.