Reveal investigates government policies that let people build in harm’s way, make it difficult to move them to safety and fail to tally the dead.

Stan Alcorn
Senior Reporter and Producer
Stan Alcorn is a former senior reporter and producer for Reveal. His radio work at Reveal has won awards including a Peabody Award, several Online Journalism Awards, an NABJ Salute to Excellence Award, and a Best of the West Award, as well as making him a finalist for a Livingston Award for Young Journalists. He previously was a reporter for Marketplace, covering business and economic news – from debit card fees levied on the formerly incarcerated to the economic impact of Beyoncé's hair. He has helped launch new shows at Marketplace, Slate, and WNYC; contributed research to books by journalists at Time and CNBC; and reported for outlets including NPR, PRI's The World, 99% Invisible, WNYC, FiveThirtyEight, Fast Company, High Country News, Narratively, and Digg.
Where criminals get their guns
On this episode of Reveal, we learn where criminals get their guns and what cars can teach us about gun safety.
Does the time fit the crime?
The number of women in U.S. prisons has increased more than 700 percent since 1980. And for nearly all of that time, Oklahoma has led the nation.
Her own devices: Is a contraceptive implant making us sick?
This week, we look into pregnancy and the ways people try to prevent it, end it and save it.
Trial and terror
President Donald Trump has used the threat of foreign-born terrorists to justify his travel ban – but since 9/11, nearly every terrorist attack in the
Up against the wall
This episode of Reveal explores the political, logistical and geographic barriers that could get in the way of President Donald Trump’s plan for a bor
The deadliest route to the American dream
As the Trump administration moves forward with the president’s promised U.S.-Mexico border wall, questions persist about the effectiveness of immigration enforcement that has forced migrants into increasingly deadly terrain.
Deadly waters
We explore shipyard safety and whether one of the newest warships in the Navy’s fleet is living up to expectations.
The secret Trump voter
On Reveal, we’ll learn why Donald Trump supporters kept a low profile – until Election Day, that is – and hear what they have to say now that their candidate is headed to the White House.
Georgia man makes bid to become county’s first black commissioner
In the nearly 200-year history of Gwinnett County, every official elected to countywide office has been white.