Al Letson, Author at Reveal

Commander-in-tweet

by Kevin Sullivan, Al Letson, Mwende Hinojosa, Jen Chien, Najib Aminy, Will Carless, Priska Neely, Jim Briggs and Amy Mostafa September 28, 2019June 30, 2021

These days, a presidential tweet can dictate the news cycle for days on end. But is it driving us to distraction?

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Accountability, Criminal Justice, Inequality

America’s drug war, revealed

by Kevin Sullivan, Fernanda Camarena, Najib Aminy, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Al Letson and Kaitlin Benz September 21, 2019June 30, 2021

How a baggie of crack cocaine packed with fear, distortion and misconceptions and one presidential address in the 1980s helped shape the war on drugs.

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The Trump Era

Scuttling science

by Elizabeth Shogren, Najib Aminy, Al Letson, Taki Telonidis, Brett Myers, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Mwende Hinojosa and Amy Mostafa September 14, 2019July 1, 2021

Advisory panels slashed – environmental regulations rolled back. How the Trump Administration uses questionable science to justify its policies.

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Inequality

The right to boycott

by Stan Alcorn, Jen Chien, Mwende Hinojosa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Kaitlin Benz and Al Letson September 7, 2019June 30, 2021

We look at where an Israel boycott clause in employment contracts comes from and weigh it against the First Amendment right to free speech.

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Sustainability, The (Un)Scientific Method

Farm wars

by Fernanda Camarena, Byard Duncan, Deborah George, Mwende Hinojosa, Najib Aminy, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Kaitlin Benz and Al Letson August 31, 2019June 30, 2021

The herbicide dicamba is causing a civil war in farm country, honeybees are rustling in California’s almond groves and more.

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Inequality

Year of return

by Ike Sriskandarajah, Jen Chien, Kevin Sullivan, Taki Telonidis, Mwende Hinojosa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Najib Aminy and Al Letson August 24, 2019June 30, 2021

We reflect on how the legacy of slavery has reverberated through the generations to the present.

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The Cost of Choice

The cost of school choice

by Emily Harris, Najib Aminy, Katharine Mieszkowski, Mwende Hinojosa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Diaz, Sumi Aggarwal, Hannah Young, Al Letson, Andy Donohue, Michael Corey, Diana Montaño and Robert J. Rosenthal August 17, 2019July 1, 2021

Dominique Martin was thrilled to get a state-funded voucher to send her daughter to private school. We go to Louisiana to investigate the cost of school choice.

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