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Al Letson is a playwright, performer, screenwriter, journalist, and the host of Reveal. Soul-stirring, interdisciplinary work has garnered Letson national recognition and devoted fans.
As the 2020 census approaches, experts warn the count will be inaccurate. A look at why the census is struggling and whether efforts to save it can work.
How two well-respected New York art galleries sold more than $80 million in fake art.
Genetic genealogy is a powerful crime-solving tool combining DNA science and family tree research. Will it mean a crime-free world or a dark dystopia?
Hundreds of millions of dollars in property taxes should never have been charged, but Detroiters still had to pay or risk losing their homes.
In 1971, a 22-year-old journalist named Robert Rosenthal got a call from his boss at The New York Times. He told him to go to Room 1111 of the Hilton Hotel, bring enough clothes for at least a month and not tell anyone.
In the carnage that followed the Battle of the Bulge in 1944, top military commanders hoped one incident would be concealed.
A high number of high school sports concussions. A low number of arrests for sexual assault. Reveal’s Reporting Network digs in.
In police departments across America, Tasers aren’t always living up to their promise, sometimes with lethal results.
While debate has raged over the border wall, there’s less attention to invisible barriers affecting immigrants seeking U.S. visas and citizenship.
Shop. Click. The next day, your purchase is on your doorstep. Amazon changed the face of shopping, but at a surprisingly high cost to its workers.
