Al Letson, Author at Reveal

Take no prisoners

by Brett Myers, Mwende Hinojosa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Amy Mostafa, Kevin Sullivan, Al Letson and Chris Harland-Dunaway December 28, 2019July 1, 2021

In the carnage that followed the Battle of the Bulge in 1944, top military commanders hoped one incident would be concealed.

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A map of three areas with red string drawn between them

Accountability

Think globally, report locally

by Byard Duncan, Kevin Sullivan, Najib Aminy, Jen Chien, Emmanuel Martinez, Katharine Mieszkowski, Diana Montaño, Vivi Nguyen, Hannah Young, Robert J. Rosenthal, Andy Donohue, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Matt Thompson, Michael I Schiller, Mwende Hinojosa, Al Letson and Amy Mostafa December 14, 2019June 30, 2021

A high number of high school sports concussions. A low number of arrests for sexual assault. Reveal’s Reporting Network digs in.

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Accountability, Criminal Justice

When Tasers fail

by Melissa Lewis, Michael Montgomery, Kevin Sullivan, Najib Aminy, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Mwende Hinojosa, Al Letson and Amy Mostafa December 7, 2019June 30, 2021

In police departments across America, Tasers aren’t always living up to their promise, sometimes with lethal results.

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a border wall built out of red tape cuts through the desert

Immigration

Building a wall out of red tape

by Sinduja Rangarajan, Laura C. Morel, Brett Myers, Kevin Sullivan, Al Letson, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Mwende Hinojosa and Amy Mostafa November 30, 2019June 30, 2021

While debate has raged over the border wall, there’s less attention to invisible barriers affecting immigrants seeking U.S. visas and citizenship.

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A warehouse worker is surrounded by menacing cursor arrows

Behind the Smiles

Amazon: Behind the Smiles

by Will Evans, Katharine Mieszkowski, Najib Aminy, Taki Telonidis, Kevin Sullivan, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Mwende Hinojosa, Al Letson and Amy Mostafa November 23, 2019June 30, 2021

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.

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Accountability, Criminal Justice, Prisons

Pushed out

by Kevin Sullivan, Jen Chien, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Mwende Hinojosa, Priska Neely, Al Letson and Ko Bragg November 19, 2019July 1, 2021

Black girls are being pushed out of school and into jails at alarming rates, but this issue often is overlooked.

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Accountability, Criminal Justice

Development arrested

by Kevin Sullivan, Jen Chien, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Ko Bragg, Mwende Hinojosa, Amy Mostafa, Andy Donohue, Martin G. Reynolds, Anayansi Diaz-Cortes, Priska Neely, Melissa Lewis and Al Letson November 16, 2019June 30, 2021

We go to Mississippi to learn about a set of laws that automatically send kids into the adult legal system for certain crimes.

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A photo collage of a confederate flag and a KKK member

Accountability, Criminal Justice

The lynching of Thomas Finch

by Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Mwende Hinojosa, Al Letson, Deborah George, Michael Montgomery, Amy Mostafa and Anayansi Diaz-Cortes October 26, 2019June 30, 2021

In 1936, a black man was killed by an Atlanta policeman who became a KKK leader. We explore why the city doesn’t recognize the case as a lynching.

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Steve Mnuchin and his wife hold up a sheet of money and smile

Accountability, Inequality, Kept Out, The Trump Era

Homewreckers

by Sarah Mirk, Kevin Sullivan, Deborah George, Katharine Mieszkowski, Aaron Glantz, Ike Sriskandarajah, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Kaitlin Benz, Quinn Lewis, Amy Mostafa, Najib Aminy and Al Letson October 19, 2019June 30, 2021

After the housing bust, these men destroyed the American dream of homeownership. Learn how the Homewreckers did it and meet a woman who fought back.

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Inequality, Sustainability

Losing ground

by Kevin Sullivan, Deborah George, Al Letson, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Mwende Hinojosa, Najib Aminy and Amy Mostafa October 12, 2019June 30, 2021

On this episode, Reveal investigates the claim of Eddie Wise, the son of a sharecropper, who says the USDA treated him unfairly because of his race.

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The truth will not reveal itself.

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