Ameeta Ganatra, Author at Reveal

A baseball player is at bat and has a hit, which explodes in a red and yellow cascade of coins.

Minor League Pay

by Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Brett Simpson, Ameeta Ganatra, Brett Meyers, Taki Telonidis and Al Letson October 1, 2022October 3, 2022

The baseball industry created an entire workforce exempt from being paid minimum wage and overtime – and players eventually cried foul.

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Accountability

The ticket trap

by Byard Duncan, Ike Sriskandarajah, Yoohyun Jung, Katharine Mieszkowski, Taki Telonidis, Amy Mostafa, Brett Simpson, Ameeta Ganatra, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Sarah Mirk, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson July 3, 2021August 2, 2021

Sports, theater and concert fans are excited venues are opening up again. So are clever ticket sellers who cash in on unsuspecting customers.

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A group of activists at a protest in Ferguson march in the street.

Accountability

Why police reform fails

by Rebecca Rivas, Trey Bundy, Najib Aminy, Brett Myers, Andy Donohue, Taki Telonidis, Amy Mostafa, Brett Simpson, Ameeta Ganatra, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda and Kevin Sullivan May 8, 2021July 1, 2021

Six years after Ferguson, St. Louis hasn’t seen a single substantive police reform. A group of young Black leaders have instead set their sights higher: taking control of city politics.

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Daniel Sanchez stands in front of the doorway to his barbershop. The storefront’s mural includes an old-fashioned red-and-blue barber’s pole.

Inequality

Banking on inequity

by Laura C. Morel, Mohamed Al Elew, Emily Harris, Lance Williams, Amy Mostafa, David Rodriguez, Taki Telonidis, Esther Kaplan, Soo Oh, Brett Simpson, Ameeta Ganatra, Sarah Mirk, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda and Kevin Sullivan May 1, 2021July 1, 2021

Billions of dollars were supposed to help small businesses through the Paycheck Protection Program. But the money was marred by racial inequity.

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Labor

Minor league pay

by Katharine Mieszkowski, Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Brett Simpson, Ameeta Ganatra, Sarah Mirk, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson March 27, 2021July 1, 2021

The baseball industry created an entire workforce exempt from being paid minimum wage and overtime – and players aren’t the only ones crying foul.

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