Wildfires are getting bigger, more expensive and closer to people’s homes. We examine how wildfires got so dangerous – and how some are fighting back.
Cheryl Devall
Senior Radio Editor
Cheryl Devall is a senior radio editor at Reveal. She is a native Californian with Louisiana roots from which storytelling runs deep. As an editor and correspondent, she's worked for the Daily World in Opelousas, Louisiana (the birthplace of zydeco music); Southern California Public Radio; National Public Radio; “Marketplace;” The Mercury News in San Jose, California; and the Chicago Tribune. Devall has shared in three Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards for coverage of AIDS and black America, the 1992 Los Angeles riots and North Carolina 40 years after the federal war on poverty. She's based in Reveal's Emeryville, California, office.
Posted inHate, Voting
Trial and terror (rebroadcast)
Since 9/11, nearly every terrorist attack in the United States has come from within.
Posted inHealth Care
The messy truth about victim compensation
Victim compensation funds are supposed to help victims of crime. African Americans are disproportionately hurt by how that money is handed out.
Posted inAccountability, America's Ring of Fire, Kept Out, The Trump Era
More to the story: Redlining, wildfires and Trump’s mansion
There’s always more to the story on Reveal. This week, we look at the impact three shows have made since they first ran.
Posted inAccountability, Hate
Trumping hate
Hate speech is nothing new in the United States. What is new is how often people who use it invoke Trump’s name.
Posted inAccountability, The Trump Era
Trump’s mystery mansion
Reporters examine the history of a $10 million real estate transaction in Beverly Hills, California.
Posted inHousing
My town, Chi-Town
Since 2000, a quarter-million black Chicagoans have moved out of the city. We’re taking a close look at those challenges in this week’s episode.
Posted inInequality, Rape on the Night Shift
#MeToo: Rape on the Night Shift
As the #MeToo movement sweeps across Hollywood, Washington and the world of media, it’s easy to ignore the sexual abuse of women in low-profile jobs.
Posted inBorder Patrol, Immigration, The Trump Era
Detained immigrant girl released, but future remains uncertain
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro: “The United States should not be a place where children seeking life-sustaining medical care are at risk of apprehension.”
Posted inImmigration, Inequality
Inside Trump’s immigration crackdown
On this episode of Reveal, we examine efforts throughout the U.S. to deport immigrants faster.