Kept Out
Homewreckers
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.
Staff
Biography
Ike Sriskandarajah is an Emmy award-winning radio producer and reporter for Reveal. He has also won awards from Third Coast, the Education Writers Association and the NY Associated Press Association. Ike was a narrative audio producer at The New York Times making investigative episodes for "The Daily" and once tracked down the kids who appear on The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Before that he worked at Youth Radio in Oakland and PRI's "Living on Earth" in Boston. His own reporting has appeared on "Radiolab," NPR News, "Marketplace," and The Atlantic, among other outlets. Ike is from Wisconsin, graduated from Brown University, and reports from New York City.
Articles
Inequality
Year of return
We reflect on how the legacy of slavery has reverberated through the generations to the present.
Accountability
Harpooned by Facebook
As smart devices become a bigger part of our lives, we look at how Facebook and other companies profit from information about their users.
Immigration
No country for sanctuary seekers
This week, we look into places that offer sanctuary to those immigrants – and what the conflict between federal and local policies means for them.
Chasing Energy
Standing Rock and beyond
On Reveal, we team up with Inside Energy to go behind the scenes at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and meet the young people who started the oil pipeline protests.
Environment
Toxic burden
Reveal goes to places where poisonous chemicals are so deadly that they can devastate a town. And they all have one thing in common: The people in these towns are overwhelmingly black, brown and poor.
Accountability
School haze
On this episode of Reveal, we team up with The Center for Public Integrity to investigate high levels of exhaust that surround U.S. schools and how th
America's Ring of Fire
America’s ring of fire
Wildfires are getting bigger, more expensive to fight and closer than ever to where people live. The consequences can be deadly. The next episode of Reveal examines how wildfires got so dangerous – and how some areas are fighting back.
America's Ring of Fire
When spark meets sprawl: Building in wildlands increases fire risk
Wildfires, long considered a problem exclusive to the West, now threaten many other parts of the country as extreme weather becomes more commonplace and more people live in areas at risk for wildfire.
Criminal Justice
How a tiny Texas town took down its city council
In February, scores of FBI agents stormed the tiny City Hall in Crystal City, Texas, and arrested most of its leaders in connection with a bribery and kickback scheme. Here’s how it all unfolded.