After the housing bust, these men destroyed the American dream of homeownership. Learn how they did it and what that means for our economy now.
Kaitlin Benz
Production Assistant
Kaitlin Benz is the production assistant for Reveal. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Metropolitan State University of Denver and a master’s degree in audio journalism from UC Berkeley. She’s previously worked at CBS Interactive and Mission Local and as a freelance audio producer. Her favorite things are houseplants and housecats. She is based in Reveal’s Emeryville, California, office.
Posted inInequality, Kids on the Line
Six years separated
A 10-year-old girl is separated from her family at the border and enters U.S. custody. Now she’s 17 and still in a shelter. Her family can’t find her.
Posted inAccountability, Inequality, Kept Out, The Trump Era
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.
Posted inAccountability, Criminal Justice, Inequality
America’s drug war, revealed
How a baggie of crack cocaine packed with fear, distortion and misconceptions and one presidential address in the 1980s helped shape the war on drugs.
Posted inInequality
The right to boycott
We look at where an Israel boycott clause in employment contracts comes from and weigh it against the First Amendment right to free speech.
Posted inSustainability, The (Un)Scientific Method
Farm wars
The herbicide dicamba is causing a civil war in farm country, honeybees are rustling in California’s almond groves and more.
Posted inAccountability, Inequality, Kids on the Line
In harm’s way
The federal government is quietly expanding its use of “tender age” shelters for migrant kids. We’ll tell you what we know.
Posted inAccountability
The military’s deadliest helicopter
How did one helicopter become the deadliest aircraft in the U.S. military?
Posted inHate
Hate is all around you
In the second part of Reveal’s series about hate, we look at how racism and white supremacy are institutionalized in America.
Posted inSustainability, The (Un)Scientific Method
To the ends of the Earth
We travel the globe, from bottom to top, to confront the growing threats from climate change.