Melissa Lewis, Author at Reveal

A collage of an American flag and painted coronavirus cells is in the background. In the foreground is text reading Divided States of Pandemic

COVID-19

Divided states of the pandemic

by Kevin Sullivan, Najib Aminy, Mwende Hinojosa, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Amy Mostafa, Al Letson, Jen Chien, Emily Harris, Lance Williams, Laura C. Morel, Esther Kaplan, Soo Oh and Melissa Lewis June 13, 2020December 15, 2021

The federal government’s failure to manage the pandemic shifted the burden to local officials. We look at state responses in California and Florida.

COVID-19

Pandemic, protests and profits

by Al Letson, Taki Telonidis, Kevin Sullivan, Katharine Mieszkowski, Mwende Hinojosa, Amy Mostafa, Najib Aminy, Byard Duncan, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Will Evans, Melissa Lewis, Hannah Young, David Rodriguez, Andy Donohue and Chris Harland-Dunaway April 25, 2020July 1, 2021

Protesters around the country are pushing to loosen stay-at-home orders. Meanwhile, some Amazon workers say not enough is being done to protect them.

Larger than life size cutout billboards portray farm workers standing at the edge of a farm field.

COVID-19

Essential workers

by Sarah Mirk, Kevin Sullivan, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Amy Mostafa, Najib Aminy, Al Letson, Mwende Hinojosa, Will Carless, Patrick Michels, Melissa Lewis, Hannah Young, Anayansi Diaz-Cortes, Michael I Schiller, Emily Schwing, Brett Myers, Jen Chien, Taki Telonidis, Sumi Aggarwal, Byard Duncan, Andy Donohue, Narda Zacchino, Esther Kaplan and Soo Oh April 4, 2020July 1, 2021

Farmworkers, grocery store clerks and airline employees are on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis. But what’s being done to protect them?

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Sustainability

The tell-tale hearts

by Sarah Mirk, Kevin Sullivan, Elizabeth Shogren, Deborah George, Al Letson, Najib Aminy, Amy Mostafa, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Mwende Hinojosa, Michael Montgomery and Melissa Lewis February 29, 2020July 1, 2021

Trump’s deregulatory fervor bolsters the chemical industry and Defense Department’s effort to debunk the science linking TCE to fetal heart defects.

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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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, Amy Mostafa and Melissa Lewis November 23, 2019June 28, 2023

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.

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.

Accountability

Bound by Statute

by Ko Bragg and Melissa Lewis November 14, 2019June 30, 2021

The actions of police, prosecutors and judges in Mississippi ultimately end the childhood of black kids far more often – and with far greater severity.

Accountability

Pardon me

by Michael I Schiller, Anna Hamilton, Taki Telonidis, Melissa Lewis, Mwende Hinojosa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Najib Aminy, Amy Mostafa and Katherine Rae Mondo November 2, 2019July 1, 2021

The inquiry into President Donald Trump brings memories of Richard Nixon and the pardon that changed history. Also, how the pardons system broke down.