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Stan Alcorn

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Stan Alcorn is a former senior reporter and producer for Reveal. His radio work at Reveal has won awards including a Peabody Award, several Online Journalism Awards, an NABJ Salute to Excellence Award, and a Best of the West Award, as well as making him a finalist for a Livingston Award for Young Journalists. He previously was a reporter for Marketplace, covering business and economic news – from debit card fees levied on the formerly incarcerated to the economic impact of Beyoncé's hair. He has helped launch new shows at Marketplace, Slate, and WNYC; contributed research to books by journalists at Time and CNBC; and reported for outlets including NPR, PRI's The World, 99% Invisible, WNYC, FiveThirtyEight, Fast Company, High Country News, Narratively, and Digg.

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A person descends a dimly lit set of stairs into a basement.
Posted inAccountability

Buried Secrets: America’s Indian Boarding Schools Part 1

Portrait of steven rascón by Michael I Schiller, Taki Telonidis, Brett Myers, Kathryn Styer Martínez, Stan Alcorn, Steven Rascón, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Claire Mullen and Al Letson March 18, 2023March 24, 2023

After decades of stripping away Native American identity from its students, a Catholic boarding school seeks to help the community heal.

A person descends a dimly lit set of stairs into a basement.
Posted inAccountability

Buried Secrets: America’s Indian Boarding Schools Part 1

by Michael I Schiller, Taki Telonidis, Kathryn Styer Martínez, Stan Alcorn, Nikki Frick, Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Claire Mullen, Brett Myers and Al Letson October 15, 2022October 24, 2022

After decades of stripping away Native American identity from its students, a Catholic boarding school seeks to help the community heal.

A Metropolitan Police turns onto Pennsylvania Ave.
Posted inAccountability

Who Has Power and How Do They Wield It?

Portrait of steven rascónJess Alvarenga by Andrea Henderson, Dhruv Mehrotra, Stan Alcorn, Queena Sook Kim, Amy Mostafa, Steven Rascón, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Jess Alvarenga, Kathryn Styer Martínez, Kevin Sullivan and Ike Sriskandarajah February 19, 2022February 23, 2022

Three local investigative stories that have big impact, from D.C. police keeping troubled officers on the force to the history of prisoner disenfranchisement laws in Missouri.

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An illustration shows a computer surrounded by a swirling vortex. On the screen is the logo for QAnon, a syringe, and a portrait of Roger Stone
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Viral Lies

Brett Simpson portraitPortrait of steven rascón by Ike Sriskandarajah, Stan Alcorn, Brett Myers, Taki Telonidis, Amy Mostafa, Sarah Mirk, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Claire Mullen, Brett Simpson and Steven Rascón January 1, 2022December 17, 2021

From wild anti-vaccine conspiracy theories to “Stop the Steal” and QAnon, we examine how misinformation swiftly spreads online – and the lives it disrupts.

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Posted inAccountability

Behind the Tweet That Became the Rallying Cry for the Insurrection

by Stan Alcorn November 24, 2021December 3, 2021

“I underestimated how crazy certain people could get.”

Posted inAccountability

For 20 years, I saw no peace

Brett Simpson portrait by Najib Aminy, Stan Alcorn, Anjali Kamat, Ike Sriskandarajah, Brett Simpson, Brett Myers, Taki Telonidis, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Sarah Mirk, Amy Mostafa, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson August 21, 2021August 20, 2021

As the Taliban take over Kabul, an Afghan poet, a journalist fielding desperate phone calls and an American veteran reflect on the past and future of Afghanistan.

Posted inAccountability

Monumental lies

Fernanda Camarena by Stan Alcorn, Brian Palmer, Seth Freed Wessler, Fernanda Camarena, Kevin Sullivan, Jen Chien, Esther Kaplan, Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda and Al Letson June 19, 2021July 1, 2021

Statues celebrating Confederates and conquistadors keep old myths alive, with stories of “benevolent slave owners,” heroic colonizers and enslaved people “contented with their lot.”

An illustration shows a computer surrounded by a swirling vortex. On the screen is the logo for QAnon, a syringe, and a portrait of Roger Stone
Posted inCOVID-19

Viral lies

Brett Simpson portraitPortrait of steven rascón by Ike Sriskandarajah, Stan Alcorn, Brett Myers, Taki Telonidis, Amy Mostafa, Sarah Mirk, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Brett Simpson, Claire Mullen, Steven Rascón and Kevin Sullivan June 5, 2021July 1, 2021

From wild anti-vaccine conspiracy theories to “Stop the Steal” and QAnon, we examine how misinformation swiftly spreads online – and the lives it disrupts.

An illustration in shades of orange shows a group of male prisoners with their hands cuffed in front of them. They all wear surgical masks.
Posted inPrisons

Sick on the inside

by Sarah Mirk, Stan Alcorn, Seth Freed Wessler, Esther Kaplan, Susanne Reber, Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson April 3, 2021July 1, 2021

For decades, the U.S. has run private “shadow prisons” for immigrants convicted of federal crimes. Biden has ordered the government to wind down those contracts.

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Posted inHate

The evolution of all-American terrorism

Brett Simpson portrait by Kevin Sullivan, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Brett Myers, Brett Simpson, Najib Aminy, Amy Mostafa, Jen Chien, Priska Neely, Stan Alcorn, David Neiwert, Esther Kaplan, Taki Telonidis, Soo Oh and Al Letson January 16, 2021July 1, 2021

Long before the attempted coup by his supporters, Trump fanned the flames of white supremacy and domestic terrorism.

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