On this week’s “More To The Story,” incarcerated journalist John J. Lennon examines how our fixation on crime capitalizes on tragedy and turns it into entertainment.
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In a Mississippi Jail, Inmates Became Weapons
After a violent scandal involving his deputies, a popular sheriff survived calls to resign. But another scandal was already brewing in his county jail.
Executions Are Rising in the US. This Reverend Witnesses Them.
On this week’s “More To The Story,” death row spiritual adviser Jeff Hood talks about how his longtime activism for racial justice led him inside America’s execution chambers for the final moments of inmates’ lives.
The Deputies Who Tortured a Mississippi County
A “Goon Squad” of Rankin County sheriff’s deputies spent years brutalizing people until their reign of terror was exposed.
I Study Fascism. I’ve Already Fled America.
On this week’s “More To The Story,” former Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley explains his recent move to Canada and calls the Trump administration’s takeover of the US government a “coup.”
An Atrocity of War Goes Unpunished
An attack on civilians by US Marines during the Iraq War sparks outrage and a war crimes trial, but in the end, no one is held accountable.
A Midnight Phone Call. A Missing Movie. Decades of Questions.
Serious investigations into deeply unserious questions. Hear the first in our occasional series of “inconsequential investigations.”
Exposing a Global Surveillance Empire
In a major investigation, a young reporter uncovers a powerful technology used to spy on thousands of people across the world.
How a Climate Doomsayer Became an Unexpected Optimist
On this week’s “More To The Story,” environmentalist Bill McKibben examines how the remarkable rise of solar power could (finally) begin to slow climate change.
Immigrants on the Line
Haitian immigrants moved to Colorado on the promise of a good job and a place to stay—only to be mistreated. Now, they could be deported
