As the 2020 census approaches, experts warn the count will be inaccurate. A look at why the census is struggling and whether efforts to save it can work.
Will Carless
Reporter
Will Carless was a correspondent for Reveal covering extremism. He has worked as a foreign correspondent in Asia and South America. Prior to joining Reveal, he was a senior correspondent for Public Radio International’s Global Post team based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before that, Will spent eight years at the Voice of San Diego, where he worked as an investigative reporter and head of investigations. During his tenure in San Diego, Will was awarded several prizes, including a national award from Investigative Reporters and Editors. He has been a finalist for the Livingston Awards for young journalists twice in the last five years. He surfs, spends time with his family, travels to silly places and pretends he’s writing a novel.
The Census Bureau is building Trump a huge list of noncitizens. Will it be secure?
The sensitive data could be vulnerable to malicious hacks that could identify individuals.
Hundreds of cops are in extremist Facebook groups. Why haven’t their departments done anything about it?
More than 150 law enforcement agencies were notified of their officers’ ties to extremist groups. Only one has publicly taken any significant action.
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Commander-in-tweet
These days, a presidential tweet can dictate the news cycle for days on end. But is it driving us to distraction?
American cops have openly engaged in Islamophobia on Facebook, with no penalties
Not a single department has said it disciplined an officer for Islamophobic posts or membership in an anti-Islam group.
These police officers were members of extremist groups on Facebook
We downloaded data from Facebook and asked a question: How many people were members of at least one extremist group and at least one police group?
The American militia movement, a breeding ground for hate, is pulling in cops on Facebook
Our analysis includes some of the most extensive evidence yet that militias are drawing support – and membership – from within U.S. law enforcement.
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.
Inside hate groups on Facebook, police officers trade racist memes, conspiracy theories and Islamophobia
Officers in law enforcement agencies across the country have joined private hate groups on Facebook, participating in the spread of extremism.
Hate in the homeland
This episode surveys the state of the hate movement in America, focusing on how hate groups are spreading their message and winning converts.