This week, Reveal investigates the lurking threat of lead from the dust of urban demolitions to the wilds of Wyoming.
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Reveal’s investigations will inspire, infuriate and inform you. Host Al Letson and an award-winning team of reporters deliver gripping stories about caregivers, advocates for the unhoused, immigrant families, warehouse workers and formerly incarcerated people, fighting to hold the powerful accountable. The New Yorker described Reveal as “a knockout … a pleasure to listen to, even as we seethe.” A winner of multiple Peabody, duPont, Emmy and Murrow awards, Reveal is produced by the nation’s first investigative journalism nonprofit, The Center for Investigative Reporting, and PRX. From unearthing exploitative working conditions to exposing the nation’s racial disparities, there’s always more to the story.
Posted inAmerica's Ring of Fire, Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability
Built to burn
Do officials need to reconsider their approach to building where the risk of wildfire is highest?
Posted inSustainability
Warning system down: California’s deadliest fires
Last October, more than 170 wildfires ripped across Northern California. It was the deadliest fire incident in the state’s history.
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Posted inNational Security
Deja nuke: Return of the nuclear threat
On Jan. 25, 2018, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists edged the “Doomsday Clock” closer to midnight – one step closer to a potential nuclear apocalypse.
Posted inHousing
My town, Chi-Town
Since 2000, a quarter-million black Chicagoans have moved out of the city. We’re taking a close look at those challenges in this week’s episode.
Posted inKept Out
The red line: Racial disparities in lending
In dozens of cities across the country, lenders are more likely to deny loans to applicants of color than white ones.
Posted inAccountability
How Bernie made off: Are we safe from the next Ponzi scheme?
Bernard Madoff may be a fading memory from the past, but for reporter Steve Fishman, the fallen financier’s story holds lessons for today.
Posted inInequality, Rape on the Night Shift
#MeToo: Rape on the Night Shift
As the #MeToo movement sweeps across Hollywood, Washington and the world of media, it’s easy to ignore the sexual abuse of women in low-profile jobs.
Posted inClimate Change, Sustainability
The tide is high
Reveal investigates government policies that let people build in harm’s way, make it difficult to move them to safety and fail to tally the dead.
Posted inAccountability
A revealing year
In this episode, we look at some of our best reporting from 2017 and how Reveal has made an impact in our world.