Politicians are cracking down on independent journalists, setting back efforts to expose corruption and impunity.
Episodes
The Pentagon Papers: Secrets, Lies and Leaks
Daniel Ellsberg worried that the Vietnam War would spiral into nuclear apocalypse. So he secretly copied a 7,000-page report that exposed the reality of U.S.’s role in Vietnam.
They Followed Doctors’ Orders. The State Took Their Babies.
Medications like Suboxone help pregnant women safely treat addiction. But in many states, taking them can trigger investigations by child welfare agencies that separate mothers from their newborns.
The Culture War Goes to College
From banned books to forbidden pronouns, the culture war is raging inside America’s classrooms. We go to one Florida college where students and faculty are battling Gov. Ron DeSantis.
The Welfare-to-Work Industrial Complex
How “work requirements” spawned a lucrative industry profiting off people in need.
The Post-Roe Health Care Crisis
Abortion bans are confusing doctors about what’s still legal. Reveal investigates the effects on pregnant women and the growing influence of anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers.
The Battle for Clean Energy in Coal Country
Across the country, states are moving to renewable energy – but Montana is doubling down on fossil fuels.
Weapons With Minds of Their Own
The future of warfare is being shaped by computer algorithms that are assuming ever-greater control over battlefield technology. Will this give machines the power to decide whom to kill?
The Long Campaign to Turn Birth Control Into the New Abortion
Now that the fall of Roe v. Wade has ended the constitutional right to abortion, many in the religious right have a new goal: undermining trust in, and limiting access to, hormonal contraception – including the pill.
The Border Patrol’s Fearless 5%
Female agents are so rare in the U.S. Border Patrol that they have their own nickname: the Fearless 5%. It’s meant as a badge of honor, but the title is a bold admission of the agency’s inability to recruit or retain women.