Accountability
Catch a Killer With Your DNA (rebroadcast)
Genetic genealogy is a powerful crime-solving tool combining DNA science and family tree research. Will it mean a crime-free world or a dark dystopia?
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Kept Out
Reveal submits testimony to Congress
Senior reporter Aaron Glantz shares the findings of Reveal’s investigation into modern-day redlining with the House Financial Services Committee.
Accountability
The lost homes of Detroit
Hundreds of millions of dollars in property taxes should never have been charged, but Detroiters still had to pay or risk losing their homes.
National Security
The Pentagon Papers: Secrets, lies and leaks
In 1971, a 22-year-old journalist named Robert Rosenthal got a call from his boss at The New York Times. He told him to go to Room 1111 of the Hilton Hotel, bring enough clothes for at least a month and not tell anyone.
Worked Over
Lawmakers, regulators take on senior care-home operators over wage theft, worker abuse
New legislation and enforcement efforts are underway after Reveal’s investigation of exploitation in the industry.
Accountability
Take no prisoners
In the carnage that followed the Battle of the Bulge in 1944, top military commanders hoped one incident would be concealed.
Behind the Smiles
Federal lawmakers call on OSHA to release Amazon’s injury records
In the wake of Reveal’s investigation, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ilhan Omar say producing the data “should be quick and easy.”
When Lighting the Voids
This investigative audio drama from StoryWorks unravels the mystery of a deadly explosion at a Gulf Coast shipyard.
Kept Out
Unmasking the secret landlords buying up America
Government data on anonymous shell companies buying homes with cash should be shared with the public.
Worked Over
Dozens of senior care homes that broke labor laws continue to get Medicaid funds
There is virtually no accountability for care-home operators that fail to pay caregivers in accordance with the law.