Accountability
The City – revealed
The story of a mysterious illegal dump in a Chicago neighborhood that grew to be six stories high and a cover for a federal investigation.
Chicago
Inequality
Reveal presents: The View from Room 205
The story of 30 fourth-graders and one big question: Can education bring kids out of poverty?
Education
Does Illinois school funding discriminate against minority students?
A lawsuit has been delayed numerous times, including two rounds of settlement talks. It has dragged on for eight years.
Criminal Justice
Chicago borrows millions to settle police misconduct lawsuits
Over time, the interest on the bonds could nearly double the cost for police misconduct in Chicago.
Immigration
Kill bill: How Illinois’ temp industry lobbying quashed reform
A state bill would have provided proof that temp agencies were shutting out black workers in favor of Latinos they could more easily exploit. This is the story of why the bill was born – and how it was killed.
Worked Over
Temp-worker organizer in Chicago confronts racial divide
A Chicago labor organizer is pushing what would be the nation’s first law addressing temp-work discrimination. But to get the bill passed, he says he needs some temp workers to make a big sacrifice.
Criminal Justice
Can a federal investigation restore trust in Chicago police?
The forthcoming U.S. Deparment of Justice pattern-and-practice investigation of the Chicago Police Department represents a milestone in Barack Obama’s presidency. The Windy City’s police department is the largest municipal law enforcement agency to be examined by the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. DOJ since the Rampart Division scandal of the Los Angeles Police Department fifteen years ago. For years, Chicago
Criminal Justice
Boston’s Baby Doe is ID’ed, but most unnamed child victims go unnoticed
Boston authorities announced that they have succeeded in identifying a toddler found in a trash bag as Bella Bond. But many unidentified children never make national headlines. They are relegated to brief local crime reports.
Criminal Justice
Tracing Chicago’s heroin supply chain
Ever wondered how heavy narcotics such as heroin make it to America’s streets – where it comes from, how it’s distributed and who it hurts?
