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A group of people hold signs and banners. One sign reads, “Wake up,” and includes a drawing of the Earth in flames.

As Climate Clock Ticks, US Government Has Been Using Burning Trash to Look Green

by Will Evans and Najib Aminy July 24, 2023July 24, 2023

Federal agencies have been padding their environmental stats with a strategy that’s too cheap, too carbon-heavy and too easy to make a difference.

A photo collage includes an excerpt from a patient complaint form, an ultrasound image, a pregnancy test, a sign for the Women’s Help Center and a second sign that reads, “Unexpected pregnancy? Free testing & counseling.”

Reproductive Rights

The Post-Roe Health Care Crisis

by Laura C. Morel, Nadia Hamdan, Katharine Mieszkowski, Cynthia Rodriguez, Nina Martin, Clara-Sophia Daly, Nikki Frick, Steven Rascón, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Kathryn Styer Martínez, Claire Mullen, Brett Myers and Taki Telonidis June 10, 2023June 13, 2023

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.

Guns

No Retreat: The Dangers of Stand Your Ground

by Jonathan Jones, Nadia Hamdan, Nina Martin, Anayansi Diaz-Cortes, Nikki Frick, Brett Myers, Taki Telonidis, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Steven Rascón, Al Letson, Kathryn Styer Martínez, Queena Sook Kim and Maryam Saleh May 6, 2023May 5, 2023

In a string of recent shootings, young victims have been killed or seriously injured over innocent mistakes. What is justice in the age of stand your ground laws?

sign on a building reads: “Pregnant? Need Help? Pregnancy Help Medical Clinics. Free and Confidential.”

Reproductive Rights

Florida Legislators Want to Vastly Expand State Funds for Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers

by Laura C. Morel and Clara-Sophia Daly March 22, 2023March 24, 2023

A new bill in the Florida Legislature that would ban abortions after six weeks also includes $25 million for the state’s alternatives-to-abortion program.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stands behind a lectern with a sign that reads, “Election Integrity.”

Accountability

DeSantis’ Election Police Have Largely Flopped in Florida Voter Prosecutions. A New Law Aims to Change That.

by Maryam Saleh and Ese Olumhense March 9, 2023March 10, 2023

A new analysis by Reveal shows the push to target election activity in state legislatures nationwide has only intensified in the four months since the 2022 midterm elections.

Reproductive Rights

How Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers Can Claim to Be Medical Clinics and Get Away With It

by Laura C. Morel December 15, 2022December 14, 2022

One Florida case shows just how little authorities are doing to regulate pregnancy centers, even when the risks to women are significant.

Kelly Flynn sits in the waiting room of the Florida abortion clinic she owns, A Woman’s Choice of Jacksonville.

Reproductive Rights

Abortion Providers Ask for Protection as They Prepare for Post-Roe Harassment and Violence

by Laura C. Morel June 25, 2022June 25, 2022

As a wave of bans on the procedure takes effect across the U.S., providers and patients will face mounting risks in places where clinics remain open.

Two people stand near signs that read, “Vote by Mail Ballot Drop Off.”

Voting

John Johnson isn’t dead: How claims of voter fraud in Florida fell apart

by Will Carless October 22, 2020June 30, 2021

The Public Interest Legal Foundation, a conservative nonprofit, has a long history of claiming voter fraud but getting its facts wrong.

Dozens of people sit side by side at folding tables, reviewing paper ballots. They are in a large warehouse surrounded by shelves filled with boxes.

Voting

Was Florida in 2018 a dry run for troubles in November?

by Caitie Switalski and Daniel Rivero October 2, 2020June 30, 2021

A delayed vote-by-mail count in Florida’s 2018 midterm elections triggered protests, misinformation and unsupported charges of “fraud” by Republicans.