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Federal prosecutors hold protesters for months pretrial

Dozens of protesters who took part in the uprisings after George Floyd’s murder have faced prolonged detention despite COVID-19 outbreaks.

An illustration shows a woman with a facemask reading 2020 holding up her ballot. Behind her, in a blue and purple swirl of colors, are ballots, voters, and other figures.

Accountability

United, we’re not

Where does America go from here? We talk with an asylum-seeking family, Georgia women on abortion and West Virginians on the impact of Black Lives Matter.

Melquan Barnett sits just inside the doorway to a house.

Accountability

‘Go after the troublemakers’

Inside the federal government’s unprecedented campaign to prosecute Black Lives Matter protesters.

A red and black illustration shows protester reflected in the visor of a police officer's riot gear helmet

Criminal Justice

Stopping a movement

Millions of Americans have protested racism and police brutality. The federal government cracked down, filing charges against protesters in 31 states.

Oct 31, 2020

An illustration depicts a ballot on fire, which morphs into a building. A group of white men with guns stand outside the burning building.

Accountability

Remembering a White supremacist coup

Reveal looks back to a nearly forgotten 1898 election in North Carolina. A coup d’etat gave birth to much of the structural racism that exists today.

Oct 24, 2020

Packages of ground beef fill a grocery store shelf.

Accountability

Conflict beef from Nicaragua feeds US market amid pandemic

Nicaraguan beef, raised on lands violently stolen from Indigenous communities, is making its way into American grocery stores.

Oct 21, 2020

Reporter Will Evans works at his computer in the Reveal office. Text over him reads, “Uncovering Amazon’s Safety Crisis.”

Behind the Smiles

The truth about injuries at Amazon

As a result of Reveal reporter Will Evans’ investigation into injuries at Amazon warehouses across the country last year, sources shared a trove of internal records, giving an unprecedented view into the company’s safety record.

Oct 19, 2020