Education
In debt and out of hope: Faces of the student loan mess
Every student’s struggle with student loans tells a different story. Here’s a look at how nine people are coping with their debt.
Money and Politics
Education
How a small-time company became the ‘Wal-Mart of debt collection’
Once a family-owned firm, NCO Financial Systems moved into the student loan collection business in 1996 and began buying up other debt collectors – before the Federal Trade Commission cracked down.
Immigration
Trump company sought to certify workers who came to US illegally
Despite Donald Trump’s hard-line stance against illegal immigration, his development company acknowledged that it tried to get permanent work certifications for Ecuadorean stonemasons who entered the U.S. illegally.
Money and Politics
How the Citizens United decision could be undone
Reformers offer two general approaches to killing Citizens United: The Supreme Court could reverse itself or Congress and the states could amend the U.S. Constitution.
Money and Politics
Pop quiz: Unpacking super PACs
Test your political savvy by playing The Super PAC Name Game.
Money and Politics
When Mad Men meet dark money
By some estimates, campaign spending will top $5 billion by the end of the race to the White House. In this episode of Reveal hour, a collaboration between The Center for Public Integrity and WAMU in Washington, we look at who’s spending, how much, where the money’s flowing and what it’s paying for.
Inside the Newsroom
We want to help tell your voting rights stories
This year’s presidential election will be the first without the full protection of the Voting Rights Act since the civil rights era.
Money and Politics
Portraits of a Trump supporter
With data from online pollster YouGov, we take a cogent look at Donald Trump’s supporters. We found out who they are and what they care about.
Immigration
These people donated to Donald Trump even though he said not to
Donald Trump has made it clear: He’s very rich. He doesn’t need – or want – his supporters’ money. But that hasn’t stopped thousands of people from all 50 states from donating to the Republican’s presidential campaign.
Money and Politics
What’s fear got to do with it?
Reveal heads to Iowa to talk to longtime resident Fran Kirschner, who discusses her support for Donald Trump and how she and her neighbors are scared of what America’s become.
