This presidential election is the first since the Supreme Court gutted historic voter rights protections. Reveal examines the impact of state laws that rushed in to fill the void. Are they fighting fraud or changing election outcomes?
Money and Politics
A welfare check
Today, only a quarter of welfare dollars actually goes toward basic assistance. On this hour of Reveal, we take a road trip with Marketplace’s new podcast “The Uncertain Hour” and find out the surprising ways different states use this money.
Water world: Rising tides close in on Trump, the climate change denier
Climate change has barely registered as a 2016 campaign issue, but in Florida, the state which usually decides the presidential election, the waters are lapping at the doors of Donald Trump’s real estate empire.
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Who got rich off the student debt crisis?
Today, just about everyone involved in the student loan industry makes money off students – the banks, private investors, even the federal government.
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.
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.
Billionaires versus the press
The list of billionaires who have sued the press includes the Koch brothers and several casino magnates.
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.
Watch Reveal staff try to guess super PACs’ political affiliation
Determining a super PAC’s affiliation can be difficult; many have vague names. That got us thinking: Could people in our own newsroom identify super PACs’ political leanings based solely on their names?
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.