Policing pregnancy
If the Supreme Court reverses Roe v. Wade, states could set their own rules about abortion. Some states already have closed clinics, and for those that remain, they’ve added obstacles – such as...
View ArticleCensus workers raise concerns about data quality, with bureau leaning on...
First, it was a series of problems with government-issued technology in the field. Then it was a wave of complaints about duplicative work, arbitrary terminations and haphazard management practices....
View ArticleThe ticket trap
Sports, theater and concert fans are itching for events to start happening again. So are clever ticket sellers who’ve figured out ways to cash in on unsuspecting customers shopping online. Reveal’s...
View Article‘How is this legal?’
By Byard Duncan | March 8, 2021 On New Year’s Eve in 2017, Corey Pender was buttoned into a tuxedo at a close friend’s wedding, subtly toggling his attention between the celebration and his...
View ArticleWe wanted to know how the 2020 census was going. So we asked workers to guide...
It began, like many intriguing stories do, with an anonymous tip. A Census Bureau employee had read reporter Will Carless’ March 2020 exposé about the agency’s last-minute switch to an untested...
View ArticlePlanning to buy tickets to a live event? Read this first.
In April, the rap star Bad Bunny fired off a frantic tweet: “PEOPLE!” he wrote in all-caps Spanish, “THE TICKETS FOR MY TOUR AREN’T EVEN AVAILABLE YET!! THE TICKETS AND SECTIONS YOU SEE OUT THERE...
View ArticleThe ticket trap
Reveal’s Byard Duncan starts with an examination of the tricks and traps that await fans who try to buy tickets online, at the hands of some of the largest companies in what’s known as the secondary...
View ArticleHelp Us Investigate Domestic Violence Shootings
Nationwide, the number of people shot to death by their intimate partners increased more than 20% from 2010 through 2019. Many of the shooters had prior convictions that made it illegal for them to...
View ArticleDid You Share Personal Information With a ‘Crisis Pregnancy Center’? Tell Us...
Amid a new wave of restrictive laws and looming Supreme Court battles, one important aspect of America’s abortion wars has gone mostly unnoticed: how some anti-abortion groups are using patients’...
View ArticleCampaigning on the Big Lie
More than a year after the 2020 election, roughly a third of Americans continue to believe, without evidence, that the results of the election were illegitimate. And now, GOP candidates are tapping...
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