Learn more about sanitation justice at the latest More to the Story episode from @revealnews.org here:

This week on "Reveal," from the Center for Investigative Reporting, a look at the country's largest art fraud in modern history—and why almost no one ever was legally punished.

Trump's latest vanity project? Renaming the Kennedy Center to the “Trump-Kennedy Center." As @artcrimeprof.bsky.social told us, the president's obsession with remaking Washington in his own image is about one thing: Power.

ICYMI, the Trump-appointed board members of the Kennedy Center voted to rename the famed theater the “Trump-Kennedy Center." As art historian Erin Thompson told our friends at @revealnews.org, Trump's obsession with remaking Washington in his image is about one thing: Power.

On this week’s “More To The Story,” environmental activist Catherine Coleman Flowers explains how a program to provide basic sanitation in the Deep South was canceled under Trump. Why? It was deemed illegal DEI.

On this week’s “More To The Story,” environmental activist Catherine Coleman Flowers explains how a program to provide basic sanitation in the Deep South was canceled under Trump. Why? It was deemed illegal DEI.

The government is using face-scanning apps to check if random people on the street are citizens. And they say you cannot refuse. Our new dystopia, on this week’s @revealnews.org

ICE and border patrol agents roaming around the streets of Chicago in unmarked cars, faces covered, armed with military-style semi-automatic weapons. Locals are finding unique ways to fight back. This week on Reveal, lessons from Trump's war on the Windy City:

“We have a criminal justice system in which the courtroom and the sentence is so far removed from the lived experience of the condemned." Executions have nearly doubled in 2025, according to a report from NPR. We spoke to the reverend who witnesses them.

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The government is using face-scanning apps to check if random people on the street are citizens. And they say you cannot refuse. This week on Reveal, @404media.co shows us how the US deploys its tech against its people.

An American citizen had his face scanned by immigration agents while he was walking home from the gym in Chicago. Our story with @revealnews.org here: www.404media.co/how-a-us-cit...

Really recommend listening to this episode (and any episode of reveal). In depth on Chicago, resistance to and impacts of federal occupation as well as a more broad view of surveillance tools ICE is using. With apologies to whoever said it first, imperial boomerang goes thwack

You're walking home from the gym when you're stopped by FBI officers in an unmarked car. They handcuff you, even though you tell them you're a US citizen. Then, they scan your face. 23-year-old Jesus Gutiérrez recounts his experience to @revealnews.org and 404 Media:

Is it weird to say I had a lot of fun talking with @alletson.bsky.social for @motherjones.com about Trumpian aesthetics? But it was a blast trying to figure out why there’s so much gold when, you know Versailles didn’t end that well for the folks in charge… www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Your weekly dystopian update: The government is using face-scanning apps to check if random people on the street are citizens. And they say you cannot refuse. This week on Reveal, @404media.co shows us how the US deploys its tech against its people.

The National Trust is now suing the Trump administration, urging them to stop its White House ballroom construction. But why is the president even pushing for this makeover in the first place? According to @artcrimeprof.bsky.social, it's all about power.

"[Trump is] making the White House look like Versailles. We all know what happened to the French kings, but apparently, we’re not paying much attention.” Art history professor Erin Thompson tells us why Trump has given the White House a makeover: Power.

The destruction of the East Wing. A new White House ballroom. An “Arc de Trump.” What are all these architectural changes in Washington really about? According to @artcrimeprof.bsky.social, it's all about power. This week on More To The Story: apple.co/4a9pLsy

“You have no control, you have no information, and you have no rights. They could do whatever they want to you.” This fall, activists set sail for Gaza to end one of the worst humanitarian crises on the planet. Instead, they were then sent to a high-security prison in the middle of the desert.

This fall, hundreds of activists from all over the world crowded onto several dozen boats and set sail for Gaza. Their goal: Break through Israel’s blockade of the territory. They were met with drone attacks and imprisonment. This week on Reveal, an exclusive look at the Global Sumud Flotilla.

A new Pentagon report has confirmed what folks like Jeffrey Goldberg already knew: Hegseth's "Signalgate" scandal posed a major threat to our nation's security. In March, we spoke to Goldberg, the journalist who was added to the infamous chat, about the state of our nation.

Lorenzo Sewell—the pastor who delivered a prayer at Trump’s inauguration—argues that the president is making Black Americans’ lives better despite rolling back DEI initiatives. This week on More To The Story, Al Letson sits down with MAGA's Black pastor: apple.co/442aYMu

Riley Gaines is a leading face of the anti-trans movement. But her former teammate remembers a different Gaines, who expressly did not support Trump. What happened? 🎧 Listen here: apple.co/4pKZy8e

When Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022, abortion became virtually illegal in Alabama. But that wasn’t all. The state’s attorney general wanted to prosecute anyone helping others get out of state for an abortion. This week on Reveal:

When Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022, abortion became virtually illegal in Alabama. But that wasn’t all. According to the state’s attorney general, abortion help became illegal, too. This week on Reveal: fighting for the right to help.

KYUK plays a singular role in the media landscape of the United States. over the coming weeks, we'll go from 10 full time staff down to 4. this is my last week at KYUK. listen here →

In remote Alaska, public radio station KYUK is crucial during natural disasters. Without federal funding, how will it survive? Listen to the full episode here: tinyurl.com/ye67s8e3

“It's me. Big Bird, big, yellow, a menace to our economy.” Remember this 2012 campaign ad poking fun at Mitt Romney for going after public media? This hour, we revisit the attack on NPR, PBS, and how Fred Rogers saved the day in 1968. 🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/43KUsAd

KYUK is the only public radio station in remote Alaska that regularly broadcasts in the Yugtun language, providing a crucial lifeline to the Indigenous communities in the area. After Congress slashed its budget, the station isn't sure how it'll survive.

First, an earthquake hit Alaska. Then it was a typhoon. People turned to public radio for lifesaving information. Sen. Lisa Murkowski tried to get her colleagues to understand the importance of stations. They voted to defund public media anyway.

"I think with true crime, it creates this thirst for punishment." On this week’s “More To The Story,” incarcerated journalist John J. Lennon examines how our fixation on crime capitalizes on tragedy and turns it into entertainment.

John J. Lennon killed a man on a Brooklyn street in 2001. In prison, he reckoned with his crime and became a nationally known writer while behind bars. He talks with @alletson.bsky.social from Sing Sing Correctional Facility on this week’s “More To The Story.” Listen here: tinyurl.com/382sdab9

Through more than 70 interviews with former inmates and officers, reporters from @mississippitoday.org and @nytimes.com discovered a system where guards in a Mississippi jail ordered beatings, inmates who participated were rewarded, and those trying to raise an alarm were ignored.

This week's episode of "Reveal" takes a look at a Deep South county jail where guards ordered beatings, inmates who participated were rewarded, and warnings about the violence were ignored for more than a decade. Listen here:

Chris Mack, who'd been locked up in the Rankin County jail, detailed how a jailhouse assault had left him with broken ribs and two black eyes. But it wasn’t just guards who attacked him. Mack said a group of inmates joined in—men in the jail’s Trusty Inmate Program, who had special privileges.

Great reporting on the Rankin County (MS) sheriff's office & jail conditions by @mississippitoday.org & @revealnews.org, with reporting from @merrillcollege.bsky.social grad Steph Quinn! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u... cc @emayfarris.bsky.social @mirya.bsky.social

“We have a criminal justice system in which the courtroom and the sentence are so far removed from the lived experience of the condemned." On this week's More To The Story, Death Row spiritual adviser Jeff Hood discusses capital punishment, his activism, and nitrogen gas executions in the US.

Who’s Jeff Hood? He’s a priest, an ordained minister, a Black Lives Matter activist, and someone who has witnessed more executions than almost anyone in the US. A look inside America’s execution chambers on this week’s “More To The Story.”

This was truly one of the wildest, most unpredictable interviews I've ever been a part of.

Executions are rising in the US. This reverend witnesses them. On this week’s “More To The Story,” death row spiritual adviser Jeff Hood talks about how his longtime activism for racial justice led him inside America’s execution chambers. Listen here: apple.co/3LGCB7c

On this week’s “More To The Story,” former Yale professor Jason Stanley has been taking a lot of heat for moving to Canada. Why? Because he studies fascism—and he believes it’s already arrived in the US.

This week on Reveal: A ‘Goon Squad’ of sheriff’s deputies roamed Rankin County, Mississippi, beating and choking people until they confessed to drug crimes. Signs of the violence went ignored for years.

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An Indiana mother of 4 was shot & killed after arriving at the wrong house, reigniting the controversy around "stand your ground" laws The expansion of these laws has resulted in an increasing number of homicides which is why they are also known as: “kill at will” laws Reports @revealnews.org

Last week, an Indiana mother of four was shot and killed after arriving at the wrong house, reigniting the conversation around "stand your ground" laws. In 2022, we covered the expansion of these laws and their resulting increase in homicides.

For years, a “Goon Squad” of sheriff’s deputies roamed Rankin County, Mississippi, beating and choking people until they confessed to drug crimes. This week, we sit down with the reporters from @mississippitoday.org and @nytimes.com who revealed their reign of terror.

This was a challenge to listen to but very eye opening. I highly recommend checking out Reveal and their work. There are many stories that help uncover experiences that do not get significant attention.

Beatings. Choking suspects until they confess. Shooting unarmed people. On this week’s @revealnews.org, reporters from @mississippitoday.org and @nytimes.com reveal the years-long reign of terror of a group of sheriff’s deputies in Rankin County, Mississippi.

In 2023, deputies tortured two Black men in Mississippi before shooting one of them in the mouth. And this wasn’t the first time they’d done something like this. This week, we uncover the “Goon Squad” and its years-long reign of terror in Rankin County.