Channel Title: Reveal Channel Description: Reveal is produced by The Center for Investigative Reporting and features investigative journalism from around the world. From documentaries, animations, podcasts and more, we'll bring these powerful narratives alive in a variety of different formats. Learn more about our national public radio show Reveal, produced with PRX, at revealnews.org. This channel formerly was called The I Files and was supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Contact us at reveal@revealnews.org. <video> How Democracy Survived the Midterm Elections [Reveal podcast] Description: Following the 2020 election, it looked like the U.S. midterm elections could create more chaos. But mostly, they didn’t. Why? Reveal host Al Letson talks with leading academics and journalists to take the temperature of American democracy: What did we expect from the midterms, what did we get, and what does that mean for 2024? Reveal’s Ese Olumhense and Mother Jones senior reporter Ari Berman discuss how gerrymandering, abortion rights, election denial and fear of voting crimes played out in contentious states like Arizona, Wisconsin and Florida. Next, Andrea Bernstein and Ilya Marritz, who report on threats to democracy for ProPublica and are hosts of the podcast Will Be Wild, join Letson to discuss how the violence and disinformation that sparked the Jan. 6 insurrection continues to shape the country’s political landscape. The reporters tell the story of how the Department of Homeland Security backed off efforts to identify and combat false information after Republican pundits and politicians accused the Biden administration of stomping on the free speech rights of anyone who disagrees with them. Then, reporter Jessica Pishko delves into the world of a group called the constitutional sheriffs. This association of rogue sheriffs claims to be the highest law in the land and has increasingly come to see themselves as election police. In his time as president, Donald Trump bucked the norms and mixed presidential duties with personal business, refused to release his tax returns and pardoned his political allies. This month, he announced he’s running for president again in 2024. Letson speaks with two lawyers who have spent the past two years identifying how to rein in presidential power and close loopholes Trump exposed: Bob Bauer, former White House counsel for President Barack Obama, and Jack Goldsmith, former assistant attorney general in President George W. Bush’s Office of Legal Counsel. They’re also co-authors of the 2020 book “After Trump: Reconstructing the Presidency.” Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:10-11:55 - Midterms: Expectations and looking forward 11:56-26:45 - Election Disinformation 26:46-35:45 - Rogue sheriffs and elections 35:46-49:19 - Reining in presidential power 49:20-50:36 - Credits - - - ABOUT REVEAL Reveal, co-produced with PRX, is the United States’ first weekly investigative public radio show and podcast. Peabody Award-winning host Al Letson takes listeners across the country and the world, exposing wrongs and holding the powerful accountable. Whether it’s Amazon’s poor workplace safety record, inequity in the juvenile justice system or exploitation at drug rehabs, Reveal connects with listeners through gripping and compassionate storytelling. - Explore our archive of episodes: https://revealnews.org/episodes/ - Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reveal/id886009669 - Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/51CN011CgUdG7EUfm7cXF7?si=f2R4_yD_QAS0mpnf9XivlQ&nd=1 Follow us on: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/reveal - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/revealnews/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThisIsReveal - Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/reveal?sub_confirmation=1 </video> <video> Ayotzinapa Students Attacked by Police Description: Cell Phone footage from the attack by police on Mexican students from the Ayotzinapa Teacher’s College. Taken by one of the survivors on the buses after the initial shots were fired. September 26, 2014. </video> <video> Conflict Beef Description: Nicaraguan cattle ranchers, spurred by a surge in beef exports to the U.S., are attacking Indigenous communities and killing those who resist. The deadly attacks have risen during the pandemic. As COVID-19 outbreaks slowed down American slaughterhouses, forcing U.S. grocery stores to scramble to fill shelves with foreign beef, Nicaraguan suppliers rushed to fill the gap. That growing beef production has spurred violence and bloodshed in Nicaragua’s Indigenous communities as cattle ranchers seize land to clear the jungle for fresh pastureland. The homicide rate in the Indigenous Mayangna community soared so high in the first half of this year, as a result of murders by cattle ranchers, that it ranked among the most dangerous places in the world. And due to a loophole in U.S. regulation, American consumers have no idea when they’re eating beef from Nicaragua. That’s because imported beef can be labeled as a “product of the United States” as long as it is processed and packaged in the U.S. Credits: Reporter/Producer: Nathan Halverson Videographers/Field Producers: Emma Schwartz, JoeBill Muñoz, Mallory Newman Production Assistant: Yinuo Shi Senior Producer/Editor: David Ritsher Senior Producer: Adam Raney Executive Editor: Esther Kaplan Executive Producers: Amanda Pike, Sara Just Editor in Chief: Matt Thompson </video> <video> A Reckoning at Amazon [Reveal podcast] Description: After years of growth, Amazon is now laying off thousands of employees. But with the holiday season underway, the company’s warehouse workers still have to race to fill gift orders. On the Reveal podcast, we revisit Amazon’s safety record. Host Al Letson speaks with Reveal’s Will Evans, who’s been reporting on injuries at Amazon for years. By gathering injury data and speaking with workers and whistleblowers, he has shown that Amazon warehouse employees are injured on the job at a higher rate than at other companies. Evans’ reporting has focused national attention on the company’s safety record, prompting regulators, lawmakers and the company itself to address the issue more closely. Members of Congress have scrutinized Amazon’s working conditions – and at the state level, lawmakers and safety regulators are taking action against Amazon in ways they never have before. In our second segment, we bring back a story by reporter Jennifer Gollan that looks at the most common type of injury at Amazon and other workplaces: repetitive motion injuries. Gollan reports that decades ago, the federal government decided to impose safety regulations to try to prevent these injuries, then abruptly changed its mind. We end with a reprise of a story from reporter Laura Sydell about online reviews of products and businesses and how many of them are not what they seem. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 0:07-17:32 - Amazon’s safety record 17:33-32:47 - Ergonomic injuries and OSHA 32:48-49:05 - Misleading online reviews 49:06-50:35 - Credits ABOUT REVEAL Reveal, co-produced with PRX, is the United States’ first weekly investigative public radio show and podcast. Peabody Award-winning host Al Letson takes listeners across the country and the world, exposing wrongs and holding the powerful accountable. Whether it’s Amazon’s poor workplace safety record, inequity in the juvenile justice system or exploitation at drug rehabs, Reveal connects with listeners through gripping and compassionate storytelling. Explore our archive of episodes: https://revealnews.org/episodes/ Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/reveal/id886009669 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/51CN011CgUdG7EUfm7cXF7?si=f2R4_yD_QAS0mpnf9XivlQ Follow us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/reveal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/revealnews/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThisIsReveal Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/reveal?sub_confirmation=1 </video> <video> How Reveal Is Covering the Existential Threats to U.S. Democracy Description: Go inside the newsroom with Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting and tune in for a virtual conversation on how our team is covering the existential threats to U.S. democracy. Panelists: -- Moderator: Robert "Rosey" Rosenthal, CEO -- Ese Olumhense, reporter -- Andy Donohue, executive editor for projects -- Melissa Lewis, data reporter Our latest reporting on democracy threats: -- Big Lie Proponents Are Creating Harsh Criminal Penalties for Elections Activity: https://revealnews.org/article/election-crime-legislation-voter-suppression -- Search for the Crime Bills That Target Voting and Elections in Your State: https://revealnews.org/article/search-for-the-crime-bills-that-target-voting-and-elections-in-your-state -- New Laws Police a Fake Problem: Voter Fraud: https://revealnews.org/podcast/the-ballot-boogeymen/ We are the nation’s first investigative journalism nonprofit. Support our work: http://revealnews.org/democracyevent STAY CONNECTED Website: https://www.revealnews.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/reveal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/revealnews Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThisIsReveal Subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.revealnews.org/newsletter </video> <video> The Grab official trailer -- Opening June 14 Description: Quietly and seemingly out of sight, governments, private investors and mercenaries are working to seize food and water resources at the expense of entire populations. They are driven by a simple understanding, a sober assessment by world leaders and the international intelligence community - food is power in the 21st century. As water and food conflicts are erupting around the world, the most vital resources on the planet are being weaponized and used to wage war. THE GRAB is a high stakes global thriller combining hard-hitting journalism from The Center for Investigative Reporting with the compelling character-driven storytelling of director Gabriela Cowperthwaite (Blackfish), taking you around the globe to reveal one of the world’s biggest and least-known threats. For more information, visit: http://thegrabthemovie.com/ </video> <video> The Bitter Work Behind Sugar [Reveal podcast] Description: Sugar is a big part of Americans’ daily diet, but we rarely ask where that sweet cane comes from. In November, the United States announced that it will block all imports of raw sugar from one of those sources: the cane fields owned by the Central Romana Corp. in the Dominican Republic. U.S. Customs and Border Protection cited labor abuses in its decision. Sugar from Central Romana feeds into the supply chains of major U.S. brands, including Domino and Hershey. The federal government’s action follows a two-year investigation by Reveal and Mother Jones. Reporters Sandy Tolan and Euclides Cordero Nuel visited Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic who do the backbreaking work of cutting sugarcane for little pay. Central Romana is the Dominican Republic’s largest private employer and has strong links to two powerful Florida businessmen, Alfonso and Pepe Fanjul. The reporters speak to workers who have no access to government pensions, so they’re forced to work in the fields into their 80s for as little as $3 a day. In the 1990s, Tolan reported on human trafficking and child labor in the Dominican sugar industry. Conditions improved following pressure on the government from local activists, human rights groups and the U.S. Labor Department. But major problems have persisted. After Reveal’s story first aired in fall 2021, Congress took action. Fifteen members of the House Ways and Means Committee called on federal agencies to formulate a plan to address what they called the “slave-like conditions” in the Dominican cane fields. Central Romana also took action: It bulldozed one of the worker camps our reporters visited, claiming it was part of an improvement program. Residents say that with very little warning, they were told to pack up their lives. Central Romana denies the U.S. government’s recent findings that its cane cutters are working under forced labor conditions. Time stamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:16-23:37 - What it’s like for cane cutters 23:38-40:40 - Speaking out about harsh conditions 40:41-48:45 - Holding Central Romana accountable 48:46-50:45 - Credits Want to dig deeper? Explore the stories in our sugar investigation series: https://revealnews.org/the-human-cost-of-sugar/ ABOUT REVEAL Reveal, co-produced with PRX, is the United States’ first weekly investigative public radio show and podcast. Peabody Award-winning host Al Letson takes listeners across the country and the world, exposing wrongs and holding the powerful accountable. Whether it’s Amazon’s poor workplace safety record, inequity in the juvenile justice system or exploitation at drug rehabs, Reveal connects with listeners through gripping and compassionate storytelling. Explore our archive of episodes: https://revealnews.org/episodes/ Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/reveal/id886009669 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/51CN011CgUdG7EUfm7cXF7?si=f2R4_yD_QAS0mpnf9XivlQ Follow us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/reveal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/revealnews/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThisIsReveal Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/reveal?sub_confirmation=1 </video> <video> How Amazon hid a safety crisis at its warehouses Description: Reveal reporter Will Evans spent more than a year digging into Amazon’s safety record, uncovering documents showing deception about its safety crisis. Evans recently got a hold of a trove of records that give an unprecedented look at the company’s injury rates. Digging into these documents, we can see that Amazon’s safety record has been getting worse, with injury rates increasing every year between 2016 and 2019. Meanwhile, Amazon has also misled the public about the impact of robotics and busy shopping times like Prime Day on workplace safety. In this collaboration with the PBS NewsHour, Evans takes these claims one by one and sees how they hold up to reality. Credits: Reporter Will Evans Producer Rachel de Leon Senior Producer and Editor David Ritsher Executive Producer Amanda Pike Managing Editor Andrew Donohue Data Editor Soo Oh Special Thanks Melissa Lewis Videographers Brandon Carter Paul Mailman Rachel de Leon Rafael Roy Thaad Sabolboro Assistant Camera Demetrio Nasol Blake Sinnock Maurice Morales Vanessa Ochavillo Production Assistant Vanessa Ochavillo Legal Counsel Victoria Baranetsky Consulting Producer Katharine Mieszkowski Executive Editor Esther Kaplan Editor in Chief Matt Thompson Funding thanks to The Rogovy Foundation </video> <video> The Ballot Boogeymen [Reveal #podcast] #shorts #news Description: On the Reveal podcast, how extreme new laws built on former President Donald Trump’s Big Lie are cracking down on a phantom problem: widespread voter fraud. Listen to the episode: https://youtu.be/ycB4jsf6xqo </video> <video> The Haitian migrants behind the bitter work of the Dominican sugar industry [Reveal #podcast] Description: Millions of pounds of sugar is harvested for the U.S. each year in the Dominican Republic, where the grueling work means harsh conditions and low pay for Haitian migrants. Listen to the investigation on the Reveal podcast: https://youtu.be/G6SHZA_zWxQ </video> <video> Dashcam of Lucedale PD responding to call of break-in on the morning of Billey Joe Johnson's death. Description: This is one of two videos taken from the dash cameras of the Lucedale Police Department patrolmen. It is from the patrol car belonging to Sergeant James O’Neal, who responded to the 911 call of a break-in on Lamar Street in Lucedale, Mississippi. (Note: The time stamp on the dash camera is incorrect. These events happened approximately between 5:20 a.m. and 5:50 a.m. Some of the subtitles may not be 100% accurate or complete due to cross-talk and poor audio quality.) </video> <video> Victim/Suspect: Now Streaming on Netflix Description: Victim/Suspect chronicles journalist Rae de Leon’s investigation into a shocking nationwide pattern: Young women tell the police they’ve been sexually assaulted, but instead of finding justice, they’re charged with the crime of making a false report, arrested, and even imprisoned by the system they believed would protect them. About Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting: Reveal, co-produced with PRX, is the United States’ first weekly investigative public radio show and podcast. Peabody Award-winning host Al Letson takes listeners across the country and the world, exposing wrongs and holding the powerful accountable. Whether it’s Amazon’s poor workplace safety record, inequity in the juvenile justice system or exploitation at drug rehabs, Reveal connects with listeners through gripping and compassionate storytelling. Explore our archive of episodes: https://revealnews.org/episodes/ Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/r... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/51CN011... Follow us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/reveal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/revealnews/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThisIsReveal Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/reveal?sub_... </video> <video> A Reckoning at Amazon [Reveal #podcast] #shorts #news Description: As Amazon has made huge profits through the years, it’s come at a cost: There’s a worker injury crisis in its warehouses. And the company is now facing pressure from lawmakers and safety regulators in ways it never has before. Listen to the episode: https://youtu.be/AGkiBNcPEd4 </video> <video> How Democracy Survived the Midterm Elections [Reveal #podcast] #shorts #news Description: On the Reveal podcast: Following the 2020 U.S. election, it looked like the midterms could create more chaos. But mostly, they didn’t. Why? Listen to the full episode: https://youtu.be/2eF9GE4mhMc </video> <video> The Ballot Boogeymen [Reveal podcast] Description: In August 2020, Guillermina Fuentes was trying to get out the vote in her small Arizona community. Outside a polling place, she handed a few absentee ballots to another volunteer to drop off. A conservative activist secretly filmed her and reported her to local authorities. In the eyes of the law, she’d just committed a felony. Dropping off someone else’s mail-in ballot, known as ballot collecting, became a crime in Arizona in 2016, and Fuentes would become the first person prosecuted for it. Reveal reporter Ese Olumhense travels to San Luis to report on Fuentes’ case and finds she has gone from being a well-known local politician in her community to the face of right-wing campaigns against voter fraud. Fuentes’ arrest and prosecution show the beginnings of an alarming trend shaping the future of how elections are surveilled and policed. Olumhense and Reveal’s Melissa Lewis built a database to track all election-crimes-related bills introduced in the country since the 2020 election. They found a national push to punish what is considered in many states to be typical voting practices. Fueled in part by politicians who falsely claim voter fraud stole the 2020 election from Donald Trump, bills are being introduced that create new election crime investigation agencies, establish criminal penalties for election offenses or empower law enforcement officials to investigate such crimes. While there was no proof of anything resembling widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, there is one way in which elections are rigged: gerrymandering. Mother Jones senior reporter Ari Berman delves into how Republicans redrew voting maps in Wisconsin, helping them cement control of the state Legislature. Republicans’ strong hold on power has allowed them to keep in place deeply unpopular laws like an abortion ban that dates back to 1849. But this isn’t about just state politics: It’s also about the next election for president in 2024. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:10 - Guillermina Fuentes and Arizona’s ballot collection law 19:17 - National election crimes movement 33:43 - Wisconsin's extreme gerrymandering - Visit our episode page: https://revealnews.org/podcast/the-ballot-boogeymen/ - Read our investigation: https://revealnews.org/article/election-crime-legislation-voter-suppression - Search your state for election crimes legislation: https://revealnews.org/article/search-for-the-crime-bills-that-target-voting-and-elections-in-your-state ABOUT REVEAL Reveal, co-produced with PRX, is the United States’ first weekly investigative public radio show and podcast. Peabody Award-winning host Al Letson takes listeners across the country and the world, exposing wrongs and holding the powerful accountable. Whether it’s Amazon’s poor workplace safety record, inequity in the juvenile justice system or exploitation at drug rehabs, Reveal connects with listeners through gripping and compassionate storytelling. - Explore our archive of episodes: https://revealnews.org/episodes/ - Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/reveal/id886009669 - Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/51CN011CgUdG7EUfm7cXF7?si=f2R4_yD_QAS0mpnf9XivlQ Follow us on: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/reveal - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/revealnews/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThisIsReveal - Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/reveal?sub_confirmation=1 </video>

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Reveal is produced by The Center for Investigative Reporting and features investigative journalism from around the world. From documentaries, animations, podcasts and more, we'll bring these powerful narratives alive in a variety of different formats. Learn more about our national public radio show Reveal, produced with PRX, at revealnews.org.

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