#MississippiGoddam, a seven-part investigative podcast by Reveal and @prx, examines the suspicious death of Billey Joe Johnson Jr., a 17-year-old Black student who was killed during an early morning traffic stop in Lucedale, Mississippi, in December 2008.
A grand jury ruled that Johnson accidentally shot himself. But as @Al_Letson and @jonathanrjones began digging into the evidence, they uncovered numerous flaws in the handling of the case, casting serious doubt on the initial findings. revealnews.org/mississippi-go…
“Unrelinquished,” produced in collaboration with @AJFaultLines, focuses on the harrowing case of 22-year-old Jazmine Willock, whose boyfriend, Taris Ford-Dillard, shot and killed her in Tucson, Arizona, in 2018 before turning the gun on himself.
“Unrelinquished” is part of @jennifergollan’s multiplatform project, When Abusers Keep Their Guns, examining why so many domestic violence homicides involve illegal weapons. revealnews.org/when-abusers-k…
Established in 1968, the RFK Journalism Awards honor outstanding reporting on issues that reflect Robert F. Kennedy’s concerns, including human rights, social justice and the power of individual action in the United States and around the world. #RFKBJArevealnews.org/press/reveals-…
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This week on 🎧 Reveal, we bring you episode 1 of the #WillBeWild podcast, an eight-part series that investigates the forces that led to the Jan. 6 insurrection and what comes next. revealnews.org/podcast/a-fami…
Reporters @AndreaBNYC and @ilyamarritz spent months investigating key figures like Guy Reffitt, a member of the Three Percenters and the first January 6th-er to stand trial. bit.ly/reveal-jan6
When Guy returned home after the Capitol riot, there were news stories about people being turned in to authorities.
Guy warned his son, Jackson, that if he turned him in, he’d be a traitor, and “traitors get shot.”
1️⃣ In March, safety officials in Washington fined Amazon again – this time for $60,000 for “knowingly putting workers at risk of injury,” citing the “unsafe pace” of work. bit.ly/amazon-quotas
Washington’s Department of Labor & Industries has now fined Amazon a total of $81,000 for this problem, stating, “The company has not yet made necessary changes to improve workplace safety and has consistently denied the association between pace of work and injury rates.”
Our “My Neighbor the Suspected War Criminal” Reveal episode examines the United States’ thin record in bringing war criminals to justice. We found suspects rarely face charges for their alleged atrocities.
1️⃣ Once glorified for its dogged Nazi hunting, the Department of Justice rarely brings charges under the four criminal statutes that address serious war crimes and human rights violations.
The protests are about Sri Lanka’s economic crisis – its worst since it gained independence in 1948.
▪️ There are shortages of food, fuel and medicines.
▪️ Rupee plunged to a record low last month, making it the worst-performing currency in the world.
▪️ Foreign debt is at $35B.
The protesters have had a common and unifying rallying cry: “Go home, Gota.”
The “Gota” they are referring to is Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the brother of Mahinda Rajapaksa, and “home” is the United States. theguardian.com/world/2022/apr…
The state has a special place in the history of the abortion rights movement.
In 1980, voters made it one of the few states to enshrine an express right to privacy in its constitution. bit.ly/fl-abortion
Four decades later, that protection – far broader than the federal right to privacy that underpins Roe and that a majority of the Supreme Court seems likely to reject – is the major reason that Florida remains an important oasis for reproductive care. revealnews.org/article/aborti…
📊 In a first-of-its-kind analysis, we examined 4,000 police call records for every abortion clinic in Florida from 2016 through 2021 and found that calls related to clinic harassment, disturbance and violence have doubled.
With its 55 abortion clinics, more than seven other Southeastern states combined, Florida is an unexpected safe haven for abortion, but it also has a history of anti-abortion extremism.