Al Letson

1 week ago | revealnews.org | Josh Sanburn |Kara McGuirk-Allison |Al Letson |Taki Telonidis

President Donald Trump’s second term has swung a wrecking ball at diversity, equity, and inclusion policies and programs throughout the country. Few writers seem better suited to explain this unique moment in America than Nikole Hannah-Jones. A New York Times journalist and Howard University professor, Hannah-Jones has spent years studying and shaping compelling—and at times controversial—narratives about American history.

2 weeks ago | revealnews.org | Josh Sanburn |Kara McGuirk-Allison |Al Letson |Brett Myers

Mike Hixenbaugh first knew things had changed when someone on a four-wheeler started ripping up his lawn after his wife placed a Black Lives Matter sign outside their home on the suburban outskirts of Houston. Hixenbaugh is an award-winning investigative reporter for NBC News. He’s covered wrongdoing within the child welfare system, safety lapses inside hospitals, and deadly failures in the US Navy.

2 weeks ago | revealnews.org | Taki Telonidis |Josh Sanburn |Kara McGuirk-Allison |Al Letson

Posted inMore To The Story How race, gender, politics, and the fight for public schools collided on one reporter’s front lawn.

3 weeks ago | revealnews.org | Josh Sanburn |Kara McGuirk-Allison |Al Letson |Brett Myers

Arlie Hochschild, an award-winning author and sociologist, has spent years talking with people living in rural parts of the country who have been hit hard by the loss of manufacturing jobs and shuttered coal mines. They’re the very people President Donald Trump argues will benefit most from his sweeping wave of tariffs and recent executive orders aimed at reviving coal mining in the US. But Hochschild argues that Trump’s policies will only fill an emotional need for those in rural America.

4 weeks ago | revealnews.org | Josh Sanburn |Kara McGuirk-Allison |Al Letson |Brett Myers

Justin Wolfers teaches economics 101 at the University of Michigan. It’s an introductory course about supply, demand, and trade. The basics. He wishes President Donald Trump attended. Wolfers, an Australian known for his research on how happiness relates to income, is one of the more prominent economists speaking out against Trump’s sweeping tariffs. He says they not only betray the most basic laws of economics, but could very well tip the US into a completely avoidable recession.