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The DOGE acting administrator isn’t new to the Trump world

Feb 25, 2025 | motherjones.com | Artis Curiskis FellowBio |Artis Curiskis |Julia Métraux

The White House today announced the name of the acting administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency: Amy Gleason, the US government’s problem solver in the early days of the data-starved response to the Covid pandemic and a seasoned worker in the health space. The White House named Gleason after it argued in court that Elon Musk is not really the head of DOGE, and faced pressure from a federal judge to say who is.
Trump’s Energy Pick Concedes Climate Change is a “Real Issue”

Jan 15, 2025 | flipboard.com | Artis Curiskis

3 hours agoBut not for the reasons he or Biden’s critics say Today, after 15 months of brutal war, Israel and Hamas agreed to a deal to secure the release of Israeli hostages and the cessation of hostilities in Gaza. The agreement’s first six weeks will see Israel withdraw from much of the enclave and release …
Accountability Archives - Reveal

Nov 2, 2024 | revealnews.org | Zulema Cobb |Taki Telonidis |Anayansi Diaz-Cortes |Artis Curiskis

Posted inAccountability In 1898, a stolen election in North Carolina laid the foundations of the Jim Crow South and much of the structural racism that continues today.
The war on drugs sought to end the drug trade. It harms innocent families instead.

Sep 28, 2024 | revealnews.org | Anayansi Diaz-Cortes |Taki Telonidis |Steven Rascon |Artis Curiskis

The right to asylum has been enshrined in US law since the 1950s. It’s meant to provide a safe haven for people fleeing violence and government persecution. Laura Ascencio Bautista and her family have faced both in Mexico, where her brother Benjamin disappeared along with 42 others in 2014 after police stormed a bus from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College. In the years since, violence in her home state of Guerrero left Bautista desperate. She heard asylum was created for people like her.
Immigration Archives - Reveal

Sep 28, 2024 | revealnews.org | Anayansi Diaz-Cortes |Taki Telonidis |Artis Curiskis |Zulema Cobb

Posted inImmigration US policies triggered a cycle of violence in Mexico, putting innocent families in harm’s way. Many have fled north to seek asylum at the border.
Is the US actually prepared for the next pandemic?

Aug 17, 2024 | revealnews.org | Jessica Malaty Rivera |Kara Oehler |Artis Curiskis |Michael I Schiller

At the height of the pandemic, COVID-19 was talked about as “the great equalizer,” an idea touted by celebrities and politicians from Madonna to then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. But that was a myth. Ibram X.
Why didn’t the US have national data about COVID-19?

Aug 10, 2024 | revealnews.org | Jessica Malaty Rivera |Kara Oehler |Artis Curiskis |Michael I Schiller

In March 2020, health care technologist Amy Gleason had a daunting task ahead of her. She was a new member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force’s data team, and it was her job to figure out where people were testing positive for COVID-19 across the country, how many were in hospitals, and how many had died from the disease. Gleason was shocked to find that data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wasn’t reflecting the immediate impact of the coronavirus.
Inside the US’ failed response to COVID-19 and the massive volunteer effort that followed

Aug 3, 2024 | revealnews.org | Jessica Malaty Rivera |Kara Oehler |Artis Curiskis |Michael I Schiller

The United States has 4% of the world’s population but more than 16% of COVID-19 deaths. Back in February 2020, reporters Rob Meyer and Alexis Madrigal from The Atlantic were trying to find solid data about the rising pandemic. They published a story that revealed a scary truth: The U.S. didn’t know where COVID-19 was spreading because few tests were available.