Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting

The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) is a nonprofit news organization located in Emeryville, California. Since 1977, it has been dedicated to investigative journalism, uncovering issues like scandals and corruption in government and businesses. In 2010, CIR started the California Watch project to enhance its reporting efforts, and in 2012, it joined forces with The Bay Citizen to expand its reach.

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Police departments sell their used guns. Thousands end up at crime scenes.

5 days ago | revealnews.org | Jim Briggs |Fernando Arruda |Nikki Frick |Zulema Cobb

When the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department in California wanted to purchase new firearms, it sold its used ones to help cover the cost. The old guns went to a distributor, which then turned around and sold them to the public. One of those guns—a Glock pistol—found its way to Indianapolis. That Glock was involved in the killing of Maria Leslie’s grandson, and the fact that it once belonged to law enforcement makes her loss sting even more. “My grandson was in his own apartment complex.
What Trump’s Tariff Shock Will Cost You

1 week 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.
Isabela Dias, Noah Lanard, Najib Aminy, Nadia Hamdan, Michael Montgomery, Cynthia Rodriguez, Jenny Casas, Nikki Frick, Kate Howard, D. Victoria Baranetsky, Claire Mullen, Zulema Cobb, Steven Rascón, Jim Briggs, Taki Telonidis, Brett Myers, Al Letson, Auth

1 week ago | revealnews.org | Isabela Dias |Najib Aminy |Zulema Cobb |Taki Telonidis

Expulsions based on tattoos and students targeted for supporting Gaza: Trump’s immigration actions are raising eyebrows and constitutional questions.
By denying Venezuelan migrants a day in court, the Trump administration is sending them into a deportation black hole.

1 week ago | revealnews.org | Isabela Dias |Noah Lanard |Najib Aminy |Nadia Hamdan

On March 15, federal agents rounded up more than 230 Venezuelan nationals who were then deported to El Salvador and locked up in the country’s notorious megaprison. The Trump administration said the men belonged to a violent Venezuelan gang, but presented no evidence, and there were no court hearings in which the men could contest the allegations. Nearly a month later, families of the Venezuelan men say they have heard nothing about their fate. It’s as if they disappeared.
Isabela Dias, Noah Lanard, Najib Aminy, Nadia Hamdan, Michael Montgomery, Cynthia Rodriguez, Jenny Casas, Nikki Frick, Kate Howard, D. Victoria Baranetsky, Claire Mullen, Zulema Cobb, Steven Rascón, Jim Briggs, Taki Telonidis, Brett Myers, Al Letson, Auth

1 week ago | revealnews.org | Isabela Dias |Najib Aminy |Zulema Cobb |Taki Telonidis

Expulsions based on tattoos and students targeted for supporting Gaza: Trump’s immigration actions are raising eyebrows and constitutional questions.
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Inside the “churn” that traps people with serious mental illness

2 weeks ago | revealnews.org | Najib Aminy |Jenny Casas |Steven Rascon |Zulema Cobb

Adam Aurand spent nearly a decade of his life stuck in a loop. He cycled for years among emergency rooms, psychiatric hospitals, jails, and the streets in and around Seattle. During that time, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and schizoaffective disorder. He also used opioids and methamphetamine. Each time he entered an institution for care or incarceration, he was released back into homelessness. And the cycle started again.
She Launched “The Daily Show.” Now She’s Fighting Red State Abortion Bans.

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

For abortion rights advocate Lizz Winstead, her work has never felt more urgent. But her path to advocacy was a curvy one. She started out as a comedian, first as a stand-up and eventually as the co-creator of The Daily Show, which redefined television by deftly combining comedy and politics. “I kept getting increasingly unnerved and also frustrated that I was just shelling people with information, even though it was funny, and not giving them a way to fight back,” Winstead says.
They challenged California over solitary confinement and broke a supermax prison

3 weeks ago | revealnews.org | Michael Montgomery |Brett Myers |Nikki Frick |Steven Rascon

At 18, Jack Morris was convicted of murdering a man in South Los Angeles and sent to prison for life. It was 1979, and America was entering the era of mass incarceration, with tough sentencing laws ballooning the criminal justice system. As California’s prison population surged, so did prison violence. “You learn that in order to survive, you yourself then have to become predatorial,” Morris says.
Exclusive: Trump Fired This Top Watchdog. Now He’s Speaking Out.

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

Fraud, waste, and abuse: That’s what inspectors general are tasked with investigating throughout the federal government. For decades, these watchdogs have been a key layer of oversight, working to ensure that agencies are spending taxpayer money wisely. But in his first week in office, President Donald Trump did something unprecedented.