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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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After banning abortion, Alabama threatened to prosecute the helpers

4 days ago | revealnews.org | Nina Martin |Anayansi Diaz-Cortes |Jenny Casas |Kate Howard

In August 2022, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall made a guest appearance on a local conservative talk radio show. It was two months after the US Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade, and abortion was now illegal in Alabama. And Marshall addressed rumors that he planned to prosecute anyone helping people get abortions out of state.
Nikole Hannah-Jones: Trump Is Erasing Black History

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.
In Fallujah, we destroyed parts of ourselves

1 week ago | revealnews.org | Nikki Frick |Steven Rascon |Zulema Cobb |Jim Briggs

It’s been just over 20 years since the Battle of Fallujah, a bloody campaign in a destructive Iraq War that we now know was based on a lie. But back then, in the wake of 9/11, the battlefield was filled with troops who believed in serving and defending the country against terrorism. “Going to Fallujah was the most horrific experience of our lives,” said Mike Ergo, a team leader for the US Marines Alpha Company, 1st Battalion.
How Public Schools Became Ground Zero for America’s Culture Wars

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.
Josh Sanburn, Kara McGuirk-Allison, Al Letson, Brett Myers, Taki Telonidis, James West, Author at Reveal

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.
Third graders in Steubenville, Ohio, are some of the best little readers in the nation. What’s their secret?

2 weeks ago | revealnews.org | Nadia Hamdan |Brett Myers |Taki Telonidis |Nikki Frick

The schools in Steubenville, Ohio, are doing something unusual—in fact, it’s almost unheard of. In a country where nearly 40 percent of fourth graders struggle to read at even a basic level, Steubenville has succeeded in teaching virtually all of its students to read well.
How Trump Exploits Working-Class Pain

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

3 weeks 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

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.
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 month 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.