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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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Mohsen Mahdawi Fought ICE and Won His Freedom. For Now.

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

Just a few months ago, pro-Palestinian college students around the country were getting arrested and detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But some are now challenging their detentions in court—and getting released. Last week, Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil, the first known pro-Palestinian activist arrested by ICE under the Trump administration, was let out of a Louisiana prison on bail by a federal judge who called his detainment unconstitutional.
Women seeking addiction treatment are harassed and assaulted by men in positions of power

1 week ago | revealnews.org | Najib Aminy |D. Victoria Baranetsky |Nikki Frick |Brett Myers

Across the country, women seeking addiction treatment are being harassed and assaulted by men in positions of power. The problem is so pervasive that it has a name among those in the industry: the 13th Step. “I fell right into it, right into it. You know, it’s like, it’s just, you’re so vulnerable,” says a victim named Andrea. “The 13-stepper is like, um, when you take advantage of a newcomer.
“Madness”: A Retired Brig. General Slams Trump’s Military Power Grab

1 week ago | revealnews.org | Josh Sanburn |Kara McGuirk-Allison |Al Letson |Brett Myers

Retired Brigadier General Greg Smith spent 35 years in the Army National Guard. He’s seen riots. He’s protected political conventions. He led the military’s joint task force in response to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. But he’s never witnessed the US armed forces being used the way they’ve been deployed recently in Los Angeles.
2024 Broke the Democrats. Can They Put Themselves Back Together?

2 weeks ago | revealnews.org | Nadia Hamdan |Jenny Casas |Kate Howard |Zulema Cobb

For the first time in two decades, the Democratic Party has found itself without a clear party leader or even an obvious frontrunner. Angry and adrift, politicians and voters are clashing over how to fight back.
I’m a Farmer Who Voted for Trump. His Tariffs Are Stressing Me Out.

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

Few have felt the whiplash of President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs with China more than American farmers. The US is the world’s largest exporter of agricultural products, from corn to soybeans, wheat, and cotton. And the largest importer of America’s farm products? China. The two countries have engaged in a back-and-forth series of escalating levies since Trump imposed tariffs on the country in April.
The fall of Roe, through the eyes of high school girls

3 weeks ago | revealnews.org | Anayansi Diaz-Cortes |Nikki Frick |Zulema Cobb |Steven Rascon

This month, some of the nation’s best and brightest teenage girls will gather in Mobile, Alabama, to embark on two of the most intense weeks of their lives. Everybody wants the same thing: to walk away with a $40,000 college scholarship and the title of Distinguished Young Woman of America. Reporter Shima Oliaee competed for Nevada when she was a teenager and was invited back as a judge 20 years later. Oliaee accepted, all while recording it for a six-part audio series calledThe Competition.
David Hogg’s Fight for the Future of the Democratic Party

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

“It’s all gas, no brakes.” For David Hogg, a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, there’s little time away from politics right now, especially considering his $20 million campaign to disrupt his own party. Hogg, a survivor of the 2018 mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, and gun control advocate, is looking to oust what he calls “asleep at the wheel” incumbents in primaries around the US through his political action committee, Leaders We Deserve.
Workers’ Rights Archives - Reveal

4 weeks ago | revealnews.org | Zulema Cobb |Taki Telonidis |Jayme Fraser |Cynthia Rodriguez

Posted inWorkers’ Rights Trump is redefining “discrimination”—rolling back transgender protections and reshaping a civil rights–era agency to benefit white men.
Trump is redefining discrimination and reshaping a civil rights–era agency to prioritize white men

4 weeks ago | revealnews.org | Michael Montgomery |Cynthia Rodriguez |D. Victoria Baranetsky |Zulema Cobb

Dylan Bringuel remembers the exact moment they got hired by the Holiday Inn Express in Jamestown, New York. It was late August 2022, and Bringuel—who uses they/them pronouns—had recently moved across the country and was struggling to find work. Bringuel is transgender was upfront about their gender identity during the job interview. “ I was like, ‘Just so you’re aware, I am transitioning from female to male,’” they remember saying. “And they said, ‘Okay, we respect that.
Rage and Resentment Are Killing the Great American Road Trip

1 month ago | revealnews.org | Josh Sanburn |Kara McGuirk-Allison |Al Letson |Brett Myers

A record 45 million Americans were expected to travel this Memorial Day weekend, long considered the unofficial kickoff to summer. And most of them were hitting the road. Sarah Kendzior is no stranger to the family road trip. Her family, in fact, has visited 38 states—and counting. These trips were born out of a love and curiosity for America and a desire to explore small towns, vast National Parks, and the unexpected oddities along the way.