Reveal

0 Likes     0 Followers     2 Subscribers

Sign up / Log in to like, follow, recommend and subscribe!

Recommendations


Episodes

Date Title & Description Contributors
2024-11-30

  Buried Secrets: America’s Indian Boarding Schools Part 2

Chief Red Cloud was a Lakota leader in the late 1800s, when the conflict between the US government and Native Americans was intense, and he was the tribal chief when the Catholic church built a boarding school on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dak...
  Mary Annette Pember, Al Letson author
2024-11-23

  Buried Secrets: America’s Indian Boarding Schools Part 1

In the early 1990s, Justin Pourier was a maintenance man at Red Cloud Indian School, a Catholic school on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. One day, he says he stumbled upon small graves in the school’s basement. For nearly 30 years, Pourier ...
  The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX author
2024-11-16

  The Many Contradictions of a Trump Victory

As Donald Trump prepares to enter the White House for a second term, the reasons people voted him into office are becoming more clear. For Micki Witthoeft, it’s cause for celebration. Her daughter, Ashli Babitt, was shot and killed by a police officer ...
  The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX author
2024-11-09

  From Victim to Suspect

Nicole Chase was a young mom with a daughter to support when she took a job at a restaurant in Canton, Connecticut. She liked the work and was good at her job. But the place turned out to be more like a frat house than a quaint roadside sandwich spot. ...
  The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX author
2024-11-07

  How Donald Trump Won the Presidency, Again

Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris on Tuesday night to become only the second president in US history to win two nonconsecutive terms. (The last one? Grover Cleveland in 1892.) Trump won the presidency following one of the most tumultuous election yea...
  The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX author
2024-11-02

  Remembering a White Supremacist Coup

In the late 1800s, Wilmington, North Carolina, was a city where African Americans thrived economically and held elected office. This did not sit well with White supremacists, who during the election of 1898 used violence to intimidate voters and overth...
  Al Letson, Alexia Fernández Campbell, Pratheek Rebala, Pamela Kirkland, Nadia Hamdan author
2024-10-30

  Why Elon Musk Went Full MAGA

Just a few years ago, Elon Musk seemed to be just another Silicon Valley billionaire with no true political compass. He once described himself as “half-Republican, half-Democrat” and often donated money to candidates from both parties. But all that see...
  The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX author
2024-10-26

  Swing States of Denial

In 2020, as elections officials counted votes in Phoenix, protesters swarmed outside the Maricopa County election center. Many held flags; some had AR-15s. Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was there yelling into a bullhorn, “Burn in hell, Joe Biden.” The...
  The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX author
2024-10-24

  Why You Shouldn’t Buy the Election Narrative About Black Men

Earlier this month, former President Barack Obama stopped by a Kamala Harris campaign office in Pennsylvania and made headlines by admonishing Black men for being less enthusiastic about supporting her for president compared with the support he receive...
  The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX author
2024-10-19

  Red, Black, and Blue

Every four years, the presidential election brings with it a perennial question about an essential voting bloc: Who will Black voters turn out for? Mother Jones video correspondent Garrison Hayes has spent months on the campaign trail talking to Black ...
  The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX author