Reveal

Reveal

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Reveal is a new investigative program from The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX. It's hosted by Al Letson, the recipient of multiple journalism awards for his original series, State of the Re:Union.

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In this episode, we look at some of our best reporting from 2017 and how Reveal has made an impact in our world.

In 1988, two powerful explosions shook Kansas City, Missouri, killing six firefighters.

This episode of Reveal tells the story of Daniel Ellsberg, a former government strategist responsible for leaking the Pentagon Papers – thousands of classified documents that called…

Across the country, universities are being criticized over issues of money: from how they spend their endowments, to how they raise tuition, to how they award financial aid.

Across the country, criminals are arming themselves in unexpected ways. In Florida, they're stealing guns from unlocked cars and gun stores.

In Texas, women with limited access to abortions are traveling across the border to find a drug that will induce miscarriages.

On this episode of Reveal, we look at #Pizzagate, the fake news story that inspired an act of domestic terrorism.

Reveal journalists teamed up with ICIJ for a new bombshell: The Paradise Papers.

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