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Stop the Steal Never Stopped

When the FBI showed up at a warehouse in Fulton County, Georgia, to seize hundreds of boxes of 2020 election records this past January, County...

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The Secrets Behind “The Talented Mr. Epstein”

In 2002, journalist Vicky Ward—then a writer for Vanity Fair magazine—was assigned to investigate a mysterious New York City financier named...

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The Gaza Flotilla Story You Didn’t Hear

Last fall, hundreds of activists from all over the world crowded onto several dozen boats and set sail for Gaza. Their goal: Break through Israel’s...

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Trump’s Impulsive Foreign Policy Is Tearing Apart the Global Order

When President Donald Trump returned to office last year, he promised to largely steer America clear of foreign entanglements. But over the last year,...

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Poisoning the Forest for the Trees

The forest floor was nothing but patches of brown. No ferns, no brush, no flowers, and definitely no wildlife. Everything was dead except for rows of...

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The Earth Is Worth Saving. Here’s How We Do It.

As NASA’s Artemis II journeyed into space earlier this month, one of the astronauts took a photo of Earth lit by the moon. Known as “Hello,...

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Exposing a Global Surveillance Empire

In June, a sharp-suited Austrian executive from a global surveillance company told a prospective client that he could “go to prison” for...

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Is AI Pushing Us Closer to Nuclear Disaster?

Earlier this year, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced that it was moving the hands of the Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds before midnight, a...

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Inside America’s Race to Hide the World’s Money

Alessandro Chesser is a 40-year-old Silicon Valley entrepreneur. He’s married with two kids and was the first in his family to attend college. His...

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Minnesota’s Attorney General Isn’t Backing Down

Earlier this year, parts of Minneapolis resembled a war zone. The Minnesota city had become the violent epicenter of President Donald Trump’s...

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A Midnight Phone Call. A Missing Movie. Decades of Questions.

Here at the Center for Investigative Reporting, we excel at finding things: government documents, paper trails, the misdeeds people have tried to...

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Al Gore: Trump Administration Is the Most Corrupt in History

Few political figures occupy the sort of space in American history that Al Gore does. A longtime member of Congress before becoming vice president,...

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The Art Trump Doesn’t Want and the Artists Left Behind

Last year, arts organizations and cultural institutions across the US received an alarming message: Their federal grants had been canceled. The...

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Al Gore’s Rallying Cry Ahead of Saturday’s No Kings Protests

Twenty years after An Inconvenient Truth made a devastating case for climate action, American leadership on the issue has all but vanished. But former...

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Exclusive: Al Gore Slams Trump’s “Astonishing Mistake” on Iran

Former Vice President Al Gore delivered a blistering rebuke of President Trump’s war on Iran this week in his first wide-ranging comments on the...

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Afghan War Allies Were Promised Safety in the US—Until Now

Back in November, two National Guard members were shot just blocks from the White House. One was killed. The suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, is an...

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Mr. Rogers and the Fight for Public Media

On the anniversary of Fred Rogers birthday, we take a trip to Mr. Rogers’ real life neighborhood in this special episode that celebrates the life...

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Mr. Rogers and the Fight for Public Media

On the anniversary of Fred Rogers birthday, we take a trip to Mr. Rogers’ real life neighborhood in this special episode that celebrates the life...

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Exploding Pintos, Imploding Politics: Celebrating 50 Years of Fearless Journalism

Fifty years ago, in a small San Francisco office above a fast-food restaurant, a handful of plucky journalists started a new magazine. It was a time...

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The Racist Hoax That Changed Boston

In 1989, Chuck Stuart called 911 on his car phone to report a shooting. He said he and his wife were leaving a birthing class at a Boston hospital...

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How RFK Jr. is Dismantling America’s Health Policies

The new food pyramid says it all. In January, the federal government released updated dietary guidelines for Americans that reimagine the pyramid by...

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The Film the BBC Wouldn’t Air

Two veteran journalists set out to document Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s health care system: hospitals attacked, medical workers killed, doctors...

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Iran, the US, and the Making of a New Middle East

US and Israeli military strikes against Iran that killed several of the country’s top officials, including longtime supreme leader Ayatollah Ali...

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Teaching Kids to Read: How One School District Gets It Right

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...

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Ibram X. Kendi vs. America’s “Antiracism Backlash”

Just a few years ago, historian and activist Ibram X. Kendi seemed to be everywhere. At the height of the Black Lives Matter movement, he became one...

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As the Trump Administration Erases Black History, These Writers Are Keeping It Alive

One of the unmistakable throughlines of the second Trump administration is how it’s overhauling policies that directly affect African Americans,...

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The Man Who Taught Nonviolence to Martin Luther King Jr.

Back in February 2010, the radio show State of the Re:Union, created by Al Letson, produced an award-winning episode looking at civil rights activist...

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Taken by ICE

Cecelia Lizotte owns Suya Joint, a celebrated Nigerian restaurant in Boston. She’s a rising star in the city who was nominated for a James Beard...

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How Project 2025 Is Reshaping Our Country

During the 2024 presidential campaign, a conservative playbook emerged. Created by the Heritage Foundation, this 900-plus-page document was a roadmap...

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How Minneapolis Taught America to Fight Back

In a Minnesota town outside the Twin Cities, Emily is a nurse who treats many immigrant patients. She can’t locate a patient who just had a test...

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Bad Bunny, Billionaires, and the Business of Sports

From financial scandals to transgender rights, DEI, and Bad Bunny performing in this weekend’s Super Bowl, there’s no shortage of sports stories...

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How Trumpism Is Trickling Down to Your Town

Donica Brady lost her job after the Trump administration cut grant funding to bring solar power across the country, including to tribal nations. She...

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He Helped Build the Religious Right. Now He’s Fighting ICE.

On January 24, a US Border Patrol agent shot and killed 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis after he was held down by multiple federal...

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How Sports Became a Battleground Over Trans Rights

During an NCAA women’s swimming championship in March 2022, two seniors tied for fifth place. The race was unremarkable except for one fact: One of...

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How ICE Became Trump’s Very Own Paramilitary Force

Over the last few weeks, Minneapolis has looked like a city under siege. The Trump administration has sent roughly 3,000 federal agents to Minnesota...

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A Dictator Deposed—What Now for Venezuela?

Journalist Mariana Zúñiga woke up in the middle of the night to the sounds of explosions and military planes in Caracas, Venezuela. Her WhatsApp...

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What Police Weren’t Told About Tasers

Kansas City police Officer Matt Masters first used a Taser in the early 2000s. He said it worked well for taking people down; it was safe and...

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What Trump’s Venezuela Attack Means for the World

Last week, US forces entered Venezuela, capturing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in a nighttime raid. On Monday, they were...

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The Black Market for a Lifesaving Cat Drug

In 2023, Marlena Arjo adopted a one-eyed kitten with a penchant for destruction. She named him Otto, and over the next eight months, Otto grew into...

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How a Climate Doomsayer Became an Unexpected Optimist

Bill McKibben isn’t known for his rosy outlook on climate change. Back in 1989, he wrote The End of Nature, which is considered the first mainstream...

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A Decade of Reveal

The first pilot episode of Reveal exposed how the Department of Veterans Affairs was overprescribing opioids to veterans and contributing to an...

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The Bible Says So…or Does It?

Dan McClellan has spent much of his life learning—and relearning—what the Bible and its authors were trying to tell us. But the years he spent in...

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Fancy Galleries, Fake Art

In the mid-’90s, two high-end New York art galleries began selling one fake painting after another–works in the style of Jackson Pollock, Andy...

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Lessons From Trump’s “War” on Chicago

Chicago has been one of the latest stops on the Trump administration’s deportation tour. “Operation Midway Blitz” started in September and, for...

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Trump’s Gilded White House Makeover Is All About Power

The second Trump administration has made tearing down parts of the federal government a priority. And some of those efforts have been literal. In...

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The Gaza Flotilla Story You Didn’t Hear

Earlier this fall, hundreds of activists from all over the world crowded onto several dozen boats and set sail for Gaza. Their goal: Break through...

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One on One With Trump’s Black MAGA Pastor

Detroit pastor Lorenzo Sewell is one of the most prominent Black conservatives in President Donald Trump’s orbit. It all started last summer when...

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Alabama’s Threats to Prosecute Abortion Helpers

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...

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In Rural America, Public Radio Saves Lives

When a typhoon hit Alaska, public radio station KYUK was on the air, broadcasting critical information about conditions, evacuations, and search and...

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Why America Is Obsessed With True Crime

In 2001, John J. Lennon killed a man on a street in New York City. He was convicted of murder several years later and given the maximum sentence—25...

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