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Surveillance and Privacy

Exposing a Global Surveillance Empire

by Michael Montgomery, Nadia Hamdan, D. Victoria Baranetsky, Taki Telonidis, Brett Myers, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Al Letson, Zulema Cobb and Artis Curiskis April 18, 2026April 16, 2026

In a major investigation, a young reporter uncovers a powerful technology used to spy on thousands of people across the world.

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Climate Change

Is AI Pushing Us Closer to Nuclear Disaster?

by Kara McGuirk-Allison, Josh Sanburn, Taki Telonidis, Brett Myers, Al Letson and Steven Rascón April 15, 2026April 13, 2026

Daniel Holz from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists discusses why the hands of the Doomsday Clock are the closest they’ve ever been to midnight.

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Accountability

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

by Cynthia Rodriguez, D. Victoria Baranetsky, Artis Curiskis, Zulema Cobb, Nikki Frick, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Taki Telonidis, Brett Myers and Al Letson April 11, 2026April 15, 2026

The rich don’t need to go offshore to hide assets—they can do it right here in the US. But if America becomes the world’s tax haven, what are the effects?

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Minnesota’s Attorney General Isn’t Backing Down

by Josh Sanburn, Al Letson, Brett Myers, Taki Telonidis, Kara McGuirk-Allison and James West April 8, 2026April 7, 2026

Keith Ellison opens up about his congressional confrontation with Sen. Josh Hawley and how Trump’s violent ICE raids transformed his state.

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Easy Listening

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

by Ashley Cleek, Jenny Casas, Kate Howard, Melissa Lewis, Nikki Frick, D. Victoria Baranetsky, Claire Mullen, Taki Telonidis, Brett Myers, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Al Letson, Zulema Cobb and Artis Curiskis April 4, 2026April 2, 2026

Serious Investigations Into Deeply Unserious Questions. The first in our occasional series of “inconsequential investigations.”

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Al Gore: Trump Administration Is the Most Corrupt in History

by Josh Sanburn, Taki Telonidis, Brett Myers, Al Letson, Kara McGuirk-Allison and James West April 1, 2026April 1, 2026

The former vice president rebukes Trump’s attack on Iran and condemns the administration’s dismantling of climate regulations.

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Reveal Podcast

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

by Jonathan Jones, Steven Rascón, D. Victoria Baranetsky, Taki Telonidis, Brett Myers, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Al Letson, Zulema Cobb and Artis Curiskis March 28, 2026March 27, 2026

Small arts organizations are struggling after federal arts and humanities grants were abruptly canceled. We examine what got cut and where the money is going.