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Mississippi Goddam Chapter 3: The Autopsy
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After Billey Joe Johnson Jr. died in 2008, the state of Mississippi outsourced his autopsy. Al Letson …
4 years, 10 months ago
Mississippi Goddam Chapter 2: The Aftermath
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On the morning of Billey Joe Johnson’s death, crime scene tape separates the Johnsons from their son’s…
4 years, 10 months ago
Mississippi Goddam Chapter 1: The Promise
Billey Joe Johnson Jr. was a high school football star headed for the big time. Then, early one morning in 2008, the Black teenager died during a tra…
4 years, 10 months ago
When Abusers Keep Their Guns
Reveal’s Jennifer Gollan leads an investigation that exposes the consequences of passing gun laws with no teeth. For the first time, Reveal tallies t…
4 years, 10 months ago
Preview Mississippi Goddam: The Ballad of Billey Joe
Sometimes one story can tell you everything about race and justice in America. Reveal’s new series, “Mississippi Goddam: the Ballad of Billey Joe” is…
4 years, 10 months ago
Preview Mississippi Goddam: The Ballad of Billey Joe
Sometimes one story can tell you everything about race and justice in America. Reveal’s new series, “Mississippi Goddam: the Ballad of Billey Joe” is…
4 years, 10 months ago
Weapons with minds of their own
The future of warfare is being shaped by computer algorithms that are assuming ever greater control over battlefield technology. Will this give machi…
4 years, 11 months ago
A Racial Reckoning at Doctors Without Borders
For decades, Doctors Without Borders has been admired for bringing desperately needed medical care to crises around the globe and pioneering modern-d…
4 years, 11 months ago
The Bitter Work Behind Sugar
Sugar is a big part of Americans’ daily diet. But who harvests some of that sweet cane?
Reporters Sandy Tolan and Euclides Cordero Nuel visit Haiti…
4 years, 11 months ago
Forever Wars
Since 9/11, the power of the U.S. military has been felt around the world in the name of rooting out terrorism. But at what cost? From Fallujah in Ir…
4 years, 11 months ago