Sylvia A. Harvey talks about her investigation into how the foster care system often removes parental rights from parents who have been to prison.
Rights & Liberties
The Backstory: Aviva Stahl
Investigative journalist Aviva Stahl talks about her new investigation into force-feeding in America’s prisons.
The Backstory: Saki Knafo
Saki Knafo is a Type Investigations reporter who recently finished a two-year-long investigation into criminal justice in the South Bronx.
The Backstory: Seth Freed Wessler
Wessler discusses how he discovered and reported on the U.S. Coast Guard’s fleet of “floating Guantánamos,” which detain and shackle low-level smugglers in international waters for weeks or even months.
The Backstory: Frank Matt
Matt talks about finding and organizing data of more than 107,000 former nuclear weapons workers in the US who have been diagnosed with cancers and other diseases.
The Backstory: Dax-Devlon Ross
Ross discusses his investigation about discriminatory jury selection, how he cultivated sources, and the role his legal and academic background played in the reporting process.
The Backstory: Carla Murphy
In the wake of the shooting of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, Carla Murphy talks about who “gets” to be a victim.
The Backstory: Karen Houppert
Karen Houppert talks about the fiftieth anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright, the case that gave every American the right to an attorney in a criminal trial.
The Backstory: Shane Bauer
Shane Bauer talks about reporting from a Solitary Housing Unit in a California prison as a reporter with personal experience of being imprisoned.
The Backstory: A.C. Thompson
A.C. Thompson on how it took him a year and a half to uncover a hidden story from the days after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans — armed white vigilantes attacked African Americans fleeing the floodwaters with a nod and a wink from the local police.