Al Letson

Our historical investigation found 1,250 formerly enslaved Black Americans who were given land – only to see it returned to their enslavers.

Skidaway Island, Georgia, is home today to a luxurious community that the mostly White residents consider paradise: waterfront views, live oaks and marsh grass alongside golf courses, swimming pools and other amenities.

Calls for reparations were ignored for decades. Now, local governments are taking up the cause – and outrage is growing.

Toforest Johnson has been on Alabama’s death row for more than 25 years. Now, his conviction is being called into question.

Police talk a lot about getting guns off the street. But thousands of their own guns are ending up at crime scenes after police put them up for sale.

Part two of our three-part series takes listeners inside the failed federal response to COVID-19 and explores the massive volunteer effort to collect data about the disease.

The last episode of our series looks at the myth of COVID-19 as “the great equalizer” and what went wrong in the CDC’s response to the pandemic.

A video leaks of a wealthy politician describing how he adopted a Native child, leading to outrage from the child’s biological family and members of her tribe.

Medications like Suboxone help pregnant women safely treat addiction. But in many states, taking them can trigger investigations by child welfare agencies that separate mothers from their newborns.

You’re having a baby. A hospital drug test comes out positive. But you know the test is wrong—and you can’t control what happens next.