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** THE WEEKLY REVEAL
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Saturday, April 29, 2023

Hello! In this issue:
* The final episode in our series exploring the failed federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
* What we learned from the biggest trove of corporate diversity data ever made public.
* The trailer is out for “Victim/Suspect.”
* We’re fighting bills that threaten press freedom in Texas.


** THIS WEEK’S PODCAST
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** The COVID Tracking Project Part 3
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Today, series host Jessica Malaty Rivera and reporters Artis Curiskis and Kara Oehler bring our new three-part series, The COVID Tracking Project ([link removed]) , to a close with a look at racial disparities in death and what the CDC has learned.
Rivera talks with the current CDC director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, to try to understand what went wrong in the agency’s response to the pandemic – and ask whether it’s prepared for the next one ([link removed]) .

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🎧 The COVID Tracking Project Part 1 ([link removed])

🎧 The COVID Tracking Project Part 2 ([link removed])
📝 The COVID Tracking Project ([link removed]) at The Atlantic


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** People of Color Were Promised Equal Opportunity. Federal Contractors Are Failing.
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by Jessica Guynn, Jayme Fraser, Nick Penzenstadler and Will Evans
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Deep racial divides cut through the workforces of federal contractors, which employ 1 in 5 American workers.

Reveal has fought for years to make public the diversity data the government collects from federal contractors. Now, the data from more than 19,000 companies is out.

In partnership with USA TODAY ([link removed]) , we found that the employee ranks in these companies have diversified, but the top jobs that command the best pay and benefits have not.
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** Watch the Trailer for 'Victim/Suspect'
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On her first solo investigation, journalist Rachel de Leon uncovers a shocking nationwide pattern: Young women tell police they’ve been sexually assaulted, but instead of finding justice, they’re charged with the crime of making a false report, arrested and even imprisoned by the system they believed would protect them.

From Center for Investigative Reporting Studios, director Nancy Schwartzman and Motto Pictures, "Victim/Suspect” will be streaming on Netflix ([link removed]) starting May 23.

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** INSIDE THE NEWSROOM
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** Reveal’s General Counsel Fights for Press Freedom
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Reveal’s general counsel, D. Victoria Baranetsky, was in Texas this week testifying against a bill she called “catastrophic” for media and critical speech.

The proposed legislation concerns lawsuits known as SLAPP, or strategic lawsuits against public participation. Texas currently has an anti-SLAPP law that allows courts to quickly dismiss meritless lawsuits ([link removed]) that are designed to chill speech by draining legal resources of journalists and critics. But this bill would create a costly and duplicative process that undermines that law.

Baranetsky and Reveal’s First Amendment fellow, Dara Gray, prepared the testimony.


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📰 International Charity Planet Aid Pays $1.925 Million to Settle Six-Year Libel Lawsuit ([link removed])


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🎧 Listening in on Russia’s War in Ukraine ([link removed])
This issue of The Weekly Reveal was written by Kate Howard and edited by Nikki Frick. If you enjoyed this issue, forward it to a friend ([link removed]) . Have some thoughts? Drop us a line (mailto:[email protected]) with feedback or ideas!

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