THE WEEKLY REVEAL

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

The COVID Tracking Project Part 3

Today, series host Jessica Malaty Rivera and reporters Artis Curiskis and Kara Oehler bring our new three-part series, The COVID Tracking Project, to a close with a look at racial disparities in death and what the CDC has learned.

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🎧 The COVID Tracking Project Part 1

🎧 The COVID Tracking Project Part 2

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People of Color Were Promised Equal Opportunity. Federal Contractors Are Failing.

The F-15EX made by the Boeing Co. arrives at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida in 2021. Credit: Samuel King Jr./U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.

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, we found that the employee ranks in these companies have diversified, but the top jobs that command the best pay and benefits have not.

NEW

Watch the Trailer for 'Victim/Suspect'

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 starting May 23.

Watch the trailer now.

INSIDE THE NEWSROOM

Reveal’s General Counsel Fights for Press Freedom

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 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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