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The Naked Truth

Wasteland: How a Gas Leak in Oklahoma Led to a Family Tragedy

Daniel Rivero

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The Naked Truth

Pennsylvania Sues Student Loan Giant for 'Predatory' Practices

Daniel Rivero and Laura Juncadella

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The Naked Truth

Debt Trap: How the student loan industry fails young Americans

Daniel Rivero

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The Peabody Awards

The Peabody Awards honor stories that matter

Daniel Rivero

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The Naked Truth

Trump’s EPA pick appears to have made a false statement...

Daniel Rivero and The Naked Truth

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The troubling paradox of Cubans celebrating Castro's death...

Daniel Rivero

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Here's why people are celebrating Fidel Castro's death, even...

Daniel Rivero

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Science

You can tell a criminal from his facial features, a...

Daniel Rivero

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Drugs

An Attorney General Jeff Sessions could be a total nightmare...

Daniel Rivero

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Elections

Here's how President Trump will destroy Obama's legacy

Daniel Rivero

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Elections

Here's how Donald Trump supporters in Florida are celebrating...

Daniel Rivero

Enrique Adorno (left) and Jannette Saez exit a polling station at the Hillsbourgh County Supervisor of Elections office after early voting on Oct. 24, 2016 in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Elections

Puerto Ricans are a voting powerhouse for the first...

Daniel Rivero

Dark Guardian of Staten Island

Crime

This neighborhood crime-fighter says surveillance apps make...

Daniel Rivero

Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump Face Off In First Presidential Debate At Hofstra University

Elections

This state could make future elections easier for third...

Daniel Rivero

CHICAGO - MAY 02: Class instructor Ana Arredondo (L) assists student Rosa Galan at the Community Learning Resource Center May 2, 2005 at Perez Elementary School in the largely Hispanic Pilsen neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois. Spanish-speaking parents of Chicago Public School (CPS) students will have the opportunity to learn basic computer skills at no cost through a partnership between the CPS Office of Language and Cultural Education and the Mexican university Tecnologico de Monterrey, in Monterrey, Mexico. Upon completion of the 16-week program, parents will receive a diploma from the Tecnologico de Monterrey. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

income inequality

It takes Latinas nearly twice as long as white men to earn...

Daniel Rivero

Adam Crapser is facing deportation after living in the U.S. for 37 years.

Immigration

The U.S. is kicking out this Korean adoptee after 37...

Daniel Rivero

Coalition Delivered Over 130,000 Signatures to White House to Ban the Box

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Ban the box: Why laws to stop hiring discrimination actually...

Daniel Rivero

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 10: Flint, Michigan Mayor Karen Weaver testifies before the House Democratic Steering & Policy Committee at a hearing titled, "The Flint Water Crisis: Lessons for Protecting America's Children" at the Capitol on February 10, 2016 in Washington, D.C. House Democrats hold a hearing on the toxic lead water crisis in Flint, MI. (Photo by Gabriella Demczuk/Getty Images)

Environment

Flint mayor urges fellow lawmakers to use her city as a...

Daniel Rivero

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Civil Rights

This 94-year-old is the most badass civil rights judge you've...

Daniel Rivero

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Elections

1.5 million voters are missing in Florida—and it could be...

Daniel Rivero

People cheer during Indigenous Peoples' Day celebrations at the Daybreak Star Cultural Center on Oct. 13, 2014 in Seattle, WA.

discrimination

How a town that’s 97% white came to recognize Indigenous...

Daniel Rivero

Nikk "Red Weezil" Dakota (C), from the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, celebrates with others from various tribes during Indigenous Peoples' Day events at the Daybreak Star Cultural Center on Oct. 13, 2014 in Seattle, WA.

History

Here’s a map of all the cities and states that celebrate...

Collier Meyerson and Daniel Rivero

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton greets supporters during a "Get Out The Vote" event at Miles College on Feb. 27 in Fairfield, AL.

campaign finance

Why Hillary Clinton would support a ruling that hurts black...

Daniel Rivero

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Immigration

What makes someone a 'person of color' or 'white' in America?

Daniel Rivero

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Social Media

These white people are tracking crime in a black...

Daniel Rivero

HEMPSTEAD, NY - SEPTEMBER 26: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump (L) speaks as Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Moderator Lester Holt listen during the Presidential Debate at Hofstra University on September 26, 2016 in Hempstead, New York. The first of four debates for the 2016 Election, three Presidential and one Vice Presidential, is moderated by NBC's Lester Holt. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Police

Clinton wasn’t 100% right about violent crime at the...

Daniel Rivero

HOUSTON, TX - SEPTEMBER 25: Houston Astros fans take a moment of silence in memory of Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez who died in a motor boat accident early Sunday morning before the Houston Astros played the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Minute Maid Park on September 25, 2016 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

Sports

Jose Fernandez showed us a distinctly immigrant version of...

Daniel Rivero

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Science

How coffee could save America from another Flint

Daniel Rivero

The DEA's move to ban kratom has activists up in arms.

Drugs

This plant is used to fight heroin addiction. Why is the DEA...

Daniel Rivero

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Activism

Experience what it's like to be in prison with this virtual...

Daniel Rivero

DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 19: Quarterback Colin Kaepernick #7 of the San Francisco 49ers walks in the tunnel with teammates as he prepares to face the Denver Broncos in a game at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on October 19, 2014 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)

Race

5 things that prove America's national anthem isn't our only...

Collier Meyerson and Daniel Rivero

BETHPAGE, NEW YORK - APRIL 06: A Trump supporter holds up a "White Lives Matter" sign during a rally for Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump on April 6, 2016 in Bethpage, New York. The rally comes ahead of the April 15 New York primary. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

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Building the case for why White Lives Matter is a hate group

Daniel Rivero

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Crime

This teen programmer built a robot lawyer that helps poor people

Daniel Rivero

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Civil Rights

Kuwait's new DNA collection law is scarier than we ever imagined

Daniel Rivero

ADELANTO, CA - NOVEMBER 15: Field office director Dave Marin walks into the Adelanto Detention Facility on November 15, 2013 in Adelanto, California. The facility, the largest and newest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), detention center in California, houses an average of 1,100 immigrants in custody pending a decision in their immigration cases or awaiting deportation. The average stay for a detainee is 29 days. The facility is managed by the private GEO Group. ICE detains an average of 33,000 undocumented immigrants in more than 400 facilities nationwide. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Civil Rights

Why the federal government's use of private prisons is far...

Daniel Rivero

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Criminal Justice

Justice Department officials to end the use of private prisons

Casey Tolan and Daniel Rivero

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Elections

Watch the Fusion Libertarian Forum with Gary Johnson and...

Fusion and Daniel Rivero

YOUNGSTOWN, OH - AUGUST 15: Republican candidate for President Donald Trump is seen through a teleprompter as he holds a campaign event at the Kilcawley Center at Youngstown State University on August 15, 2016 in Youngstown, Ohio. In his address, Trump laid out his foreign policy vision for America. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Politics

Donald Trump seriously tried to say he was against 'bigotry'...

Daniel Rivero

PHILADELPHIA, PA - JULY 27: An attendee holds up a sign that reads "Black Lives Matter" on the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 27, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton received the number of votes needed to secure the party's nomination. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Philadelphia, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Democratic National Convention kicked off July 25. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Civil Rights

Racial segregation is alive and well on social media

Daniel Rivero

ERIE, PA - AUGUST 12: Republican candidate for President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a rally at Erie Insurance Arena on August 12, 2016 in Erie, Pennsylvania, an industrial town in northwestern Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Politics

'He started going off the deep end': former Trump supporters...

Daniel Rivero

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Politics

TV news channels have finally figured out how to call Donald...

Daniel Rivero

MIAMI BEACH, FL - AUGUST 11: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during an address to the National Association of Home Builders at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel on August 11, 2016 in Miami Beach, Florida. Trump continued to campaign for his run for president of the United States. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

A former Trump staffer is being sued for allegedly pulling a...

Daniel Rivero

BALTIMORE, MD - AUGUST 10: A mural dedicated to Freddie Gray is shown near the location where he was arrested August 10, 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland. The Justice Department is scheduled to release a report later this morning highly critical of the Baltimore Police Department for systematically stopping, searching and arresting the city's black residents, frequently without grounds for doing so. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Civil Rights

12 insanely horrifying things we learned from the Justice...

Daniel Rivero

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Police

The Department of Justice is making police report...

Daniel Rivero

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Politics

Who the hell is Evan McMullin, the new anti-Trump...

Daniel Rivero

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 05: Democratic presidential nomiee Hillary Clinton addresses the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists August 5, 2016 in Washington, DC. Clinton took questions following her remarks. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Elections

Hillary Clinton almost never speaks to the reporters who...

Daniel Rivero

RECIFE, BRAZIL - JUNE 02: Aedes aegypti mosquitos are seen in a lab at the Fiocruz Institute on June 2, 2016 in Recife, Brazil. Microcephaly is a birth defect linked to the mosquito-borne Zika virus where infants are born with abnormally small heads. The Brazilian city of Recife and surrounding Pernambuco state remain the epicenter of the Zika virus outbreak, which has now spread to many countries in the Americas. A group of health experts recently called for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games to be postponed or cancelled due to the Zika threat but the WHO (World Health Organization) rejected the proposal. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Health

Inside one company's wild plan to fight Zika with mutant...

Daniel Rivero

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Elections

Here's a running list of Republicans who are opposing Donald...

Daniel Rivero

MIAMI, FL - AUGUST 01: Larry Smart, a Miami-Dade County mosquito control inspector, uses a fogger to spray pesticide to kill mosquitos in the Wynwood neighborhood as the county fights to control the Zika virus outbreak on August 1, 2016 in Miami, Florida. Today, it was announced that 10 more individuals have been infected with the Zika virus by local mosquitoes. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Health

What it's like to live at the epicenter of Miami's Zika outbreak

Daniel Rivero

Dr. Jill Stein, presumptive Green Party presidential nominee, speaks at a rally in Philadelphia, Wednesday, July 27, 2016, during the third day of the Democratic National Convention. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Elections

How the crazy circus of the 2016 election has made room for...

Daniel Rivero

NEW ORLEANS, LA - JULY 02: Lesley McSpadden, Mike Brown's mother, speaks onstage during the Mother's Moments of Courage panel at the 2016 ESSENCE Festival presented By Coca-Cola at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 2, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for 2016 Essence Festival)

Police

Reporter makes awful joke about Michael Brown's mom being on...

Daniel Rivero

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Remembering the Battle of Negro Fort, one of the most...

Daniel Rivero

Former Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., waves to the delegates before addressing the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Monday, July 25, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Politics

A day after calling for party unity, Bernie Sanders goes back...

Daniel Rivero

MIAMI, FL - JULY 23: Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Democratic vice presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) greet supporters during a campaign rally at Florida International University Panther Arena on July 23, 2016 in Miami, Florida. Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine made their first public appearance together a day after the Clinton campaign announced Senator Kaine as the Democratic vice presidential candidate. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Politics

Tim Kaine kicks off his introduction to America by speaking...

Caroline Linton, Daniel Rivero, and Fusion

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Police

Florida congresswoman blasts unarmed black man's shooting as...

Daniel Rivero

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, points toward Republican vice presidential candidate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence after Pence's acceptance speech during the third day session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Wednesday, July 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Politics

Why Trump's NATO stance might resonate with young voters,...

Daniel Rivero

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Appeals court rules Texas' awful voter ID law violates the...

Daniel Rivero

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Politics

Trump supporters at the RNC covered a woman's 'No Racism No...

Daniel Rivero

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Politics

Melania Trump’s convention nightmare highlights the mixed...

Daniel Rivero

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 16: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks before introducing his vice presidential running mate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence at the New York Hilton Midtown on July 16, 2016 in New York City. Trump announced his choice on Friday via Twitter after the initial press conference was canceled due to the terrorist attack in Nice, France. (Photo by Bryan Thomas/Getty Images)

Elections

American faith in democracy is plummeting—and Donald Trump...

Daniel Rivero