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"40 Acres and a Mule" remains the nation's most famous attempt to provide reparations. Finally, there's been a specific accounting of the 1,250 formerly enslaved Black Americans who were actually given land—only to have it returned to their enslavers. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

Starting tomorrow, we are launching a new three-part series exploring the lesser-known legacy of America's biggest effort at reparations so far: 40 acres and a mule 🎧 to the preview below—and check out the full project here: bit.ly/4bb52S4

Please listen to these important stories by April Simpson Alexia Fernández Campbell Pratheek Rebala Nadia Hamdan 🤌🏼 نادية حمدان and the amazing Reveal team lead by Cynthia Rodriguez.

For more than two years, The Center for Public Integrity pored over thousands of documents to identify the largest collection of formerly enslaved people who were given land after the Civil War—only to have it seized back. 🎧 Listen to Part 1 of 40 Acres and a Lie: revealnews.org/podcast/40-acr…

There’s a famous line from W.E.B DuBois: “The slave went free, stood a brief moment in the sun, then moved back again towards slavery.” This week on Reveal, w/ The Center for Public Integrity: the story of that brief moment in the sun. 🎧 40 Acres and a Lie. revealnews.org/podcast/40-acr…

This Juneteenth, listen to the first of our three-part series with The Center for Public Integrity uncovering the hidden history of 40 Acres and a Mule, the reparation that wasn't, and the wealth gap that remains revealnews.org/podcast/40-acr…

On this #juneteenth, meet two legendary families in Edisto Island, SC. One side Black, the other white, both still reckoning with “40 acres and a mule” and its aftermath. What their disagreement says about renewed calls for reparations. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

Had a great conversation with amna about 40 Acres and Lie. Airing in 30 minutes on PBS News pbs.org/newshour/

A new investigative report reveals that while the federal government did grant land to the formerly enslaved after the Civil War, it also took that land back and returned it to white southerners. amna speaks to Alexia Fernández Campbell to learn more.

💫 NEW! In an extraordinary 50-year career, US muckraker Chuck Lewis founded 2 Pulitzer Prize-winning news orgs – ICIJ & The Center for Public Integrity, authored several books, and much more. GIJN will honor Lewis with a special lifetime recognition at #IRE24: gijn.org/stories/gijn-h…

smart look at a demographic disparity that skews our public policy: Of Americans living at or below the $50k “low income” threshold, half reported voting one of the past 5 elections. By comparison, 86% of Americans making $150K or higher cast a ballot washingtoncitypaper.com/article/722183…

In D.C.’s Democratic primary, only 26% of registered Democrats voted. Income disparity is a key factor, with low-income areas like Ward 8 showing the lowest turnout. buff.ly/4cqC55q

Despite being a crucial voting bloc, many low-income residents in D.C. feel ignored and disenchanted with elections. CPI's Katherine Hapgood explores why some believe voting won't improve their lives for Washington City Paper washingtoncitypaper.com/article/722183…

On this week's episode, The Center for Public Integrity reporters go to Skidaway Island, home to a lavish community that was once promised to formerly enslaved people. “You could feel chills to know that they had it and then they just pulled the rug from under them." revealnews.org/podcast/40-acr…