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Radical

A Black Power activist, formerly known as H. Rap Brown, was convicted of shooting two sheriff’s deputies, but lingering questions about his guilt led to a discovery of a dark secret about violence and the struggle for power in America.

An 8-part podcast from Campside Media

Scam Likely

When a small team of government investigators learned that ordinary citizens all around the U.S. were losing their life savings to scam callers, they went on the hunt for the shadowy multinational mob behind the con.

An 8-part podcast from Campside Media

The Longest Distance Between Two Points

A man in Mississippi tries to navigate a confusing, arcane process written in the state’s constitution as he seeks redemption, and a right taken from him when he was convicted of robbery.

Listen at This American Life

Inside the Battle for Fulton County’s Votes

As former President Donald Trump’s time in the White House came to an end, he became obsessed with the Fulton County elections department in Atlanta, the most beleaguered election office in the nation.

Read at Atlanta Magazine and WABE.

He Fought For Voting Rights In Georgia - Then He Found Himself In Trouble With the Law

Tariq Baiyina’s push to end felony disenfranchisement was put on hold when he had to once again wage battle with the legal system he fought to change.

Read at The Guardian.

John Prine: A Grief Counselor For Our Time

When I saw my first John Prine concert in December 2019, months before he died from the coronavirus, it was more than a religious experience, it was grief therapy.

Read at The Bitter Southerner.

Trump’s Proposed Auto Tariffs Threaten Kia Plant In Georgia

The largest employer in a rural Georgia town was under pressure thanks to President Trump's threat to impose tariffs on imported auto parts, but the people who live there had complex ideas about what was best for them.

Listen and read at NPR.

They Didn’t Vote…Now They Can’t

Georgia purged an estimated 107,000 people from the states voter roles, largely for not voting.

Listen at Reveal and read at APM Reports.