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    • In the Dark

    S2 E15: Revelations

    How Congress, Trump and Obama played favorites with transportation money

    When Tasers Fail

    Tasers are less reliable than their maker has claimed. The results can be deadly

    Featured Documentaries

    APM Reports has produced more than 140 audio documentaries on topics such as health, history, education and justice.

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      Hard Words

      Why aren't kids being taught to read?

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      Old Idea, New Economy

      Rediscovering Apprenticeships

    • Mario Martinez
      Still Rising

      First-generation college students a decade later

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      Changing Class

      Are colleges helping Americans move up?

    • Hard to Read: How American Schools Fail Kids with Dyslexia
      Hard to Read

      How American schools fail kids with dyslexia

    • Keeping Teachers
      Keeping Teachers

      Black men and teachers in rural areas are in especially short supply

    Be informed: Get notified when APM Reports publishes new stories.

    The Educate Podcast

    • US-EDUCATION-COLUMBIA-COMMENCEMENT

      Tens of thousands of dollars later, most college grads say the degree was worth it

      March 11
    • Activist Demonstrate Against High Cost Of College Education In U.S.

      Majority of Americans don't know that government has cut billions from higher education funding

      February 25
    • Barack Obama, American Graduation Initiative

      U.S. continues to slip behind other countries in percentage of population with degrees

      January 28
    • paul campbell

      Oklahoma charter school becomes lightning rod in debate over rural education

      December 17

    Recent Stories

    Clemmie Fleming

    Clemmie Fleming becomes second major witness to recant in Curtis Flowers case

    by Parker Yesko

    She says she felt pressured to testify against Curtis Flowers in all six trials.

    Willie James Hemphill

    Where was Willie James Hemphill on the morning of the Tardy murders?

    by Parker Yesko

    His alibi didn't check out.

    Willie James Hemphill mugshots

    Willie James Hemphill's long criminal record

    by Parker Yesko and Dave Mann

    During nearly 30 years of crimes, he's shown a quick temper, and a penchant for daytime robberies and violence against women.

    Clemmie Fleming

    S2 E15: Revelations

    It's been 11 days since the U.S. Supreme Court threw out Curtis Flowers' conviction. And the story has taken yet more surprising turns since. In recent days, there have been three other significant developments, including new details from a key witness, that may change Flowers' fate.

    Archie Flowers

    Curtis Flowers wins appeal at U.S. Supreme Court

    by Parker Yesko, Dave Mann, Curtis Gilbert, and Rehman Tungekar

    The Supreme Court has reversed Curtis Flowers' 2010 conviction, ruling that prosecutors excluded African-Americans from the jury.

    Sen. Susan Collins, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao

    How Congress, Trump and Obama played favorites with transportation money

    by Tom Scheck and Kelly Busche

    The federal government has spent $7 billion on a transportation grant program that often awards money based on political clout and electoral impact, skirting Congress' own ban on earmarks.

    Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot

    New Chicago mayor to end water shutoffs

    by Nikki Pederson

    Following an APM Reports investigation of rising water rates, Lori Lightfoot says the city will no longer deprive people of "a basic human right."

    Taser scene Minnesota

    Tasers are less reliable than their maker has claimed. The results can be deadly

    by Curtis Gilbert, Angela Caputo, and Geoff Hing

    Tasers have become an essential tool for police, but how effective are they? An APM Reports investigation finds that officers in some big cities rated Tasers as unreliable up to 40 percent of the time, and in three large departments, newer models were less effective than older ones. In 258 cases over three years, a Taser failed to subdue someone who was then shot and killed by police.

    Dallas Taser Bertrand Davis

    How we did it: Methods used to test the relationship between Taser model and effectiveness

    by Geoff Hing

    Data from three big police departments — and various statistical analyses — allowed us to compare newer and older models.

    Georgia Governor Brian Kemp

    Georgia governor signs law to slow 'use it or lose it' voter purges

    by Johnny Kauffman

    After an APM Reports investigation on the removal of thousands of voters, Brian Kemp signed a reform bill that gives people who haven't voted in several elections more time before their registrations are canceled.

    Flowers v. Mississippi SCOTUS sketch

    S2 E13: Oral Arguments

    After nearly nine years of appeals of his sixth trial, Curtis Flowers finally had his case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. At issue was whether DA Doug Evans tried to keep African-Americans off the jury in the 2010 trial. Flowers wasn't at the Supreme Court — he remains on death row in Mississippi — but the In the Dark team was. This is what we saw.

    U.S. Supreme Court building

    Flowers v. Mississippi: An annotated transcript of oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court

    The full transcript of oral arguments in the Curtis Flowers case, with analysis, context and fact-checks from our team of reporters.

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