Will Evans is a reporter for Reveal, covering labor and workplace issues. His reporting with Reveal's Christina Jewett and CNN exposed rampant fraud in California's drug rehab system for the poor, prompting widespread reforms and winning an Investigative Reporters and Editors award. His coverage of alleged abuse at an Oakland, California, school led authorities to cut off public funding and strengthen oversight. During the 2008 election, Evans tracked the money behind independent campaign ads for The Secret Money Project, a joint venture with NPR. In 2006, he uncovered judicial conflicts of interest in a series for Salon.com that led a federal judge to withdraw his nomination to the appellate bench. Prior to joining The Center for Investigative Reporting in 2005, Evans was a reporter at The Sacramento Bee, where he helped expose a nonprofit hospital chain that was targeting the poor with aggressive collection practices. He also has written for the Chilean newspaper La Tercera and worked as a freelancer overseas.
A Cleveland homeless organization and the Ohio Democratic Party are asking the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency stay of a ruling they warn will disenfranchise thousands of eligible voters in the battleground state during this presidential election.
The temp industry is about to get some probably-unwanted attention from the federal agency in charge of cracking down on job discrimination.
Some temp agencies operate without a license. One allegedly screened out black workers. Female temps face sexual harassment and lower pay. Many workers are undocumented immigrants, often too scared to speak up about abuse.
Applicants with disabilities were much less likely to get a job, according to a study commissioned by Disability Rights New York.
Death, discrimination and despair are among the obstacles faced by workers in New Jersey’s temp industry.
Demolition and asbestos removal isn’t glorious work. It’s also ripe for racial discrimination. Certain government contractors don’t want to hire black workers, and they don’t treat their predominantly Latino workforce well either, according to interviews and two government lawsuits.
The ILM Group got sued by the government for refusing to hire women. Then, it disappeared. Or did it?
The manager of an Automation Personnel Services branch was known for her racial slurs and routine discrimination, two former employees say.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has been investigating racial and gender discrimination at Maryland-based Aerotek’s temp agency branches since 2008.
A state bill would have provided proof that temp agencies were shutting out black workers in favor of Latinos they could more easily exploit. This is the story of why the bill was born – and how it was killed.