After a violent scandal involving his deputies, a popular sheriff survived calls to resign. But another scandal was already brewing in his county jail.
Episodes
Executions Are Rising in the US. This Reverend Witnesses Them.
On this week’s “More To The Story,” death row spiritual adviser Jeff Hood talks about how his longtime activism for racial justice led him inside America’s execution chambers for the final moments of inmates’ lives.
The Deputies Who Tortured a Mississippi County
A “Goon Squad” of Rankin County sheriff’s deputies spent years brutalizing people until their reign of terror was exposed.
I Study Fascism. I’ve Already Fled America.
On this week’s “More To The Story,” former Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley explains his recent move to Canada and calls the Trump administration’s takeover of the US government a “coup.”
An Atrocity of War Goes Unpunished
An attack on civilians by US Marines during the Iraq War sparks outrage and a war crimes trial, but in the end, no one is held accountable.
America Had a Black President. Then Came the Whitelash.
On this week’s “More To The Story,” writer Jelani Cobb traces the tumultuous throughline from Trayvon Martin to the rise of white nationalism and reexamines Barack Obama’s legacy in the age of Donald Trump.
A Midnight Phone Call. A Missing Movie. Decades of Questions.
Serious investigations into deeply unserious questions. Hear the first in our occasional series of “inconsequential investigations.”
Al Letson at No Kings: Hope, Fury, and Inflatables
The host of “More To The Story” travels to Washington, DC, to speak with protesters about their fears of authoritarianism under Trump and the future of democracy in America.
Exposing a Global Surveillance Empire
In a major investigation, a young reporter uncovers a powerful technology used to spy on thousands of people across the world.
How a Climate Doomsayer Became an Unexpected Optimist
On this week’s “More To The Story,” environmentalist Bill McKibben examines how the remarkable rise of solar power could (finally) begin to slow climate change.
