View in browser ([link removed]) | Support our newsroom ([link removed])
[link removed]
We can't do this without you.
SUPPORT OUR WORK ([link removed])


** THE WEEKLY REVEAL
------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday, May 31, 2025


** The EEOC’s Identity Crisis
------------------------------------------------------------
[link removed]


** Andrea Lucas (left), acting chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and President Donald Trump. Reveal illustration; EEOC; Bonnie Cash/Pool/CNP/Zuma
------------------------------------------------------------
Listen to the episode ([link removed])

Dylan Bringuel remembers the exact moment they got hired by the Holiday Inn Express in Jamestown, New York. It was late August 2022, and Bringuel—who uses they/them pronouns—had recently moved across the country and was struggling to find work.

Bringuel is transgender and was upfront about their gender identity during the job interview. “And they said, ‘Okay, we respect that. We’ll do our best to make sure you fit and you're comfortable here.’”

But Bringuel said that the first day on the job, the housekeeping manager called them an “it” and a “transformer” and said people like Bringuel are “what is wrong with society.”

Bringuel reported the harassment to hotel management. Within a day, they were fired. In 2024, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission stepped in to help Bringuel sue the hotel for workplace discrimination.

But earlier this year, something unusual happened. The EEOC dropped Bringuel’s case, not because their allegations lacked merit, but because of President Donald Trump’s executive order on “radical gender ideology.”

This week on Reveal, Mother Jones national politics reporter Abby Vesoulis walks through how the anti-DEI movement evolved from a niche legal fight to an all-out culture war—and what that means for the EEOC and the marginalized people it has historically protected.
[link removed]
🎧 Other places to listen: Spotify ([link removed]) , iHeartRadio ([link removed]) , Pandora ([link removed]) , or wherever you get your podcasts.
Advertisement
[link removed]


**
------------------------------------------------------------


** Rage and Resentment Are Killing the Great American Road Trip
------------------------------------------------------------
[link removed]


** The road leading into Zion National Park near Springdale, Utah. Credit: Kathleen Voege/AP
------------------------------------------------------------


Hello, Kara McGuirk-Allison here, editor of More To The Story. Before my family took a bucket-list trip to visit the Grand Canyon, I read Sarah Kendzior’s book The Last American Road Trip: A Memoir ([link removed]) . And I’m glad I did. While the park didn’t appear to be suffering from the latest national park budget cuts ([link removed]) , I knew that others were suffering: rangers fired, days and hours of availability shortened, programs cut.

In this week’s episode of More To The Story ([link removed]) , Sarah discusses the entrenched differences dividing our country and how America is failing to live up to its own ideals.

“Every trip I describe in that book,” she says, “I set off wondering, you know, is this the last time the four of us will get to be together exploring America with the freedom that we have now?”

Like Sarah, I worry for the state of our country and for its national treasures. And I sincerely hope its parks remain pristine for other families to explore on their own American road trips.
- Kara McGuirk-Allison, More To The Story editor

Find this episode wherever you listen to Reveal, and don’t forget to subscribe:
Apple Podcasts ([link removed]) | Spotify ([link removed]) | iHeartRadio ([link removed]) | Pandora ([link removed])


** In Case You Missed It
------------------------------------------------------------
[link removed]



** 🎧 Kids Under Fire in Gaza ([link removed])
------------------------------------------------------------

American doctors volunteering in Gaza report a disturbing pattern of children shot by Israeli forces. Now they’re pushing for accountability.

[link removed]


** 🎧 She Denied Mel Gibson a Gun—Then Trump’s DOJ Fired Her ([link removed])
------------------------------------------------------------
Former US Pardon Attorney Liz Oyer describes “damaging and destructive” policies happening behind the scenes at the Justice Department.

[link removed]


** 🎧 Lessons From a Mass Shooter’s Mother ([link removed])
------------------------------------------------------------
After a horrific massacre near Santa Barbara, California, the killer’s mother has made it her mission to help experts prevent the next tragedy.

[link removed]


** 🎧 Pet-Eating Lies to Deportation Fears: Haitians in Trump’s Crosshairs ([link removed])
------------------------------------------------------------
An immigrant in Springfield, Ohio, discusses why returning to his home country is not an option.

Advertisement
[link removed]
This issue of The Weekly Reveal was written by Kate Howard and copy edited by Nikki Frick. If you enjoyed this issue, forward it to a friend ([link removed]) . Have some thoughts? Drop us a line (mailto:[email protected]) with feedback or ideas!

============================================================
** Twitter ([link removed])
** Facebook ([link removed])
** Instagram ([link removed])
** Donate ([link removed])
Copyright © 2025 The Center for Investigative Reporting. All rights reserved.
You are receiving this email because you signed up for The Weekly Reveal newsletter.

Our mailing address is:
The Center for Investigative Reporting
PO Box 584
San Francisco, CA 94104
USA
Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can ** update your preferences ([link removed])
or ** unsubscribe from all Reveal emails ([link removed])
.