Will Evans, Reveal

Will Evans

Reveal

San Francisco Bay Area, CA, United States

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Past:
  • Reveal
  • Slate
  • Grist
  • Truthout
  • Indianapolis Star
  • Texas Tribune
  • Houston Public Media
  • MIT Tech Review
  • The Daily Beast
  • Baton Rouge Advocate
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Past articles by Will:

We Forced the Government to Share Corporate Diversity Data. It’s Giving Companies an Out Instead.

Instead of releasing diversity reports for thousands of government contractors, the U.S. Department of Labor invited them to fight their public release – and specifically named Reveal’s reporter as the instigator. → Read More

Our Drug Rehab Investigation Led to 96 Convictions and Millions in Restitution

The Center for Investigative Reporting and CNN found rampant fraud in California’s taxpayer-funded rehab system. → Read More

How Amazon Downplays Its Environmental Damages

The e-commerce giant claims its climate impact is far lower than Target’s. That’s some hogwash. → Read More

How Amazon is drastically undercounting its carbon footprint

A private report shows the loopholes Amazon uses to lessen its climate impact. → Read More

Amazon’s Warehouse Quotas Have Been Injuring Workers for Years. Now, Officials Are Taking Action

For years, Amazon didn’t have much to fear from safety regulators. But new actions by the federal government, California and Washington state could alter how the company is regulated. → Read More

Lawmakers call for action on Amazon security failures

In response to a Reveal/WIRED investigation, members of Congress are calling for a Federal Trade Commission investigation and privacy legislation. → Read More

Amazon’s relentless pace is injuring workers and violating law, Washington state regulator says

The groundbreaking citation came after Reveal’s investigation into a serious injury crisis in Amazon’s warehouses. → Read More

Tesla workers say company risked lives by sending them to work in shutdown

Tesla CEO Elon Musk initially downplayed coronavirus concerns and the carmaker resisted shutting down production. Now workers say they were told to keep working painting cars even after the shutdown. → Read More

Sanders and Omar Call on OSHA to Release Amazon’s Injury Records

Current and former Amazon warehouse workers have described how they sacrificed their bodies to keep their jobs. → Read More

Injured at an Amazon warehouse? We want to hear from you.

Illustration by Gabriel Hongsdusit for RevealInjured at an Amazon warehouse? We want to hear from you. I’m a reporter for Reveal covering workplace issues. In my time here, my reporting has prompted government investigations, legislation and reforms. Now, I’m looking into workplace safety at Amazon. And I want to hear your story. We will not publish your name without your permission. This form… → Read More

It's like ‘having a dealer teach you how to count cards' – OSHA whistleblower speaks out about Amazon

In late 2017, as Indiana geared up to bid for Amazon’s new headquarters location, an Amazon warehouse worker near Indianapolis was fatally injured. → Read More

‘That should not be happening’ – Amazon warehouses’ serious injury rates more than double industry average

This year, Amazon rolled out one-day delivery on selected items. The convenience is alluring, but what is the true cost of speedy shipping? → Read More

Crippled backs, a crushing death: Investigation reveals cost of Amazon Prime for workers

An investigation has found that the company’s obsession with speed has turned its warehouses into injury mills. → Read More

Indiana manipulated report on Amazon worker’s death to lure HQ2, investigation says

An investigation has found that, as Gov. Eric Holcomb sought to lure Amazon’s HQ2 to Indiana, state labor officials quietly absolved Amazon of responsibility. → Read More

Amazon’s internal injury records expose the true toll of its relentless drive for speed

Amazon’s internal injury records expose the true toll of its relentless drive for speed. → Read More

Behind the Smiles at Amazon

Amazon’s internal records expose the true toll of its relentless drive for domination. → Read More

How Tesla and its doctor made sure injured employees didn’t get workers’ comp

A former clinic employee shares the intensity of Tesla’s pressure and her boss’s willingness to let bottom-line concerns influence clinical decisions. → Read More

Oracle and Palantir said diversity figures were trade secrets. The real secret: Embarrassing numbers

The Labor Department initially sided with tech companies to block the data, but released it after Reveal filed a lawsuit. → Read More

The Government Has Reversed Its Policy on Silicon Valley Diversity Data

This story was originally published by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit news organization based in the San Francisco Bay → Read More

California officials grill Tesla on safety problems in Reveal investigation

The electric carmaker’s top safety executive made several misleading statements to a state board that doles out lucrative tax exemptions. → Read More