David Eads

Years of work by journalist Jamie Kalven resulted in a sweeping report on corruption in the Chicago Police Department.

#NPRreads: Police Corruption, A Migrant Crisis, And Sponge Crabs

David Eads, Stephanie Federico, Bill Chappell

Correspondents, editors and producers from NPR's newsroom share the pieces that have kept them reading, using the #NPRreads hashtag.

Lead pipes like this one still bring water into many U.S. homes.

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Are Your Pipes Made Of Lead? Here's A Quick Way To Find Out

David Eads, Rae Ellen Bichell, Ha-Hoa Hamano, Katie Park, Morgan McCloy, Jessica Pupovac

Flint, Mich., brought the risk of lead pipes to many people's attention, but the problems go further. Find out if lead pipes could be affecting your drinking water.

Police in riot gear stand around an armored vehicle as smoke fills the streets of Ferguson, Mo., in November 2014.

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White House Ban On Militarized Gear For Police May Mean Little

Eyder Peralta, David Eads

An NPR analysis of equipment given to police agencies by the Pentagon since 2006 — 84,258 assault rifles, 951 armored vehicles, for example — found a vast majority of it would fall outside the ban.