40 Acres and a Lie tells the history of an often-misunderstood government program that gave formerly enslaved people land titles after the Civil War. A year and a half later, almost all the land had been taken back. Read more here and listen to a three-part audio investigation here. The black-and-white images of smudged, crumpled slips of paper … Continue reading How We Uncovered the True Story of 40 Acres and a Mule