InvestigationPolitics Amazing Disgrace How Donald Trump hijacked the religious right. Sarah PosnerNew RepublicMarch 20, 2017
InvestigationJustice The Mind of Dylann Roof The fallacy of seeing the United States v. Dylann Roof as a case of psychopathology. Edward BallThe New York Review of BooksMarch 14, 2017
InvestigationBusiness, Justice, Politics A Death in Arizona Hawaii sends nearly half of its inmates to a private prison in Arizona, with only the most cursory oversight. Gabriel ThompsonViceMarch 6, 2017
InvestigationBusiness, Justice Contract Selling Is Back in Chicago Fifty years after Martin Luther King Jr. fought against predatory sales, Wall Street-backed firms are duping would-be homebuyers again. Rebecca BurnsChicago ReaderMarch 1, 2017
InvestigationBusiness, Environment Endangering the World’s Rarest Dolphins A study of the New Zealand fishing industry finds that vessels illegally discard a third of their catch. Christopher PalaEarth Island JournalFebruary 27, 2017
InvestigationJustice United States v. Dylann Roof “I have been blessed with a significant amount of German blood.” Edward BallThe New York Review of BooksFebruary 17, 2017
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Politics Protect Our Children’s Brains President Trump should follow the EPA’s lead and get the pesticide chlorpyrifos out of our food. Sharon LernerThe New York TimesFebruary 3, 2017
InvestigationBusiness, Immigration, Labor Below Deck Filipinos make up nearly a third of all cruise ship workers. It’s a good job. Until it isn’t. Lizzie PresserThe California Sunday MagazineFebruary 2, 2017
InvestigationJustice, Politics Leaked Draft of Trump’s Religious Freedom Order Reveals Sweeping Plans to Legalize Discrimination If signed, the order would create wholesale exemptions for organizations who claim religious objections to same-sex marriage, abortion, and trans identity. Sarah PosnerThe NationFebruary 1, 2017
InvestigationEnvironment Poison Fruit Dow Chemical wants farmers to keep using a pesticide linked to autism and ADHD. Sharon LernerThe InterceptJanuary 16, 2017