ProjectBusiness, Health, Politics, World COVID-19: Inside the Crisis Read all of Type Investigations’ coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. Image: Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images Investigations InvestigationJustice, Politics Where Limited English Skills Mean Limited Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine Our analysis finds that many states are not meeting their legal obligations to make information accessible. Richard SalameSlate MagazineApril 30, 2021 InvestigationHealth, Politics NYC Nursing Home Gave Dozens of Veterans Experimental COVID-19 Treatments. Some Families Had No Idea. The New York State-run facility in St. Albans, Queens, administered a cocktail of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, despite safety warnings and doubts about efficacy. Dean RussellThe City, Columbia Journalism InvestigationsFebruary 8, 2021 InvestigationHealth, Politics ‘He Didn’t Want Any Covid-Related Studies’ Federal scientists want to study how the virus interacts with wildlife—but they say a Trump appointee is stopping them. Adam FedermanWiredOctober 9, 2020 InvestigationJustice Confinement and Contagion The coronavirus has made those in women’s prisons still more vulnerable. Justine van der LeunThe New York Review of BooksSeptember 17, 2020 InvestigationBusiness, Politics Chicago Has Been Quietly Intercepting Millions From State Tax Refunds During the Pandemic The Lighfoot administration intercepted at least $27 million in 2020 from residents’ state tax refunds to collect on debt, disproportionately hitting lower income neighborhoods and communities of color. Simon Davis-CohenThe Chicago ReporterSeptember 15, 2020 InvestigationBusiness, Labor The Immokalee Way: Protecting Farmworkers Amid a Pandemic While some companies do everything to escape accountability, the Fair Food Program proves there’s an alternative. John BoweThe NationSeptember 14, 2020 InvestigationHealth Neglected in Care Long before the coronavirus devastated nursing homes, inadequate staffing in for-profit Texas facilities endangered residents, leading to injuries and deaths. Elena Mejia LutzThe Texas ObserverJuly 13, 2020 InvestigationPolitics Prisoners Face ‘Undue Punishment’ as the IRS Claws Back Their Stimulus Checks Legal experts say the IRS is illegally denying CARES Act payments to incarcerated people. Jordan Michael SmithThe AppealJuly 8, 2020 InvestigationHealth, Politics Trump’s Rally at Mount Rushmore Will Move Forward Despite Risks NPS cuts “health and human safety” section from environmental analysis Adam FedermanSierra MagazineJune 27, 2020 InvestigationHealth, Immigration, World Exporting the Virus How Trump’s Deportation Flights Are Putting Latin America and the Caribbean at Risk. Melissa del Bosque & Isabel MacdonaldThe InterceptJune 26, 2020 InvestigationBusiness, Politics Minority Exclusion at the Makeshift Morgue Across the U.S., temporary facilities built in response to COVID-19 went up quickly and minority contractors were left out. Rebecca RivasThe St. Louis AmericanJune 23, 2020 InvestigationJustice, Politics As States Struggle With Vote-by-Mail, “Many Thousands, If Not Millions” of Ballots Could Go Uncounted in November The coronavirus pandemic has spurred states to boost vote-by-mail, raising worries that inconsistent policies could lead to problems counting mailed ballots. Richard SalameThe InterceptJune 18, 2020 InvestigationBusiness, Politics When Shelter Comes Down to the Luck of the Draw As eviction moratoriums expire, lotteries determine who gets rent relief. Rebecca BurnsThe NationJune 5, 2020 InvestigationHealth, Justice Obscure New Jersey ‘Treatment’ Facility has a Higher COVID-19 Death Rate Than Any Prison in the Country The detainees already completed their criminal sentences—but they are prevented from leaving for years. And with the coronavirus spreading, their lives are at risk. Jordan Michael SmithThe AppealJune 4, 2020 InvestigationHealth, Immigration, Justice Fear, Illness and Death in ICE Detention: How a Protest Grew on the Inside Detained men and women held at a facility in Georgia are trying desperately to raise the alarm. Seth Freed WesslerNew York Times MagazineJune 4, 2020 InvestigationBusiness, Health ‘Inundated and Overwhelmed’: Black Undertakers Struggle Amid Pandemic Black-owned funeral homes were already in decline. Can they survive Covid-19? Dax-Devlon RossThe GuardianMay 22, 2020 InvestigationHealth, Justice ‘I’m pretty sure I should be going home’ As COVID-19 deaths mount in Michigan prisons, the review of questionable convictions has slowed, leaving prisoners vulnerable to the disease. Aaron Miguel CantúThe AppealMay 21, 2020 InvestigationHealth, World The Long, Strange History of Bill Gates Population Control Conspiracy Theories How the billionaire philanthropist displaced George Soros as the chief bogeyman of the right. Kathryn JoyceHuffPostMay 12, 2020 InvestigationHealth, Justice, World The Coronavirus Is Cutting Off Africa’s Abortion Access The collapse of medical supply chains has been a catastrophe for women in developing countries. Lockdowns have made matters worse. Neha WadekarForeign PolicyMay 4, 2020 InvestigationBusiness, Health They Were Warned Not to Take Sick Days — Then Six Workers at Their Warehouse Died of Coronavirus The workers also expressed concerns that delays in the provision of personal protective equipment like masks and gloves made an outbreak inevitable. Gabriel ThompsonThe InterceptApril 30, 2020 InvestigationHealth What It’s Like To Have Cancer In The Middle Of A Pandemic Many cancer patients have had surgeries delayed and treatment procedures changed as the country battles COVID-19. Patricia AnstettHuffPostApril 29, 2020 InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Justice Retail COVID-19 testing is a massive failure for black communities Since the White House announced this “historic public-private partnership,” 63 sites have opened nationwide. Just eight are in black neighborhoods. Aaron Ross ColemanVoxApril 28, 2020 InvestigationHealth, Justice He Sewed Masks In His Prison Cell. 30 Miles Away, His Mother Was Dying Of COVID-19. Francisco Hernandez just wanted to say goodbye. Lisa ArmstrongHuffPostApril 27, 2020 InvestigationHealth The Last 16 Days Of Robert Beaupre’s Life “Beau” is one of about 2,400 people who have died of COVID-19 in Michigan. Texts, diaries and photos detailed his last days in remarkable detail. Patricia AnstettHuffPostApril 21, 2020 InvestigationHealth, Labor Detroit’s Health Care Workers Ask: ‘How Many Lives Can We Save?’ Doctors and nurses in one of the nation’s poorest, blackest big cities are fighting a raging coronavirus outbreak and a flawed health care system. Here’s what life is like for them right now. Patricia Anstett, Jonathan Cohn, Tom Perkins & Anna ClarkHuffPostApril 16, 2020 InvestigationHealth, Politics Evangelical Pastors Seize Political Opportunity in Coronavirus Crisis The real reason some parishioners are being encouraged to hug in church. Sarah PosnerHuffPostApril 15, 2020 InvestigationHealth, Immigration, Justice Immigrant Detainees Stage Protest For More COVID-19 Protections: ‘WE ARE NOT SAFE’ People being held at a center in Georgia want vulnerable individuals released and better safeguards against infection. Seth Freed WesslerHuffPostApril 14, 2020 InvestigationHealth, Immigration, Justice ‘I Can’t Do Anything’: Doctor Detained By ICE Waits For Coronavirus Outbreak To Hit Neysi Salvador-Aguiar, a physician from Cuba, says that the Irwin County detention center wasn’t taking enough measures to prevent the spread of the virus. Seth Freed WesslerHuffPostApril 9, 2020 InvestigationEnvironment, Health, Labor As National Parks Remain Open, Staffers Worry They Are at Risk Department of Interior leadership sends conflicting signals Adam FedermanSierra MagazineApril 9, 2020 InvestigationBusiness, Health, Labor As Coronavirus Spread, Financial Services Contractor Told Warehouse Workers They Aren’t Allowed to Get Sick In a Long Island warehouse, immigrants work long hours doing mailings for a multibillion-dollar financial services company. Now they’re getting sick. Gabriel ThompsonThe InterceptApril 7, 2020 InvestigationBusiness, Health, Politics Renters In Turmoil As Federal And State Relief Measures Fall Short “I can’t be out on the street right now,” a woman in Jackson, Mississippi, said. Rebecca BurnsHuffPostApril 5, 2020 InvestigationHealth, Justice Man Who Died In Sing Sing Prison Tested Positive For COVID-19 The medical examiner hasn’t announced the cause of death for a 58-year-old man who died Monday, but confirmed to HuffPost that he tested positive for COVID-19. Lisa ArmstrongHuffPostApril 1, 2020 InvestigationHealth, Immigration, Justice The Coronavirus Has Spread to the US Marshals’ Detention Empire Exclusive reporting reveals five people in federal detention have tested positive for COVID-19. Seth Freed WesslerMother JonesApril 1, 2020 InvestigationHealth, Justice Police Are Trying To Free Inmates At Risk Of Coronavirus. Why Are Judges Blocking Them? Judges are dangerously behind the curve in supporting compassionate release and other plans to reduce the jail population. Dax-Devlon RossHuffPostMarch 31, 2020 InvestigationBusiness, Politics The stimulus halts a corporate trick that gouges workers. But it comes too late. Stock buybacks enriched companies and their leaders — at everyone else’s expense. Gary RivlinThe Washington PostMarch 27, 2020 InvestigationJustice, Politics Public Access to Information Suffers Under Coronavirus The pandemic has dealt a blow to transparency. Richard Salame & Nina ZweigColumbia Journalism ReviewMarch 25, 2020
InvestigationJustice, Politics Where Limited English Skills Mean Limited Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine Our analysis finds that many states are not meeting their legal obligations to make information accessible. Richard SalameSlate MagazineApril 30, 2021
InvestigationHealth, Politics NYC Nursing Home Gave Dozens of Veterans Experimental COVID-19 Treatments. Some Families Had No Idea. The New York State-run facility in St. Albans, Queens, administered a cocktail of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, despite safety warnings and doubts about efficacy. Dean RussellThe City, Columbia Journalism InvestigationsFebruary 8, 2021
InvestigationHealth, Politics ‘He Didn’t Want Any Covid-Related Studies’ Federal scientists want to study how the virus interacts with wildlife—but they say a Trump appointee is stopping them. Adam FedermanWiredOctober 9, 2020
InvestigationJustice Confinement and Contagion The coronavirus has made those in women’s prisons still more vulnerable. Justine van der LeunThe New York Review of BooksSeptember 17, 2020
InvestigationBusiness, Politics Chicago Has Been Quietly Intercepting Millions From State Tax Refunds During the Pandemic The Lighfoot administration intercepted at least $27 million in 2020 from residents’ state tax refunds to collect on debt, disproportionately hitting lower income neighborhoods and communities of color. Simon Davis-CohenThe Chicago ReporterSeptember 15, 2020
InvestigationBusiness, Labor The Immokalee Way: Protecting Farmworkers Amid a Pandemic While some companies do everything to escape accountability, the Fair Food Program proves there’s an alternative. John BoweThe NationSeptember 14, 2020
InvestigationHealth Neglected in Care Long before the coronavirus devastated nursing homes, inadequate staffing in for-profit Texas facilities endangered residents, leading to injuries and deaths. Elena Mejia LutzThe Texas ObserverJuly 13, 2020
InvestigationPolitics Prisoners Face ‘Undue Punishment’ as the IRS Claws Back Their Stimulus Checks Legal experts say the IRS is illegally denying CARES Act payments to incarcerated people. Jordan Michael SmithThe AppealJuly 8, 2020
InvestigationHealth, Politics Trump’s Rally at Mount Rushmore Will Move Forward Despite Risks NPS cuts “health and human safety” section from environmental analysis Adam FedermanSierra MagazineJune 27, 2020
InvestigationHealth, Immigration, World Exporting the Virus How Trump’s Deportation Flights Are Putting Latin America and the Caribbean at Risk. Melissa del Bosque & Isabel MacdonaldThe InterceptJune 26, 2020
InvestigationBusiness, Politics Minority Exclusion at the Makeshift Morgue Across the U.S., temporary facilities built in response to COVID-19 went up quickly and minority contractors were left out. Rebecca RivasThe St. Louis AmericanJune 23, 2020
InvestigationJustice, Politics As States Struggle With Vote-by-Mail, “Many Thousands, If Not Millions” of Ballots Could Go Uncounted in November The coronavirus pandemic has spurred states to boost vote-by-mail, raising worries that inconsistent policies could lead to problems counting mailed ballots. Richard SalameThe InterceptJune 18, 2020
InvestigationBusiness, Politics When Shelter Comes Down to the Luck of the Draw As eviction moratoriums expire, lotteries determine who gets rent relief. Rebecca BurnsThe NationJune 5, 2020
InvestigationHealth, Justice Obscure New Jersey ‘Treatment’ Facility has a Higher COVID-19 Death Rate Than Any Prison in the Country The detainees already completed their criminal sentences—but they are prevented from leaving for years. And with the coronavirus spreading, their lives are at risk. Jordan Michael SmithThe AppealJune 4, 2020
InvestigationHealth, Immigration, Justice Fear, Illness and Death in ICE Detention: How a Protest Grew on the Inside Detained men and women held at a facility in Georgia are trying desperately to raise the alarm. Seth Freed WesslerNew York Times MagazineJune 4, 2020
InvestigationBusiness, Health ‘Inundated and Overwhelmed’: Black Undertakers Struggle Amid Pandemic Black-owned funeral homes were already in decline. Can they survive Covid-19? Dax-Devlon RossThe GuardianMay 22, 2020
InvestigationHealth, Justice ‘I’m pretty sure I should be going home’ As COVID-19 deaths mount in Michigan prisons, the review of questionable convictions has slowed, leaving prisoners vulnerable to the disease. Aaron Miguel CantúThe AppealMay 21, 2020
InvestigationHealth, World The Long, Strange History of Bill Gates Population Control Conspiracy Theories How the billionaire philanthropist displaced George Soros as the chief bogeyman of the right. Kathryn JoyceHuffPostMay 12, 2020
InvestigationHealth, Justice, World The Coronavirus Is Cutting Off Africa’s Abortion Access The collapse of medical supply chains has been a catastrophe for women in developing countries. Lockdowns have made matters worse. Neha WadekarForeign PolicyMay 4, 2020
InvestigationBusiness, Health They Were Warned Not to Take Sick Days — Then Six Workers at Their Warehouse Died of Coronavirus The workers also expressed concerns that delays in the provision of personal protective equipment like masks and gloves made an outbreak inevitable. Gabriel ThompsonThe InterceptApril 30, 2020
InvestigationHealth What It’s Like To Have Cancer In The Middle Of A Pandemic Many cancer patients have had surgeries delayed and treatment procedures changed as the country battles COVID-19. Patricia AnstettHuffPostApril 29, 2020
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Justice Retail COVID-19 testing is a massive failure for black communities Since the White House announced this “historic public-private partnership,” 63 sites have opened nationwide. Just eight are in black neighborhoods. Aaron Ross ColemanVoxApril 28, 2020
InvestigationHealth, Justice He Sewed Masks In His Prison Cell. 30 Miles Away, His Mother Was Dying Of COVID-19. Francisco Hernandez just wanted to say goodbye. Lisa ArmstrongHuffPostApril 27, 2020
InvestigationHealth The Last 16 Days Of Robert Beaupre’s Life “Beau” is one of about 2,400 people who have died of COVID-19 in Michigan. Texts, diaries and photos detailed his last days in remarkable detail. Patricia AnstettHuffPostApril 21, 2020
InvestigationHealth, Labor Detroit’s Health Care Workers Ask: ‘How Many Lives Can We Save?’ Doctors and nurses in one of the nation’s poorest, blackest big cities are fighting a raging coronavirus outbreak and a flawed health care system. Here’s what life is like for them right now. Patricia Anstett, Jonathan Cohn, Tom Perkins & Anna ClarkHuffPostApril 16, 2020
InvestigationHealth, Politics Evangelical Pastors Seize Political Opportunity in Coronavirus Crisis The real reason some parishioners are being encouraged to hug in church. Sarah PosnerHuffPostApril 15, 2020
InvestigationHealth, Immigration, Justice Immigrant Detainees Stage Protest For More COVID-19 Protections: ‘WE ARE NOT SAFE’ People being held at a center in Georgia want vulnerable individuals released and better safeguards against infection. Seth Freed WesslerHuffPostApril 14, 2020
InvestigationHealth, Immigration, Justice ‘I Can’t Do Anything’: Doctor Detained By ICE Waits For Coronavirus Outbreak To Hit Neysi Salvador-Aguiar, a physician from Cuba, says that the Irwin County detention center wasn’t taking enough measures to prevent the spread of the virus. Seth Freed WesslerHuffPostApril 9, 2020
InvestigationEnvironment, Health, Labor As National Parks Remain Open, Staffers Worry They Are at Risk Department of Interior leadership sends conflicting signals Adam FedermanSierra MagazineApril 9, 2020
InvestigationBusiness, Health, Labor As Coronavirus Spread, Financial Services Contractor Told Warehouse Workers They Aren’t Allowed to Get Sick In a Long Island warehouse, immigrants work long hours doing mailings for a multibillion-dollar financial services company. Now they’re getting sick. Gabriel ThompsonThe InterceptApril 7, 2020
InvestigationBusiness, Health, Politics Renters In Turmoil As Federal And State Relief Measures Fall Short “I can’t be out on the street right now,” a woman in Jackson, Mississippi, said. Rebecca BurnsHuffPostApril 5, 2020
InvestigationHealth, Justice Man Who Died In Sing Sing Prison Tested Positive For COVID-19 The medical examiner hasn’t announced the cause of death for a 58-year-old man who died Monday, but confirmed to HuffPost that he tested positive for COVID-19. Lisa ArmstrongHuffPostApril 1, 2020
InvestigationHealth, Immigration, Justice The Coronavirus Has Spread to the US Marshals’ Detention Empire Exclusive reporting reveals five people in federal detention have tested positive for COVID-19. Seth Freed WesslerMother JonesApril 1, 2020
InvestigationHealth, Justice Police Are Trying To Free Inmates At Risk Of Coronavirus. Why Are Judges Blocking Them? Judges are dangerously behind the curve in supporting compassionate release and other plans to reduce the jail population. Dax-Devlon RossHuffPostMarch 31, 2020
InvestigationBusiness, Politics The stimulus halts a corporate trick that gouges workers. But it comes too late. Stock buybacks enriched companies and their leaders — at everyone else’s expense. Gary RivlinThe Washington PostMarch 27, 2020
InvestigationJustice, Politics Public Access to Information Suffers Under Coronavirus The pandemic has dealt a blow to transparency. Richard Salame & Nina ZweigColumbia Journalism ReviewMarch 25, 2020