InvestigationPolitics The Christian Nationalist Boot Camp Pushing Anti-Trans Laws Across America The Statesmen Academy elevates the profiles of right-wing lawmakers and helps them promote legislation rooted in baseless distortions of science and medicine. Sarah PosnerInsiderSeptember 21, 2022
InvestigationJustice San Quentin Is Still Punishing People for Being Sick Incarcerated people described filthy conditions and harsh treatment in San Quentin’s medical quarantine unit. Katie Rose Quandt & Juan Moreno HainesThe American ProspectSeptember 19, 2022
InvestigationPolitics Deal With the Devil The roots of the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe go back 50 years, to when zealots preaching a gospel of misogyny and homophobia—led by an accused sexual predator—took over the Southern Baptist Convention, America’s largest Protestant denomination. Sarah PosnerThe NationSeptember 12, 2022
InvestigationHealth, Justice Roe Was Never Enough Though the federal government is obligated to provide tribes with health care, decades-old restrictions on federal funding have severely limited the provision of abortion. Adreanna RodriguezViceAugust 25, 2022
InvestigationJustice, Politics, Technology When Porch Piracy Became a Felony Around the country, 13 states have passed or introduced laws to make package theft a felony. Critics say the harsher penalties are an ineffective response that can lead to increased surveillance of communities and harm people of color. Lam Thuy VoThe GuardianAugust 25, 2022
InvestigationEnvironment Leaving the Island: The Messy, Contentious Reality of Climate Relocation In Louisiana, the Isle de Jean Charles project is a test case for how the government could voluntarily resettle communities threatened by climate change. It hasn’t gone smoothly. Olga Loginova & Zak CasselColumbia Journalism Investigations, The Center for Public IntegrityAugust 17, 2022
InvestigationBusiness Millions of Dollars Are Set to Pour into St. Louis’ North Side. Will Negligent Property Owners Cash In? Overdue improvement for St. Louis’ vacancy scourge could also bring payday for derelict property owners. Karen Robinson-JacobsThe St. Louis AmericanAugust 12, 2022
InvestigationEnvironment Too Little, Too Late for People Seeking Climate Relief With complicated applications and long wait times, the government’s primary effort to move people out of harm’s way falls woefully behind in the era of climate change. Mc Nelly Torres, Alex Lubben & Zak CasselColumbia Journalism Investigations, The Center for Public IntegrityAugust 10, 2022
InvestigationEnvironment Trapped in Harm’s Way as Disasters Mount Communities stuck on the front lines of the climate crisis need help relocating. The U.S. government isn’t prepared. Alex Lubben, Julia Shipley, Zak Cassel & Olga LoginovaColumbia Journalism Investigations, The Center for Public IntegrityAugust 3, 2022
InvestigationPolitics How Donald Trump Jr. Promised—and Failed—to House the World’s Poor He and a partner were going to build “millions of houses” for poor people in the developing world. They built virtually no units, left investors high and dry, and sued creditors rather than pay them. Joe RubinNew RepublicJuly 21, 2022