NewsImmigration, Justice Disorder in the Court Why One Immigrant Flew From Texas to New York Three Times for Her Hearing. Ralph OrtegaDocumentedOctober 16, 2020
NewsJustice, Politics Georgia Lawsuit Raises Concerns About Voters’ Language Access During Primary Season — And Come November The suit, filed this week, alleges that Gwinnett County elections officials and the Georgia secretary of state violated the federal Voting Rights Act. Richard SalameApril 15, 2020
NewsHealth, Justice “My Father Was the First Federal Prisoner to Die of COVID-19. He’d Been Trying to Get Out for Years.” “It’s kind of cold. It’s not a way to live your life, for your life to end that way.” Seth Freed WesslerMother JonesApril 7, 2020
NewsJustice I Moved Into a Domestic Violence Shelter and Haven’t Seen My Son In Weeks A series about how coronavirus affects our lives, our loved ones, our work, and our way of life. Sylvia A. HarveyGENApril 7, 2020
NewsHealth, Justice The Abortion Provider Who Was Forced to Turn Away Women Halfway Through the Process Life in the Time of Coronavirus is a new GEN series interviewing people across the country who have had their lives upended or are experiencing the stress of the unknown. Lindsay BeyersteinGENApril 1, 2020
NewsHealth The Home Health Aide Who’s Scared Their Elderly Clients Won’t Survive The latest in GEN’s series about how this pandemic affects our lives, our loved ones, our work, and our way of life. Nina ZweigGENMarch 27, 2020
NewsEnvironment, Justice How the Environmental Lawyer Who Won a Massive Judgment Against Chevron Lost Everything Steven Donziger won a multibillion-dollar judgment against Chevron in Ecuador. The company sued him in New York, and now he’s under house arrest. Sharon LernerThe InterceptJanuary 29, 2020
NewsEnvironment, Health Industry Cites 3M Experiment That Exposed Cancer Patients to PFAS to Claim the Chemicals Aren’t So Bad. The 3M-funded study is at odds with extensive scientific literature based on large populations of people who had been exposed to PFAS for years. Sharon LernerThe InterceptAugust 12, 2019
NewsEnvironment, Health EPA Move to Phase Out Animal Experiments Could Mean the End of Toxics Regulations The chemical industry’s and the Trump EPA’s eagerness to phase out experimental testing on lab animals appears to be a sneak attack on chemical regulation. Sharon LernerThe InterceptJuly 3, 2019
NewsEnvironment, Health Teflon Toxin Safety Level Should be 700 Times Lower Than Current EPA Guideline New data suggests that the safety threshold for PFOA in drinking water should be as low as .1 parts per trillion, according to the nation’s top toxicologist. Sharon LernerThe InterceptJune 18, 2019