Inside TIJournalism Investigative Fund Relaunches with New Name Type Investigations builds on more than a decade of award-winning journalism. Esther KaplanJanuary 15, 2019
NewsLabor, Politics How the Trash Industry Worked Overtime Trying to Thwart New York City’s Reform Plans A push against a zoning proposal involved a trade group helmed by a man convicted in a bid-rigging scheme; $500,000 to a lobbying firm that drafted legislation; and a lawmaker who was recently in business with one of the major haulers. Kiera FeldmanProPublicaDecember 31, 2018
NewsPolitics, World Months After An Ethnic Cleansing Campaign, Fresh Violence Rocks Congo Ahead of Election Attacks picked up again in late September, when 29 soldiers and civilians were killed in a series of military assaults, according to a fact sheet issued by the Parliamentary Caucus of Ituri Province and obtained by VICE News. Nick TurseDecember 21, 2018
InvestigationImmigration Is Denaturalization the Next Front in Trump’s War on Immigration? The prosecution of naturalized United States citizens is a sign of a gathering storm. Seth Freed WesslerNew York Times MagazineDecember 19, 2018
NewsPolitics Private Construction-Waste Truck Hits Man Outside de Blasio Event The mayor has touted pedestrian safety as a core aim of his mayoralty, and the crash comes as his administration is pushing a major reform that it says will improve the safety records of the army of private commercial garbage trucks that crisscross the city’s streets. Kiera FeldmanProPublicaDecember 18, 2018
InvestigationBusiness How One Company Is Making Millions Off Trump’s War on the Poor President Trump plans to make the poor work for Medicaid and food stamps. That’s extremely punitive for them—but highly lucrative for companies like Maximus. Tracie McMillanMother JonesDecember 17, 2018
InvestigationPolitics Stepping Up As the incarceration of mothers increases in the United States, who cares for the children left behind? Sylvia A. HarveyVirginia Quarterly ReviewDecember 13, 2018
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics FBI Kept Files on Peaceful Climate Change Protesters A protest at a BP plant in Indiana landed three sixty something campaigners in a federal surveillance report, documents show. Adam FedermanThe GuardianDecember 13, 2018
BackstoryHealth, Justice, Labor The Backstory: Justine Calma Ida B Wells Fellow Justine Calma talks about her new investigation into California’s day programs for adults with disabilities. Justine CalmaDecember 12, 2018
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Government Scientists Warned Oil Exploration Would Threaten Polar Bears Despite legal concerns, the Trump administration is pushing ahead. Adam FedermanMother JonesDecember 11, 2018