InvestigationEnvironment, Politics ‘In the Dark of Night’: Trump’s Interior Chief Snuck Murkowski an 11th-hour Win Interior Secretary David Bernhardt ordered his agency to make novel use of a law to evade conservation restrictions that have blocked development of the Alaskan road to a remote village. Adam FedermanPolitico MagazineMarch 19, 2021
ImpactPolitics Chicago Announces Change to State Tax Refund Intercept Program Following Investigation Low-to-moderate income taxpayers in Illinois will not have unpaid fines they owe the City of Chicago automatically deducted from their state income tax refunds this year. Simon Davis-CohenThe Chicago ReporterMarch 16, 2021
InvestigationBusiness, Politics A Former Trump Operative Used GiveSendGo to Push Claims of Election Fraud and Rake in Hundreds of Thousands The Christian crowdfunding platform has been a friendly resource for Trumpworld. Richard SalameGENMarch 15, 2021
InvestigationEnvironment, Health I Tested My Tap Water, Household Products and Cat for Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ The extent of PFAS contamination is only now coming into focus. Here’s what I learned from investigating my home. Tom PerkinsThe Guardian, Consumer Reports, Great Lakes NowFebruary 23, 2021
InvestigationHealth, Justice Did New York Let Doctors Get Away With Sexual Misconduct? Internal whistleblowers say a branch of the state Department of Health was reluctant to penalize accused physicians. Emrys EllerCity & StateFebruary 21, 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
InvestigationBusiness, Politics Was Election Denial Just a Get-Rich-Quick Scheme? Donors’ Lawsuits Look for Answers Widespread voter fraud is a fake problem, but some conservative donors say they’re getting scammed out of real money. Richard SalameThe InterceptFebruary 6, 2021
AnalysisPolitics How the Crackdown on the Rioters Who Stormed the U.S. Capitol Could Lead to More Violence In the weeks since a mob of #MAGA supporters made their deadly January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, the crackdown on individuals and groups who planned and perpetrated the violence has accelerated. Amanda RobbJanuary 29, 2021
ImpactJustice Q&A: Ida B. Wells Fellow Andrea González-Ramírez on Puerto Rico’s Changing Approach to Domestic Violence In a yearlong investigation published in partnership with GEN last June, 2019-20 Ida B. Wells fellow Andrea González-Ramírez revealed how the Puerto Rican government has failed to address a domestic violence epidemic on the island. Type InvestigationsJanuary 28, 2021
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Defanged Money and politics could doom the Florida panther — and the Endangered Species Act. Jimmy TobiasThe InterceptJanuary 24, 2021