InvestigationEnvironment, Health, Politics Fire Drill This Black community can’t escape sugar industry pollution. Even their school district is in on it. Gilda Di CarliGristAugust 19, 2020
InvestigationPolitics Monumental Lies: Update Civil War-era myths are kept alive at Confederate monuments with stories of “benevolent slave owners” and enslaved people “contented with their lot.” Brian Palmer & Seth Freed WesslerRevealAugust 15, 2020
InvestigationImmigration, Justice, Politics Cold as ICE How local sheriffs are driving Trump's deportation agenda. Seth Freed WesslerMother JonesAugust 10, 2020
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics The Man Determined to Deliver Trump’s Alaskan Oil Promise A political appointee at the Department of Interior has played a key, and sometimes controversial, role in opening a pristine wildlife refuge to drilling. Adam FedermanPolitico MagazineAugust 8, 2020
InvestigationJustice The Defund Movement Aims to Change the Policing and Prosecution of Domestic Violence Though domestic violence is often cited as a reason to maintain the carceral status quo, advocates say there are more humane—and effective—alternatives. Jessica PishkoThe AppealJuly 28, 2020
ImpactJustice Puerto Rico Expands Domestic Violence Training To Municipal Police Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez signed a measure into law offering domestic violence training to municipal police following our yearlong investigation. Andrea González-RamírezJuly 24, 2020
BackstoryJustice The Backstory: Sylvia A. Harvey Reporting on the foster care system Sylvia A. HarveyJuly 24, 2020
InvestigationJustice How a Trip to Prison Cost Kenneth Clark His Right to Be a Parent Clark wanted desperately to be a father to his kids. But prison, along with a Clinton-era child welfare law, conspired to take them away from him—for good. Sylvia A. HarveyThe NationJuly 20, 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
InvestigationJustice, Politics, World Domestic Terror in the Age of Trump A new database of domestic terror incidents shows attacks by far-right extremists have become far more lethal since Donald Trump became president. David NeiwertRevealJuly 9, 2020