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
InvestigationHealth, Politics Evangelical Pastors Seize Political Opportunity in Coronavirus Crisis The real reason some parishioners are being encouraged to hug in church. Sarah PosnerHuffPostApril 15, 2020
InvestigationHealth, Immigration, Justice Immigrant Detainees Stage Protest For More COVID-19 Protections: ‘WE ARE NOT SAFE’ People being held at a center in Georgia want vulnerable individuals released and better safeguards against infection. Seth Freed WesslerHuffPostApril 14, 2020
InvestigationBusiness How Much Is an Unkosher Torah Worth? Inside the murky world of Torah appraisal and a prominent evangelical’s gift to the Museum of the Bible of thousands of unusable scrolls. Hella WinstonThe Jewish WeekApril 13, 2020
InvestigationHealth, Immigration, Justice ‘I Can’t Do Anything’: Doctor Detained By ICE Waits For Coronavirus Outbreak To Hit Neysi Salvador-Aguiar, a physician from Cuba, says that the Irwin County detention center wasn’t taking enough measures to prevent the spread of the virus. Seth Freed WesslerHuffPostApril 9, 2020
InvestigationEnvironment, Health, Labor As National Parks Remain Open, Staffers Worry They Are at Risk Department of Interior leadership sends conflicting signals Adam FedermanSierra MagazineApril 9, 2020
InvestigationBusiness, Health, Labor As Coronavirus Spread, Financial Services Contractor Told Warehouse Workers They Aren’t Allowed to Get Sick In a Long Island warehouse, immigrants work long hours doing mailings for a multibillion-dollar financial services company. Now they’re getting sick. Gabriel ThompsonThe InterceptApril 7, 2020
AnalysisHealth, Justice Lessons from Hurricane Katrina for the COVID-19 Recovery to Come Powerful interests exploited Katrina to enrich themselves and transform the city. As a reporter who covered the fallout explains, our government’s lax oversight means the same could happen now, leaving those who most need help behind. Gary RivlinThe AppealApril 7, 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