InvestigationBusiness, Environment Big Oil Takes Aim at Local Control of Fracking As much as local communities in Colorado may want to ban the process, their hands are tied. Simon Davis-CohenFusionAugust 3, 2016
AnalysisJustice, Labor Whistleblower Retaliation Alive and Well at Hanford Washington state’s attorney general and others filed an emergency motion to force the Department of Energy and a federal contractor to protect workers from toxic vapor exposure at the nuclear cleanup site. Joshua FrankAugust 3, 2016
InvestigationImmigration Good Crop, Bad Crop Workers picking America’s produce face rampant wage theft. The Department of Labor is barely using its toughest tool to stop it. Gabriel ThompsonSlate MagazineAugust 2, 2016
InvestigationJustice Young and Locked Up in Silicon Valley The Santa Clara County district attorney has made a habit of charging 14-, 15-, and 16-year-olds as adults. Why? Jessica PishkoSan Francisco MagazineAugust 1, 2016
InvestigationBusiness, Justice The Financial Firm That Cornered the Market on Jails Thousands of arrestees a year are forced into get-out-of-jail-broke cards that are loaded up with deceptive fees. Arun GuptaThe NationAugust 1, 2016
InvestigationPolitics What Did $220 Million Buy? Bernie Sanders’s fundraising was revolutionary. How he spent his money was not. Eli Clifton & Joshua HollandSlate MagazineJuly 13, 2016
InvestigationJustice Surviving the Long Haul For women in the trucking industry, going to work can mean subjecting themselves to catcalling, harassment, rape, and a system built to keep them out. Mary PilonMary ReviewJuly 11, 2016
InvestigationBusiness, Immigration The Rockets’ Red Glare The vast majority of the world’s fireworks come from China. And sometimes they explode early, with deadly consequences. Kathleen McLaughlin & Noy ThrupkaewSlate MagazineJuly 1, 2016
InvestigationBusiness Money for Nothing Confessions of a payday lender: “I felt like a modern-day gangster.” Gary RivlinThe InterceptJune 23, 2016
Inside TIJournalism Announcing the Winners of the Ida B. Wells Fellowship Fellowships will be awarded to Adeshina Emmanuel, Ese Olumhense, Nadine Sebai, and Nikhil Swaminathan. Esther KaplanJune 16, 2016