InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Trump Administration Eyes Speedy Permit for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Seismic Tests “This is unrealistically fast-tracked,” a DOI employee who has reviewed the application told POLITICO. Adam FedermanPolitico MagazineOctober 4, 2020
AnalysisLabor Roundtable: How Fact-Checkers Bring Certainty to Uncertain Times A rare newsroom role can help journalism meet the moment. Maha AhmedOctober 1, 2020
InvestigationHealth, Immigration, Justice Immigrants Say They Were Pressured Into Unneeded Surgeries Immigrants detained at an ICE-contracted center in Georgia said they had invasive gynecology procedures that they later learned might have been unnecessary. Caitlin Dickerson, Seth Freed Wessler & Miriam JordanThe New York TimesSeptember 29, 2020
InvestigationBusiness, World The Risk Makers Viral hate, election interference, and hacked accounts: inside the tech industry’s decades-long failure to reckon with risk. Catherine Buni & Soraya ChemalyOneZeroSeptember 21, 2020
InvestigationJustice, Politics What Will It Take for the Atlanta Police Department to Change the Way It Polices Itself? Our investigation of thousands of pages of internal-affairs documents raises questions about reform at the beleaguered department. Sonam VashiAtlantaSeptember 18, 2020
InvestigationJustice Confinement and Contagion The coronavirus has made those in women’s prisons still more vulnerable. Justine van der LeunThe New York Review of BooksSeptember 17, 2020
InvestigationBusiness, Politics Chicago Has Been Quietly Intercepting Millions From State Tax Refunds During the Pandemic The Lighfoot administration intercepted at least $27 million in 2020 from residents’ state tax refunds to collect on debt, disproportionately hitting lower income neighborhoods and communities of color. Simon Davis-CohenThe Chicago ReporterSeptember 15, 2020
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics The Trump Team Has a Plan to Not Fight Climate Change It may take decades to see the worst effects of global warming. Yet Jim Reilly, the director of the US Geological Survey, is committed to short-term thinking. Adam FedermanWiredSeptember 15, 2020
InvestigationBusiness, Labor The Immokalee Way: Protecting Farmworkers Amid a Pandemic While some companies do everything to escape accountability, the Fair Food Program proves there’s an alternative. John BoweThe NationSeptember 14, 2020
InvestigationBusiness, Labor, Politics Trump’s National Labor Relations Board Is Sabotaging Its Own Mission The federal agency that’s supposed to protect union rights is instead championing the interests of bosses. Michelle ChenThe NationSeptember 7, 2020