InvestigationBusiness The Fintech Debt Trap Aggressive online lenders are preying on desperate borrowers and could trigger a new consumer financial crisis. Alyssa KatzThe InterceptAugust 30, 2020
ImpactHealth New Program Could Help Parents Keep Custody of Mentally Ill Kids in CT Connecticut’s Voluntary Care Management program provides mental health services for children outside of the states’ child protective agency. Nina Zweig & Juliana Schatz PrestonAugust 25, 2020
InvestigationJustice, Politics Trump Comes Up Empty When Pressed for Evidence of Election Fraud in Court The Trump campaign’s 524-page response to a discovery demand turned up precisely zero instances of mail-in vote fraud. Richard SalameThe InterceptAugust 20, 2020
ImpactJustice Following Investigation, Pennsylvania County Launches Plain Communities Task Force to Address Sexual Abuse Thousands of Amish and Old Order Mennonite residents in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania will have more access to sexual abuse prevention and support. Sarah McClureAugust 19, 2020
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