InvestigationBusiness If the Tuition Doesn’t Get You, the Cost of Student Housing Will National developers are behind the proliferation of luxury student housing on college campuses, and they’re driving low-income students further away. Ali BrelandBloomberg BusinessweekAugust 13, 2019
NewsEnvironment, Health Industry Cites 3M Experiment That Exposed Cancer Patients to PFAS to Claim the Chemicals Aren’t So Bad. The 3M-funded study is at odds with extensive scientific literature based on large populations of people who had been exposed to PFAS for years. Sharon LernerThe InterceptAugust 12, 2019
InvestigationBusiness, Justice, Labor Crude Behavior Ciara Newton had her dream job at a Shell refinery. But she was fired after enduring months of harassment, including sexist comments from supervisors and a lewd sticker. Zahra HirjiBuzzFeedAugust 6, 2019
InvestigationJustice, Politics, World “Worse Than a Death Sentence” Inside India’s sham trials that could strip millions of citizenship. Rohini MohanViceJuly 29, 2019
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics How Science Got Trampled in the Rush to Drill in the Arctic The Trump administration pried open an environmental ‘jewel’ for oil and gas exploration. But in its push to get started, it has ignored and distorted the work of its own experts. Adam FedermanPolitico MagazineJuly 26, 2019
InvestigationBusiness, Environment Waste Only How the plastics industry is fighting to keep polluting the world. Sharon LernerThe InterceptJuly 20, 2019
ImpactJustice, Technology Report: IBM withdraws video surveillance product in the wake of media scrutiny The software uses facial- and object-recognition algorithms in real time to identify people and things in surveillance camera feeds. Richard SalameJuly 12, 2019
NewsEnvironment, Health EPA Move to Phase Out Animal Experiments Could Mean the End of Toxics Regulations The chemical industry’s and the Trump EPA’s eagerness to phase out experimental testing on lab animals appears to be a sneak attack on chemical regulation. Sharon LernerThe InterceptJuly 3, 2019
InvestigationBusiness, Justice, Labor When Brokers Act Badly at Wells Fargo, Women Take the Fall Ten years of data show stark gender bias in disciplinary actions in the bank’s adviser arm. Susan AntillaThe InterceptJuly 1, 2019
NewsEnvironment, Health Teflon Toxin Safety Level Should be 700 Times Lower Than Current EPA Guideline New data suggests that the safety threshold for PFOA in drinking water should be as low as .1 parts per trillion, according to the nation’s top toxicologist. Sharon LernerThe InterceptJune 18, 2019