ProjectEnvironment, Health DuPont’s Toxic Chemical An exposé of the dangers of the chemical C8 and DuPont’s efforts to evade legal responsibility. Sharon LernerSeptember 15, 2016
InvestigationJustice How ‘Female Viagra’ Got FDA Approval The “grassroots campaign” for the drug Addyi was actually funded by its manufacturer. Jennifer Block & Liz CannerNew York Magazine's The CutSeptember 8, 2016
InvestigationPolitics Trump ‘Diversity’ Advisors Push Fringe Theories Will they help win over voters? Sarah PosnerMother JonesSeptember 3, 2016
ImpactJustice, Politics The Obama Administration Continues Pulling Away From Private Prison Companies Homeland Security launches a review of private detention centers, weeks after DOJ began closing its own facilities. Seth Freed WesslerSeptember 2, 2016
InvestigationBusiness, Justice, Politics What the Bureau of Prisons Knew The US Department of Justice says it will reduce and eventually end its use of private prisons. Seth Freed WesslerRevealAugust 27, 2016
InvestigationBusiness, Labor, World Nike Says It Empowers Women Around the World But the young women who make its products in Vietnam are intimidated, belittled, and underpaid. Maria HengeveldSlate MagazineAugust 26, 2016
InvestigationPolitics How Trump Won Over Europe’s Far Right The Trump campaign has made common cause with ethno-nationalist political parties across the Atlantic. Josh HarkinsonMother JonesAugust 25, 2016
InvestigationPolitics How Stephen Bannon Created an Online Haven for White Nationalists Breitbart News, boasts Donald Trump’s new campaign chief, is “the platform for the alt-right” Sarah PosnerMother JonesAugust 22, 2016
ImpactJustice, Politics Justice Department to End All Federal Private Prisons The announcement was made following our yearlong probe uncovering dozens of questionable deaths and years of dire warnings from internal monitors. Seth Freed WesslerAugust 18, 2016
ImpactImmigration, Justice The Feds Will Shut Down a Troubled Private Prison The facility is among several in which our reporting has uncovered dozens of deaths that involved substandard medical care. Seth Freed WesslerAugust 15, 2016