InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Politics The Subprime Solar Trap for Low-Income Homeowners Predatory deals from the financial crisis are back in time for the climate crisis. Rebecca BurnsBloomberg GreenApril 6, 2021
InvestigationPolitics, World Strangers in a Homeland In Kabul, one of the world’s most dangerous cities, one man works to help Afghan migrants return to a place they never knew. May JeongVirginia Quarterly ReviewMarch 29, 2021
AnalysisHealth, World Which Countries are Vaccinating the Most People Against COVID-19—and Which are Getting Left Behind An analysis of 191 countries and territories shows just how unequal the global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines has been — and how tied to a country’s wealth. Richard SalameMarch 24, 2021
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics ‘In the Dark of Night’: Trump’s Interior Chief Snuck Murkowski an 11th-hour Win Interior Secretary David Bernhardt ordered his agency to make novel use of a law to evade conservation restrictions that have blocked development of the Alaskan road to a remote village. Adam FedermanPolitico MagazineMarch 19, 2021
ImpactPolitics Chicago Announces Change to State Tax Refund Intercept Program Following Investigation Low-to-moderate income taxpayers in Illinois will not have unpaid fines they owe the City of Chicago automatically deducted from their state income tax refunds this year. Simon Davis-CohenThe Chicago ReporterMarch 16, 2021
InvestigationBusiness, Politics A Former Trump Operative Used GiveSendGo to Push Claims of Election Fraud and Rake in Hundreds of Thousands The Christian crowdfunding platform has been a friendly resource for Trumpworld. Richard SalameGENMarch 15, 2021
InvestigationEnvironment, Health I Tested My Tap Water, Household Products and Cat for Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ The extent of PFAS contamination is only now coming into focus. Here’s what I learned from investigating my home. Tom PerkinsThe Guardian, Consumer Reports, Great Lakes NowFebruary 23, 2021
InvestigationHealth, Justice Did New York Let Doctors Get Away With Sexual Misconduct? Internal whistleblowers say a branch of the state Department of Health was reluctant to penalize accused physicians. Emrys EllerCity & StateFebruary 21, 2021
InvestigationHealth, Politics NYC Nursing Home Gave Dozens of Veterans Experimental COVID-19 Treatments. Some Families Had No Idea. The New York State-run facility in St. Albans, Queens, administered a cocktail of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, despite safety warnings and doubts about efficacy. Dean RussellThe City, Columbia Journalism InvestigationsFebruary 8, 2021
InvestigationBusiness, Politics Was Election Denial Just a Get-Rich-Quick Scheme? Donors’ Lawsuits Look for Answers Widespread voter fraud is a fake problem, but some conservative donors say they’re getting scammed out of real money. Richard SalameThe InterceptFebruary 6, 2021