InvestigationJustice, Politics Midterm Voters With Limited English Faced Obstacles But in southern Brooklyn, they showed they can still swing an election. Richard SalameThe NationNovember 12, 2018
InvestigationEnvironment, Immigration, Politics A Border Wall Could Cause Deadly Flooding. Officials Plan to Build It Anyway Engineers have long concluded that a wall in the flood plain of Starr County, Texas, could be catastrophic. Melissa del BosqueTexas MonthlyNovember 7, 2018
InvestigationJustice, Politics How the ADA Could Affect Native American Voters The relocation of polling sites near the Navajo Nation months before midterm elections raises concerns of future voter suppression. Anna V. SmithHigh Country NewsNovember 5, 2018
InvestigationImmigration, Justice, Politics Voters with Limited English Could Help Determine Congress Language accommodation for voting (or the lack thereof) could swing 20 congressional elections. Richard SalameThe NationNovember 5, 2018
InvestigationBusiness, Politics Wall Street Moves to Gut Post-Crisis Financial Rules The requirements, imposed by the Dodd-Frank Act, were put in place to ensure that critical financial institutions could weather economic storms. Susan AntillaThe InterceptNovember 2, 2018
NewsBusiness, Labor A Trash Industry Union Thrives, and Employees Say They Are Left Holding the Bag One of the biggest unions in New York’s private garbage industry is run by a man with a long record of run-ins with the authorities, and its vice president is a convicted felon. Many workers say it’s a union in name only. Kiera FeldmanProPublicaNovember 2, 2018
NewsBusiness, Politics Nearly $3M in LLC Campaign Donations Since the NY Primary The lightly regulated machine of LLC campaign donations has continued to pump funds to New York state candidates and political action committees. Jarrett MurphyCity LimitsNovember 2, 2018
NewsEnvironment, Health EPA Continues To Approve Toxic PFAS Chemicals Despite Widespread Contamination Since 2002, the agency has allowed 112 new PFAS chemicals to be made or imported in very large quantities. Sharon LernerThe InterceptOctober 25, 2018
InvestigationImmigration, Justice, Politics Border Patrol Union Endorses Extremist Video The National Border Patrol Council is featured in a video that includes group linked to white nationalists. Melissa del BosqueThe InterceptOctober 23, 2018
ProjectBusiness, Politics Public Pensions for Sale Wall Street gets rich while public servants lose their life savings. Gary RivlinOctober 22, 2018