NewsEnvironment, Health Hurricane Florence Released Tons of Coal Ash in North Carolina, But the Coal Industry Wants Less Regulation Even as coal ash storage basins are leaking massive amounts of pollution in the wake of Hurricane Florence, the coal industry is working on a new strategy to stop federal regulation of this toxic byproduct of coal combustion. Sharon LernerThe InterceptSeptember 28, 2018
InvestigationPolitics Never Meet Your (Super) Heroes America’s white nationalists have branched out into comic books. And business is booming. Amanda RobbRevealSeptember 22, 2018
NewsBusiness, Labor Private Trash Haulers Resist New Safety Measures As New York City’s oversight agency moves to have companies regularly report accidents, traffic violations and license suspensions involving their drivers, the haulers push back. Kiera FeldmanProPublicaSeptember 19, 2018
InvestigationPolitics, World ISIS Returns, And a Town Confronts New Wave of Terror ISIS has regrouped in the area and continues to terrorize residents. Simona FoltynPBS NewshourSeptember 16, 2018
InvestigationPolitics, World The Underground Caliphate ISIS has not yet vanished. It is fighting a guerrilla war against the Iraqi State. Simona FoltynThe InterceptSeptember 16, 2018
InvestigationEnvironment, Health How Oregon Locals Defeated Chemical Companies Although some of the biggest companies poured money into a campaign to stop an ordinance, the locals still won. Sharon LernerThe InterceptSeptember 15, 2018
AnalysisBusiness Small Investors Are Prey, Again, for the Wolves of Wall Street Congress tried to protect ordinary Americans’ portfolios with the Dodd-Frank Act, but today they are more vulnerable than ever. Susan AntillaThe New York TimesSeptember 14, 2018
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Politics, Technology Private Intelligence Firm Keeps Tabs on Environmentalists When big oil companies want to monitor activists, they turn to Welund. Adam FedermanMother JonesSeptember 14, 2018
InvestigationImmigration Checkpoint Nation Border agents are expanding their reach into the country’s interior. Melissa del BosqueHarper's, The Texas ObserverSeptember 13, 2018
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics How Far Will The Interior Go to Loosen Offshore Drilling Rules? Proposals jeopardize safety precautions put in place after the Deepwater Horizon blowout. Adam FedermanThe NationSeptember 11, 2018