InvestigationImmigration, World The General and the Refugee Police from four countries joined forces to bring down a notorious human smuggler. Here’s how they blew the operation — and why the crackdown on immigration is making things worse. Eric ReidyNew RepublicMarch 27, 2017
InvestigationPolitics Amazing Disgrace How Donald Trump hijacked the religious right. Sarah PosnerNew RepublicMarch 20, 2017
InvestigationJustice The Mind of Dylann Roof The fallacy of seeing the United States v. Dylann Roof as a case of psychopathology. Edward BallThe New York Review of BooksMarch 14, 2017
InvestigationBusiness, Justice, Politics A Death in Arizona Hawaii sends nearly half of its inmates to a private prison in Arizona, with only the most cursory oversight. Gabriel ThompsonViceMarch 6, 2017
InvestigationBusiness, Justice Contract Selling Is Back in Chicago Fifty years after Martin Luther King Jr. fought against predatory sales, Wall Street-backed firms are duping would-be homebuyers again. Rebecca BurnsChicago ReaderMarch 1, 2017
ProjectJournalism I.F. Stone Award The I.F. Stone Award honored Stone’s legacy of tireless investigations into issues of vital national interest by creating a pathway for emerging reporters to produce their first journalistic investigations. This is what they produced. Jonah Engle, Nicole Pasulka, Nadja Drost, Steve Fisher, Maria Hengeveld & Rebecca BurnsMarch 1, 2017
InvestigationBusiness, Environment Endangering the World’s Rarest Dolphins A study of the New Zealand fishing industry finds that vessels illegally discard a third of their catch. Christopher PalaEarth Island JournalFebruary 27, 2017
InvestigationJustice United States v. Dylann Roof “I have been blessed with a significant amount of German blood.” Edward BallThe New York Review of BooksFebruary 17, 2017
NewsEnvironment, Health Good News and Bad News at Hanford, America’s Most Polluted Site Washington state legislators are pushing a bill that would protect and treat Hanford workers for certain health problems. But there’s still much to do to make the nuclear cleanup safe, effective, and transparent. Joshua FrankFebruary 7, 2017
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Politics Protect Our Children’s Brains President Trump should follow the EPA’s lead and get the pesticide chlorpyrifos out of our food. Sharon LernerThe New York TimesFebruary 3, 2017