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
NewsBusiness, Labor Crackdown on Bangladeshi Garment Workers Following Wildcat Strikes At least 24 garment workers and labor leaders in Bangladesh remain in police custody without bail today, more than a month after being arrested in a spontaneous wave of walkouts… Anjali KamatFebruary 3, 2017
InvestigationBusiness, Immigration, Labor Below Deck Filipinos make up nearly a third of all cruise ship workers. It’s a good job. Until it isn’t. Lizzie PresserThe California Sunday MagazineFebruary 2, 2017
InvestigationJustice, Politics Leaked Draft of Trump’s Religious Freedom Order Reveals Sweeping Plans to Legalize Discrimination If signed, the order would create wholesale exemptions for organizations who claim religious objections to same-sex marriage, abortion, and trans identity. Sarah PosnerThe NationFebruary 1, 2017
NewsEnvironment, Health EPA Under Scott Pruitt Could Cost Billions in Additional Health Care Costs As Oklahoma’s attorney general, Pruitt tried to kill an EPA pollution rule that has saved thousands of lives and many billions in health care costs. Sharon LernerJanuary 17, 2017