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Coachella, Underground

A life of fear and uncertainty under a Trump administration.

Gabriel Thompson
April 12, 2018 | Longreads

The Trauma of Everyday Gun Violence in New Orleans

There’s an undiagnosed epidemic of PTSD in communities of color.

Jimmie Briggs |
April 9, 2018 | Vice

“Whatever’s Your Darkest Question, You Can Ask Me.”

A secret network of women working to provide home abortions.

Lizzie Presser |
March 28, 2018 | The California Sunday Magazine

Political Corruption and the Art of the Deal

How Trump’s business partnerships in India are creating conflicts of interest in the White House and corrupting the presidency.

Anjali Kamat |
March 21, 2018 | New Republic

States Are Doing What Scott Pruitt Won’t

The federal government may ignore the environment, but we can’t afford to.

Sharon Lerner
April 21, 2018 | The New York Times

FINRA’s Black Hole

In 30 years, only 17 women won sexual harassment claims before Wall Street’s oversight body.

Susan Antilla
April 18, 2018 | The Intercept

Birthright Israel and #MeToo

Participants reflect on the oft-fraught sexual and gender dynamics on the famous free trip to Israel.

Sarah M. Seltzer
April 17, 2018 | Jewish Currents

Coachella, Alternativo

Una vida de miedos e incertidumbre durante la administración de Trump.

Gabriel Thompson
April 12, 2018 | Longreads

Trump’s Superfund Nominee Spent Years Fighting for Polluters

Peter Wright has worked for companies responsible for Superfund sites of their own.

Sharon Lerner
March 29, 2018 | The Intercept

The Many Red Flags of Trump’s Partners in India

The Trump Organization has five active projects in India, where real estate corruption is common.

Anjali Kamat
March 28, 2018 | WNYC | ProPublica

Former Indian Official: Trump Jr. Pushed “Blatantly Illegal” Project

A look at the Trumps’ years-long work in India, where corruption in the real estate industry is endemic.

Anjali Kamat
March 21, 2018 | WNYC | ProPublica

After US Journalist Killed in South Sudan, a Quest for Answers

What does it take for a freelance journalist to navigate conflict zone reporting?

Simona Foltyn
March 15, 2018 | Columbia Journalism Review

Ethnic Cleansing May Be Underway in the DRC

Killings resemble early stages of an ethnic cleansing campaign on the Hema tribe.

Nick Turse
March 12, 2018 | Vice

Did Palantir Secretly Use New Orleans to Test Predictive Policing?

Palantir deployed a predictive policing system that even city council members don’t know about.

Ali Winston
February 27, 2018 | The Verge

DOI Scientist Resigned After Demand for Sensitive Oil Data

Another controversy hits the Interior Department.

Adam Federman
February 21, 2018 | Mother Jones

Too Big to Fine, Too Small to Fight Back

Texas’ environmental agency targets small business owners, while corporate polluters are let off easy.

Naveena Sadasivam
February 21, 2018 | The Texas Observer | Grist

Replacing Toxic Firefighting Foam

The military is cleaning up drinking water contaminated with firefighting foam — while using dangerous new formulas.

Sharon Lerner
February 10, 2018 | The Intercept

The Looming Elder Care Crisis in America

Some 80 million people will be seniors by 2050. Our home-care infrastructure isn’t close to ready.

E. Tammy Kim
February 9, 2018 | Bloomberg Businessweek

The Man from Sullivan and Cromwell

Under Trump’s SEC, Wall Street secrecy expands as enforcement shrinks.

Susan Antilla & Gary Rivlin
January 30, 2018 | The Intercept

One Doctor is Risking Illinois’ Federal Funding

Illinois ordered him to tell women where to get abortions. Now he wants Illinois to suffer.

Sarah Posner
January 28, 2018 | The Huffington Post

The Secret History of Bathroom Bills

How a small band of activists in Houston sparked a movement against transgender rights.

Sarah Posner
January 22, 2018 | Rolling Stone

Within Reach

The transgender community fights for health care.

Nicole Pasulka
January 16, 2018 | Harper's

Trashed

Inside the deadly world of private garbage collection.

Kiera Feldman
January 4, 2018 | ProPublica

Banned Banker, Scott Pruitt Friend Finds New Home at EPA

Albert Kelly’s bank made generous loans to Pruitt. Then the EPA hired him.

Sharon Lerner
December 28, 2017 | The Intercept

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