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BackstoryLabor The Backstory: Bryce Covert Reporting on Sexual Harassment at McDonald's Paco AlvarezApril 17, 2025
InvestigationLabor McDonald’s Made a Commitment to Prevent Sexual Harassment—What Happened? An investigation by The Nation and Type Investigations raises questions about the effectiveness of new global brand standards in reducing and responding to harassment at the fast food giant. Bryce CovertThe NationApril 14, 2025
NewsImmigration “Essentially Cages”: ICE Is Using Courthouse Cells for Lengthy Detentions Detainees report not having access to private toilets, showers, hygiene products, and lifesaving HIV and diabetes medication. Tanvi MisraThe NationMarch 17, 2025
InvestigationEnvironment Leaving the Island More than 13 million Americans may be displaced due to climate change by the end of this century. What happens when you have to leave the only home you’ve ever known in order to survive? Olga LoginovaAudiationMarch 10, 2025
BackstoryJustice The Backstory: Isiah Holmes Reporting on Police Accountability Paco AlvarezFebruary 28, 2025
InvestigationJustice How Wisconsin’s investigations into police shootings protect officers Cops under investigation get special privileges, can change their stories and are rarely charged Isiah HolmesWisconsin ExaminerFebruary 12, 2025
BackstoryEnvironment, Immigration, Journalism, Politics The Backstory: Adam Federman, Tanvi Misra, and Kathryn Joyce How Reporters Can Prepare for the Second Trump Administration Paco AlvarezJanuary 17, 2025
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Trump’s Greenland Problem As the president-elect’s call to buy—or take—a sovereign country moves from punchline to possibility, a look at the real stakes of the Arctic’s mounting cold war. Adam FedermanIn These TimesJanuary 16, 2025