InvestigationPolitics, Technology ‘A muzzle on elected officials’: NDAs ‘cloak’ Louisiana’s biggest business developments Louisiana officials signed non-disclosure agreements as Amazon's $12 billion data centers unfolded in secret. Drew HawkinsGulf States NewsroomMarch 27, 2026
InvestigationBusiness, Politics Georgia Lawmakers With Real Estate Ties Are Writing the State’s Housing Laws As corporate investors buy up Atlanta homes and drive up prices, nearly two-fifths of state lawmakers are personally invested in Georgia's market. Chauncey Alcorn & Adam MahoneyCapital BMarch 19, 2026
InvestigationJustice, Politics “I Am Not Afraid” The Trump administration is attacking protesters from all angles. Activists refuse to back down. Adam FedermanIn These TimesJune 4, 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
InvestigationJustice, Politics Prisons Have Become Finishing Schools for the Alt-Right As right-wing extremists do time for increasingly serious crimes, today’s young neofascists are becoming more radicalized. Ali WinstonVanity FairOctober 15, 2024
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics If Trump Wins the Election, U.S. Parks and Wildlife Face a New Age of Mining As president, Trump would dramatically weaken environmental protections and remake America’s public lands. Adam Federman & Jimmy TobiasThe GuardianSeptember 28, 2024
InvestigationJustice, Politics The Crackdown on Campus Protests is Just Beginning At least a dozen colleges and universities have changed their policies to make it harder to protest the war on Gaza. More may follow this summer. Adam FedermanIn These TimesJune 20, 2024
BackstoryJustice, Politics The Backstory: Adam Federman Reporting on the War on Protest Paco AlvarezApril 23, 2024
InvestigationJustice, Politics The War on Protest Political repression is on the rise as the state finds new ways to criminalize dissent and collective action. Adam FedermanIn These TimesApril 17, 2024