Type Investigations https://www.typeinvestigations.org/ A Newsroom for Independent Journalists Tue, 19 May 2026 18:38:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.typeinvestigations.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-ti-favicon-32x32.png Type Investigations https://www.typeinvestigations.org/ 32 32 Type Investigations Names Maryam Saleh as Senior Editor for the Springboard Project https://www.typeinvestigations.org/2026/05/12/type-investigations-names-maryam-saleh-as-senior-editor-for-the-springboard-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=type-investigations-names-maryam-saleh-as-senior-editor-for-the-springboard-project Tue, 12 May 2026 17:59:46 +0000 https://www.typeinvestigations.org/?p=40457 Type Investigations is thrilled to announce that Maryam Saleh has joined the team as senior editor for the Springboard Project, an initiative that supports newsrooms serving historically marginalized communities in building investigative capacity.  Saleh will mentor Springboard partners in producing impactful investigations, guiding them from story inception to final edits and publication. She will also […]

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]]> Courts of Contempt https://www.typeinvestigations.org/investigation/2026/05/05/courts-of-contempt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=courts-of-contempt Tue, 05 May 2026 15:35:28 +0000 https://www.typeinvestigations.org/?post_type=investigations_posts&p=40441 This project was produced in partnership with Hell Gate, with support from the Wayne Barrett Project. Judges wield enormous power. Here in the five boroughs, they are often the ultimate arbiters in deciding how many New Yorkers get sent to Rikers Island, where and how new housing will be built, and when children are removed […]

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]]> The AI School Bus Camera Company Blanketing America in Tickets https://www.typeinvestigations.org/investigation/2026/04/28/the-ai-school-bus-camera-company-blanketing-america-in-tickets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-ai-school-bus-camera-company-blanketing-america-in-tickets Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.typeinvestigations.org/?post_type=investigations_posts&p=40415 Every weekday morning outside the 16-story apartment complex at 1400 East-West Highway in Silver Spring, Maryland, students step onto big yellow buses that take them to school. It’s not a particularly pleasant spot: The building faces a fenced-off construction site across six lanes humming with Washington metro-area commuter traffic. But this is an important place […]

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]]> Judges Overseeing Louisiana’s Landmark Oil Cases Have Financial Stakes in Defendants https://www.typeinvestigations.org/investigation/2026/04/13/judges-overseeing-louisianas-landmark-oil-cases-have-financial-stakes-in-defendants/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=judges-overseeing-louisianas-landmark-oil-cases-have-financial-stakes-in-defendants Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.typeinvestigations.org/?post_type=investigations_posts&p=40344 This story was published in partnership with Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powers stalling climate action, and in collaboration with Verite News and WWNO/WRKF. With support from the H.D. Lloyd Fund for Investigative Journalism. A dozen federal judges have presided over some of the most consequential environmental lawsuits in Louisiana’s history despite having […]

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]]> A Mexican surveillance giant you’ve never heard of is now watching the US border https://www.typeinvestigations.org/investigation/2026/04/08/a-mexican-surveillance-giant-youve-never-heard-of-is-now-watching-the-us-border/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-mexican-surveillance-giant-youve-never-heard-of-is-now-watching-the-us-border Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:57:15 +0000 https://www.typeinvestigations.org/?post_type=investigations_posts&p=40304 This article was produced in partnership with Rest of World. Inside a law enforcement command center in Ciudad Juárez, a police officer scrolled across a map on her touch-screen computer. As she used her fingers to navigate through the Mexican state of Chihuahua, where Juárez is located, different colored bubbles lit up. “That one is […]

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]]> ‘A muzzle on elected officials’: NDAs ‘cloak’ Louisiana’s biggest business developments https://www.typeinvestigations.org/investigation/2026/03/27/a-muzzle-on-elected-officials-ndas-cloak-louisianas-biggest-business-developments/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-muzzle-on-elected-officials-ndas-cloak-louisianas-biggest-business-developments Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.typeinvestigations.org/?post_type=investigations_posts&p=40280 This story was produced as part of the Springboard Project. In November last year, Abigail Whittington heard there might be a data center coming to her hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana.  She had concerns about how it might impact her community.  The massive warehouse-like facilities that power cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and streaming services — are […]

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]]> Exclusive: FBI Files Counter Government Argument in Texas “Antifa” Trial  https://www.typeinvestigations.org/investigation/2026/03/26/exclusive-fbi-files-counter-government-argument-in-texas-antifa-trial/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exclusive-fbi-files-counter-government-argument-in-texas-antifa-trial Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:30:00 +0000 https://www.typeinvestigations.org/?post_type=investigations_posts&p=40266 Fort Worth, Texas—On the last day of testimony in the federal “Prairieland” trial—wherein nine activists faced charges related to a protest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center—the government called its star witness back to the stand. Kyle Shideler, director of counterterrorism research at the right-wing think tank Center for Security Policy, had been […]

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]]> Georgia Lawmakers With Real Estate Ties Are Writing the State’s Housing Laws https://www.typeinvestigations.org/investigation/2026/03/19/georgia-lawmakers-with-real-estate-ties-are-writing-the-states-housing-laws/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=georgia-lawmakers-with-real-estate-ties-are-writing-the-states-housing-laws Thu, 19 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.typeinvestigations.org/?post_type=investigations_posts&p=40240 When Kenneth Porter moved to Atlanta from Wilmington, North Carolina, in 2016 to advance his career in the entertainment industry, he rented part of a two-bedroom townhouse on Atlanta’s eastside for about $600 per month. Over the past decade, however, even as he’s moved into a smaller apartment, he’s watched his rent double — and […]

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]]> Introducing Our 2026 Springboard Project Partners https://www.typeinvestigations.org/2026/03/18/introducing-our-2026-springboard-project-partners/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=introducing-our-2026-springboard-project-partners Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:08:49 +0000 https://www.typeinvestigations.org/?p=40229 Type Investigations is pleased to announce three new Springboard Project partnerships for 2026: India Currents, Puente News Collaborative, and South Side Weekly. Through the Springboard Project, Type will be offering these newsrooms an infusion of editorial, research, and financial support to help strengthen their investigative capacity. They join ongoing Springboard partners Gulf States Newsroom and […]

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]]> How the Trump Administration Rolled Back Efforts to Fight Human Trafficking https://www.typeinvestigations.org/news/2026/02/12/how-the-trump-administration-rolled-back-efforts-to-fight-human-trafficking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-the-trump-administration-rolled-back-efforts-to-fight-human-trafficking Thu, 12 Feb 2026 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.typeinvestigations.org/?post_type=news&p=40213 The Trump administration has aggressively rolled back efforts across the federal government to combat human trafficking, according to a series of investigations in The Guardian, produced with support from Type Investigations, Stanford University’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley Journalism. The government’s sweeping retreat threatens […]

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