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Judges Overseeing Louisiana’s Landmark Oil Cases Have Financial Stakes in Defendants

Garrett Hazelwood — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000

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

José Olivares — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:57:15 +0000

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

Drew Hawkins — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000

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

Adam Federman — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:30:00 +0000

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

Chauncey Alcorn — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000

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

Type Investigations — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:08:49 +0000

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

Noy Thrupkaew — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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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As LA maternity wards close, patients are giving birth in ERs: ‘There’s no system to care for these women’

Mallika Seshadri — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0000

This story was produced in partnership with the investigative reporting program at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Sigita Cahoon’s 16 September 2024 marathon stretched through the night. From 3am to 6am, she bolted among three rooms in the Los Angeles general medical center, until three babies were safely delivered. […]

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What happened when Gavin Newsom sent a ‘surge’ of state troopers to fight crime in Oakland

Annie Gilbertson — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000

This article was produced with support from the Wayne Barrett Project. On August 28, Gov. Gavin Newsom sat down behind a desk against a backdrop of American and California state flags, flanked by state patrolmen, to meet the press. Earlier that year, President Donald Trump had sent military troops into Los Angeles to guard against “violence […]

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5 Must-Read Investigations From 2025

Type Investigations — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 19:39:41 +0000

A look back at some of our most memorable stories

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