The extent of PFAS contamination is only now coming into focus. Here’s what I learned from investigating my home.
Environment & Health
Did New York Let Doctors Get Away With Sexual Misconduct?
Internal whistleblowers say a branch of the state Department of Health was reluctant to penalize accused physicians.
NYC Nursing Home Gave Dozens of Veterans Experimental COVID-19 Treatments. Some Families Had No Idea.
The New York State-run facility in St. Albans, Queens, administered a cocktail of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, despite safety warnings and doubts about efficacy.
Defanged
Money and politics could doom the Florida panther — and the Endangered Species Act.
The Trump Administration Rushes to Sell Leases in the Arctic Refuge, But How Much Oil Is There?
The Interior Department won’t release geologic information, raising questions about petroleum potential.
Children Were at Risk so Detroit Promised to Halt Demolitions. But That Didn’t Happen.
A city task force found a potential link between demolitions in Detroit and lead levels of children who live nearby. This is what happened next.
‘He Didn’t Want Any Covid-Related Studies’
Federal scientists want to study how the virus interacts with wildlife—but they say a Trump appointee is stopping them.
Trump Administration Eyes Speedy Permit for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Seismic Tests
“This is unrealistically fast-tracked,” a DOI employee who has reviewed the application told POLITICO.
Immigrants Say They Were Pressured Into Unneeded Surgeries
Immigrants detained at an ICE-contracted center in Georgia said they had invasive gynecology procedures that they later learned might have been unnecessary.
The Trump Team Has a Plan to Not Fight Climate Change
It may take decades to see the worst effects of global warming. Yet Jim Reilly, the director of the US Geological Survey, is committed to short-term thinking.
Fire Drill
This Black community can’t escape sugar industry pollution. Even their school district is in on it.
The Man Determined to Deliver Trump’s Alaskan Oil Promise
A political appointee at the Department of Interior has played a key, and sometimes controversial, role in opening a pristine wildlife refuge to drilling.
Neglected in Care
Long before the coronavirus devastated nursing homes, inadequate staffing in for-profit Texas facilities endangered residents, leading to injuries and deaths.
En Puerto Rico, Una Epidemia de Violencia Doméstica Se Esconde a Simple Vista
Luego del huracán María, el número de mujeres asesinadas por sus parejas se duplicó. Sobrevivientes dicen que la respuesta desacertada del gobierno ha puesto aún más vidas en peligro.
In Puerto Rico, an Epidemic of Domestic Violence Hides in Plain Sight
After Hurricane Maria, the number of women killed by their partners doubled. Survivors say the government’s misguided response has put more lives in danger.
Trump’s Rally at Mount Rushmore Will Move Forward Despite Risks
NPS cuts “health and human safety” section from environmental analysis
Exporting the Virus
How Trump’s Deportation Flights Are Putting Latin America and the Caribbean at Risk.
Obscure New Jersey ‘Treatment’ Facility has a Higher COVID-19 Death Rate Than Any Prison in the Country
The detainees already completed their criminal sentences—but they are prevented from leaving for years. And with the coronavirus spreading, their lives are at risk.
Fear, Illness and Death in ICE Detention: How a Protest Grew on the Inside
Detained men and women held at a facility in Georgia are trying desperately to raise the alarm.
‘Inundated and Overwhelmed’: Black Undertakers Struggle Amid Pandemic
Black-owned funeral homes were already in decline. Can they survive Covid-19?