InvestigationEnvironment, Health I Tested My Tap Water, Household Products and Cat for Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ The extent of PFAS contamination is only now coming into focus. Here’s what I learned from investigating my home. Tom PerkinsThe Guardian, Consumer Reports, Great Lakes NowFebruary 23, 2021
InvestigationHealth, Justice 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. Emrys EllerCity & StateFebruary 21, 2021
InvestigationHealth, Politics 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. Dean RussellThe City, Columbia Journalism InvestigationsFebruary 8, 2021
BackstoryHealth, Immigration, Justice Q&A with Seth Freed Wessler Type Investigations reporting fellow Seth Freed Wessler discusses the background and implications of his reporting on unnecessary treatments in a Georgia detention center. Seth Freed WesslerDecember 4, 2020
InvestigationBusiness, Health, Politics 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. Kat Stafford & Kristi TannerDetroit Free PressOctober 16, 2020
InvestigationHealth, Politics ‘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. Adam FedermanWiredOctober 9, 2020
InvestigationHealth, Immigration, Justice 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. Caitlin Dickerson, Seth Freed Wessler & Miriam JordanThe New York TimesSeptember 29, 2020
ImpactHealth New Program Could Help Parents Keep Custody of Mentally Ill Kids in CT Connecticut’s Voluntary Care Management program provides mental health services for children outside of the states’ child protective agency. Nina Zweig & Juliana Schatz PrestonAugust 25, 2020
InvestigationEnvironment, Health, Politics Fire Drill This Black community can’t escape sugar industry pollution. Even their school district is in on it. Gilda Di CarliGristAugust 19, 2020
InvestigationHealth Neglected in Care Long before the coronavirus devastated nursing homes, inadequate staffing in for-profit Texas facilities endangered residents, leading to injuries and deaths. Elena Mejia LutzThe Texas ObserverJuly 13, 2020