ImpactHealth, Politics New Baby Bonds Bill Seeks to Help Kids Who Lost Parents to COVID Advocates credit reporting from THE CITY’s MISSING THEM project and its partners for laying the groundwork for the legislation. Anjali TsuiThe CityMay 12, 2023
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Alaska’s Fisheries Are Collapsing. This Congresswoman Is Taking on the Industry She Says Is to Blame. Mary Peltola won her election by campaigning on a platform to save the state’s prized fisheries. A powerful fishing lobby is standing in her way. Adam FedermanPolitico MagazineMarch 3, 2023
InvestigationJustice, Politics Woman Jailed for Collecting 4 Ballots in Arizona Sparks Fear of Voting in Majority Latino City Guillermina Fuentes, a 66-year-old grandmother and former mayor, spent a month in jail for violating an Arizona voting law upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. Kira LernerStates Newsroom, The GuardianFebruary 8, 2023
InvestigationHealth, Politics The Pandemic Robbed Thousands of NYC Children of Parents. Many Aren’t Getting the Help They Need. Schools are uniquely positioned to identify and support grieving children, but families and school staff say the system isn’t equipped to serve them. Liz Donovan & Fazil KhanThe City, Columbia Journalism Investigations, City LimitsJanuary 26, 2023
ProjectJustice, Politics Prosecution of Black Lives Matter Protestors After the Trump administration prosecuted hundreds of protestors, Biden's Justice Department doubled down with an expansive view of extremism. Aaron Miguel CantúNovember 1, 2022
InvestigationPolitics The Christian Nationalist Boot Camp Pushing Anti-Trans Laws Across America The Statesmen Academy elevates the profiles of right-wing lawmakers and helps them promote legislation rooted in baseless distortions of science and medicine. Sarah PosnerBusiness InsiderSeptember 21, 2022
InvestigationPolitics Deal With the Devil The roots of the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe go back 50 years, to when zealots preaching a gospel of misogyny and homophobia—led by an accused sexual predator—took over the Southern Baptist Convention, America’s largest Protestant denomination. Sarah PosnerThe NationSeptember 12, 2022
InvestigationJustice, Politics, Technology When Porch Piracy Became a Felony Around the country, 13 states have passed or introduced laws to make package theft a felony. Critics say the harsher penalties are an ineffective response that can lead to increased surveillance of communities and harm people of color. Lam Thuy VoThe GuardianAugust 25, 2022
InvestigationPolitics How Donald Trump Jr. Promised—and Failed—to House the World’s Poor He and a partner were going to build “millions of houses” for poor people in the developing world. They built virtually no units, left investors high and dry, and sued creditors rather than pay them. Joe RubinNew RepublicJuly 21, 2022