NewsHealth, Justice Nationwide Class Action Lawsuit Targets Makers of PFAS Chemicals Robert Bilott, who successfully sued DuPont over PFOA, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of everyone in the U.S. who has PFAS chemicals in their blood. Sharon LernerThe InterceptOctober 6, 2018
BackstoryEnvironment The Backstory: Sharon Lerner For over three years, reporting fellow Sharon Lerner has investigated corporations that manufactured toxic chemicals and covered up the health risks. Sharon LernerOctober 5, 2018
InvestigationImmigration, Justice, Politics Safe House A group of Latina women across the country have been working in secret, turning their homes into shelters for abused immigrant women. Lizzie PresserThe California Sunday MagazineOctober 4, 2018
NewsEnvironment, Health Hurricane Florence Released Tons of Coal Ash in North Carolina, But the Coal Industry Wants Less Regulation Even as coal ash storage basins are leaking massive amounts of pollution in the wake of Hurricane Florence, the coal industry is working on a new strategy to stop federal regulation of this toxic byproduct of coal combustion. Sharon LernerThe InterceptSeptember 28, 2018
InvestigationPolitics Never Meet Your (Super) Heroes America’s white nationalists have branched out into comic books. And business is booming. Amanda RobbRevealSeptember 22, 2018
NewsBusiness, Labor Private Trash Haulers Resist New Safety Measures As New York City’s oversight agency moves to have companies regularly report accidents, traffic violations and license suspensions involving their drivers, the haulers push back. Kiera FeldmanProPublicaSeptember 19, 2018
InvestigationPolitics, World ISIS Returns, And a Town Confronts New Wave of Terror ISIS has regrouped in the area and continues to terrorize residents. Simona FoltynPBS NewshourSeptember 16, 2018
InvestigationPolitics, World The Underground Caliphate ISIS has not yet vanished. It is fighting a guerrilla war against the Iraqi State. Simona FoltynThe InterceptSeptember 16, 2018
InvestigationEnvironment, Health How Oregon Locals Defeated Chemical Companies Although some of the biggest companies poured money into a campaign to stop an ordinance, the locals still won. Sharon LernerThe InterceptSeptember 15, 2018
AnalysisBusiness Small Investors Are Prey, Again, for the Wolves of Wall Street Congress tried to protect ordinary Americans’ portfolios with the Dodd-Frank Act, but today they are more vulnerable than ever. Susan AntillaThe New York TimesSeptember 14, 2018