InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Politics, Technology Private Intelligence Firm Keeps Tabs on Environmentalists When big oil companies want to monitor activists, they turn to Welund. Adam FedermanMother JonesSeptember 14, 2018
InvestigationImmigration Checkpoint Nation Border agents are expanding their reach into the country’s interior. Melissa del BosqueHarper's, The Texas ObserverSeptember 13, 2018
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics How Far Will The Interior Go to Loosen Offshore Drilling Rules? Proposals jeopardize safety precautions put in place after the Deepwater Horizon blowout. Adam FedermanThe NationSeptember 11, 2018
NewsImmigration ‘When I Say I’m Complicit, This Is What I Mean’ When the rules change, where do you draw the line between your moral values and your livelihood? At what point does it become intolerable? Seth Freed WesslerTopicSeptember 9, 2018
InvestigationPolitics, World Political Instability Facilitates ISIS Resurgence in Iraq Last October, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared that ISIS had been defeated, but the group’s leader announced that they were back, using new tactics. Simona FoltynPBS NewshourSeptember 9, 2018
InvestigationBusiness, Politics The LLC Loophole In New York, where an LLC is legally a person, companies can use the vehicles to blast through campaign finance limits. Jarrett MurphyCity LimitsSeptember 7, 2018
InvestigationBusiness, Justice IBM Used NYPD Footage to Develop Technology IBM created features to search camera footage for images of people by hair color, facial hair, and skin tone. George Joseph & Kenneth LippThe InterceptSeptember 6, 2018
NewsBusiness, Labor At Hearing for Bronx Trash Hauler, More Questions About Safety and Oversight Unregistered employees. Dangerously long driving schedules. Sanitation Salvage’s bid last week to have its suspension lifted produced more damning findings and fresh questions about why it took regulators so long to act. Kiera FeldmanProPublicaSeptember 5, 2018
InvestigationJustice, Politics The ‘Anti-Catholic’ Playbook A secret network of right-wing activists has spent millions attacking questions on abortion or LGBT rights as anti-religious bigotry. Sarah PosnerThe NationSeptember 5, 2018
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Labor The Forest Service Is Silencing Women Women in the Forest Service have tried to bring justice to those who have discriminated against them. But the system is set up to make their complaints go away. Kathryn JoyceOutsideAugust 29, 2018