NewsEnvironment, Politics Donald Trump’s Pick for EPA Enforcement Office was a Lobbyist for Superfund Polluters EPA administrator Scott Pruitt also named an unqualified banker who contributed to his campaigns to lead the Superfund Task Force. Sharon LernerThe InterceptMay 24, 2017
InvestigationJustice Mother’s Day When seeing your mother means a nine-hour journey — and a trip to prison. Elizabeth LoThe New York TimesMay 11, 2017
NewsJustice, Politics Religious Right Leaders Blast Trump’s Order as a Betrayal But a vague provision could authorize Attorney General Jeff Sessions to issue guidelines to federal agencies allowing them to discriminate. Sarah PosnerMay 5, 2017
NewsEnvironment, Politics Why They March: “Science and Scientists Are Now Under Attack” Thousands of scientists unite in marches around the US to protest a regime that has taken a sharp knife to government science budgets. Sharon LernerThe InterceptApril 22, 2017
InvestigationBusiness, Environment We Need to Talk About Frankie Desperate to help her disruptive toddler, one mother had no idea that the treatment they offered was the thing she needed to fear. Dyan NearyNew York Magazine's The CutApril 13, 2017
NewsBusiness, Justice A Big Win in Court for Female Truck Drivers in Sexual Harassment Case Female truckers alleging sexual harassment against one of the nation’s largest transportation companies achieved a significant victory in court last month. Mary PilonApril 11, 2017
InvestigationImmigration, World The General and the Refugee Police from four countries joined forces to bring down a notorious human smuggler. Here’s how they blew the operation — and why the crackdown on immigration is making things worse. Eric ReidyNew RepublicMarch 27, 2017
InvestigationPolitics Amazing Disgrace How Donald Trump hijacked the religious right. Sarah PosnerNew RepublicMarch 20, 2017
InvestigationJustice The Mind of Dylann Roof The fallacy of seeing the United States v. Dylann Roof as a case of psychopathology. Edward BallThe New York Review of BooksMarch 14, 2017
InvestigationBusiness, Justice, Politics A Death in Arizona Hawaii sends nearly half of its inmates to a private prison in Arizona, with only the most cursory oversight. Gabriel ThompsonViceMarch 6, 2017