Featured Stories
Inside the Lives of Immigrant Teens Working Dangerous Night Shifts in Suburban Factories
During the day, immigrant teenagers attend high school. At night, they work in factories to pay debts to smugglers and send money to family. The authorities aren’t surprised by child labor. They’re also not doing much about it.
The Boeing 737 MAX Is Cleared to Fly. Families of People Who Died on the Planes Wait for Answers.
One federal agency says the plane, implicated in 346 deaths, is now safe and the investigation is done. Another federal agency says it can’t hand over information until the Ethiopian government is finished investigating.
Trump Campaign Officials Started Pressuring Georgia’s Secretary of State Long Before the Election
The Republican secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, rejected repeated demands to endorse Trump. As the official overseeing the voting, he believed he should remain neutral.
The Republican secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, rejected repeated demands to endorse Trump. As the official overseeing the voting, he believed he should remain neutral.
Oceanfront Property Tied to Obama Granted Exemption From Hawaii’s Environmental Laws
Honolulu officials have granted an exception to the state’s beach protections, clearing the way for a controversial multimillion dollar renovation of a century-old seawall at a property owned by the chair of the Obama Foundation.
Honolulu officials have granted an exception to the state’s beach protections, clearing the way for a controversial multimillion dollar renovation of a century-old seawall at a property owned by the chair of the Obama Foundation.
Featured Reporting on the Crisis
The Enraging Deja Vu of a Third Coronavirus Wave
Health care workers don’t need patronizing praise. They need resources, federal support, and for us to stay healthy and out of their hospitals. In many cases, none of that is happening.
Most States Aren’t Ready to Distribute the Leading COVID-19 Vaccine
A review of state distribution plans reveals that officials don’t know how they’ll deal with the difficult storage and transport requirements of Pfizer’s vaccine, especially in the rural areas currently seeing a spike in infections.
Investigating the Only State Without Public Defenders
An investigation by The Maine Monitor and ProPublica found that more than a quarter of Maine attorneys disciplined in the past decade for serious professional misconduct were hired as lawyers for the poor. Defendants often paid the price.
Featured Reporting
Disinvested: How Government and Private Industry Let the Main Street of a Black Neighborhood Crumble
Climate Change Will Make Parts of the U.S. Uninhabitable. Americans Are Still Moving There.
The Myth of the Latino Vote and What Newsrooms Must Learn From 2020
The Unexpected Benefits of Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Polling
El mundo secreto de los adolescentes inmigrantes que trabajan en peligrosos turnos nocturnos en fábricas suburbanas
Junior Staffer Says Top Alaska Official Told Her to Keep Allegations of Misconduct Secret
New Data Shows the Use of Seclusion and Restraint Increased in Illinois Schools During the 2017-18 School Year
Rapid Testing Is Less Accurate Than the Government Wants to Admit
La campaña de Trump no logra encontrar un juez que ignore los hechos, pero no se da por vencida
The Trump Campaign Can’t Find a Judge Who Will Ignore Facts — but It’s Trying
Trump Won Florida After Running a False Ad Tying Biden to Venezuelan Socialists
Trump ganó Florida tras publicar un anuncio falso que vinculaba a Biden con los socialistas venezolanos
Maine Governor Won’t Fund Reforms for Public Defense Agency Without Accountability
El mito del voto latino y lo que los medios pueden aprender del 2020
Judge Orders the Release of Data on Emergency Loans for Small Businesses
Electionland 2020: How Election Day Went
People with Developmental Disabilities Were Promised Help. Instead, They Face Delays and Denials.
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