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Kamala Harris Reading Guide: The Best Reporting on the Vice Presidential Candidate
Harris has spent decades in elected office, moving from prosecutor to the presidential trail. If you are just catching up, here are some of the highlights of her journey.
It’s Illegal for Federal Officials to Campaign on the Job. Trump Staffers Keep Doing It Anyway.
Trump administration officials have been cited 13 times for violating the Hatch Act, a New Deal-era law prohibiting government officials from engaging in campaigning.
This Billionaire Governor Keeps Firing Top Officials When He Has a Crisis
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has been aggressive at forcing out top officials, including the state’s top public health officer, faulting others when things go wrong.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has been aggressive at forcing out top officials, including the state’s top public health officer, faulting others when things go wrong.
Michigan Judge Removes Grace, Black Teen Jailed for Not Doing Online Schoolwork, From Probation
The 15-year-old is now free from the court system. In a hearing, an Oakland County judge released her from probation after a caseworker said, “It is best for the family to move forward.”
The 15-year-old is now free from the court system. In a hearing, an Oakland County judge released her from probation after a caseworker said, “It is best for the family to move forward.”
Featured Reporting on the Crisis
Nobody Accurately Tracks Health Care Workers Lost to COVID-19. So She Stays Up At Night Cataloging the Dead.
Anesthesiologist Claire Rezba started tracking lost health workers almost instinctively. Researchers and industry professionals say the lack of good official data on these deaths is “scandalous” and is putting lives in danger.
How Many People in the U.S. Are Hospitalized With COVID-19? Who Knows?
The Trump administration told hospitals to stop reporting data to the CDC, and report it to HHS instead. Vice President Mike Pence said the information would continue to be released publicly. It hasn’t worked out as promised.
Fiscal Responses to COVID-19
Local Officials Say a Nursing Home Dumped Residents to Die at Hospitals
ICE Is Making Sure Migrant Kids Don’t Have COVID-19 — Then Expelling Them to “Prevent the Spread” of COVID-19
The White House Paid Up to $500 Million Too Much for Ventilators, Congressional Investigators Say
Electionland 2020: Masks at the Polls, Election Funding, Ex-Felon Enfranchisement and More
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Illinois Has Promised to “Infuse Love” in Its Juvenile Justice System, but What Will Actually Change?
The Federal Government Gives Native Students an Inadequate Education, and Gets Away With It
The Bureau of Indian Education has repeatedly neglected warnings that it is not providing a quality education for 46,000 Native students.
How Hotel Chains Got a Slice of Government Aid for Small Businesses
After a Year of Investigation, the Border Patrol Has Little to Say About Agents’ Racist Facebook Group
The Border Patrol vowed a full accounting, but congressional investigators say the agency is blocking them and revealing little about its internal investigation.
Her Rapist Threatened to Make Her “Disappear.” Instead of Asylum, ICE Put Her in a Hotel and Sent Her Back.
Thousands of migrant children — including babies — have been expelled by the Trump administration since March. Some have been held in hotels without access to lawyers or family.
What Happened When a Public Institute Became a De Facto Lobbying Arm of the Timber Industry
Internal emails show a tax-funded agency has acted as a public-relations agency and lobbying arm for Oregon’s timber industry.
Justice Department Is Scrutinizing Takeover of Credit Karma by Intuit, Maker of TurboTax
Cannabis, Lies and Foreign Cash: A Mother and Daughter’s Journey Through the Underground Mask Trade
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