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In a 10-Day Span, ICE Flew This Detainee Across the Country — Nine Times

by Yeganeh Torbati, Dara Lind and Jack Gillum

March 27, 2020, 10:33 am EDT
People With Intellectual Disabilities May Be Denied Lifesaving Care Under These Plans as Coronavirus Spreads

by Amy Silverman, Arizona Daily Star

March 27, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Medical Workers Treating Coronavirus Are Resorting to Homemade Masks

by Tony Schick and Conrad Wilson, OPB

March 26, 2020, 4:30 pm EDT
As Coronavirus Infections Spread, So Have Clashes Between ICE Detainees and Guards

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune, and Perla Trevizo

March 26, 2020, 3:29 pm EDT
Republican Billionaire’s Group Pushes Unproven COVID-19 Treatment Trump Promoted

by Jake Pearson

March 26, 2020, 1:30 pm EDT
Coronavirus Hospitalization Numbers Are Spotty. Journalists, Help Us Fill in the Gaps.

by Charles Ornstein

March 26, 2020, 12:29 pm EDT
Internal Emails Show How Chaos at the CDC Slowed the Early Response to Coronavirus

by Caroline Chen, Marshall Allen and Lexi Churchill

March 26, 2020, 12:18 pm EDT
“Our Goal Should Be to Crush the Curve”

by Richard Tofel

March 26, 2020, 12:00 pm EDT
Desperate Hospitals May Put Two Patients on One Ventilator. That’s Risky.

by Ryan Gabrielson and Kyle Edwards

March 26, 2020, 5:30 am EDT
How China Built a Twitter Propaganda Machine Then Let It Loose on Coronavirus

by Jeff Kao, ProPublica and Mia Shuang Li

March 26, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
The VA Will Now Let Some Administrative Staff Work From Home

by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth

March 25, 2020, 6:44 pm EDT
Your Neighborhood Might Be a Coronavirus Hot Spot, but New York City Refuses to Release the Data

by Justin Elliott, Annie Waldman, Joshua Kaplan and Sean Campbell

March 25, 2020, 4:14 pm EDT
The Defense Production Act Gives the President Power — but Not Much Funding

by Isaac Arnsdorf

March 25, 2020, 2:46 pm EDT
Obreros “esenciales” de fábricas temen ir al trabajo y no pueden permitirse quedarse en casa

por Melissa Sanchez

March 25, 2020, 11:43 am EDT
Medicaid Abruptly Canceled Her Health Insurance. Then Came the Coronavirus.

by Akilah Johnson

March 25, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Even After Trump Declared a National Emergency, Some Talk Radio Hosts Weren’t Convinced

by Jack Gillum and Derek Willis

March 25, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Governments Are Telling Americans to Stay at Home. But Thousands of People Don’t Have One.

by Vianna Davila

March 25, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Un empleado de servicios médicos describe las terribles consecuencias de la insuficiencia pulmonar causada por el COVID-19, incluso en sus pacientes jóvenes

por Lizzie Presser

March 24, 2020, 11:12 am EDT
Doctors Are Hoarding Unproven Coronavirus Medicine by Writing Prescriptions for Themselves and Their Families

by Topher Sanders, David Armstrong and Ava Kofman

March 24, 2020, 9:45 am EDT
Voting by Mail Would Reduce Coronavirus Transmission but It Has Other Risks

by Jessica Huseman

March 24, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Renters Became Homeless During the Coronavirus Pandemic After Housing Authorities Delayed Paperwork

by Katy Reckdahl for ProPublica

March 24, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
“Essential” Factory Workers Are Afraid to Go to Work and Can’t Afford to Stay Home

by Melissa Sanchez

March 24, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
ICE Detainee Says Migrants Are Going on a Hunger Strike for Soap

by Dara Lind

March 23, 2020, 5:57 pm EDT
The Coronavirus Testing Paradox

by Stephen Engelberg

March 23, 2020, 4:57 pm EDT
Aumentarán la violencia intrafamiliar y el abuso infantil durante las cuarentenas. También empeorará la negligencia contra las personas en riesgo, informan trabajadores sociales.

por Joaquin Sapien, Ginger Thompson, Beena Raghavendran y Megan Rose

March 23, 2020, 4:11 pm EDT
We’re Making Public Records Requests to Help Us Cover the Coronavirus. Tell Us What We Should Be Asking For.

by Kirsten Berg

March 23, 2020, 2:10 pm EDT
Lo que significa el coronavirus para un embarazo, y otras cosas que deben saber las madres embarazadas y nuevas

por Nina Martin

March 23, 2020, 12:56 pm EDT
ICE ha fallado constantemente en contener enfermedades contagiosas, según nuestros análisis. Es un peligro para el público.

por J. David McSwane

March 23, 2020, 11:50 am EDT
Fatal Coronavirus Outbreak at Assisted Living Center Is Grim Reminder That Both Residents and Staff Are at Risk

by Carol Marbin Miller and Bailey Lefever, Miami Herald

March 22, 2020, 6:20 pm EDT
Lupus Patients Can’t Get Crucial Medication After President Trump Pushes Unproven Coronavirus Treatment

by Charles Ornstein

March 22, 2020, 12:41 pm EDT
Remote Alaska Villages Isolate Themselves Further in Effort to Shield Against Coronavirus

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News

March 22, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Will Rise During Quarantines. So Will Neglect of At-Risk People, Social Workers Say.

by Joaquin Sapien, Ginger Thompson, Beena Raghavendran and Megan Rose

March 21, 2020, 11:43 am EDT
A Medical Worker Describes Terrifying Lung Failure From COVID-19 — Even in His Young Patients

by Lizzie Presser

March 21, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Immigration Courts Are Telling Employees to Come to Work — Ignoring Health Risks and Local Shelter-in-Place Orders

by Dara Lind

March 20, 2020, 6:48 pm EDT
The White House Asked Manufacturers for Help, Then Gave Them No Clear Instructions

by Yeganeh Torbati

March 20, 2020, 5:06 pm EDT
The Veterans Health Administration Has Banned Even Administrative Employees From Working From Home

by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth

March 20, 2020, 2:53 pm EDT
We Tracked the Last Time the Government Bailed Out the Economy. Here’s What to Know About the $1 Trillion Coronavirus Plan.

by Michael Grabell and Paul Kiel

March 20, 2020, 2:15 pm EDT
Here’s Why Florida Got All the Emergency Medical Supplies It Requested While Other States Did Not

by Lydia DePillis, Mike Spies, Joshua Kaplan, Kyle Edwards and Caroline Chen

March 20, 2020, 10:36 am EDT
I’m Not in the NBA Nor Am I Tom Hanks. Here’s How I Lucked Into a COVID-19 Test.

by Haru Coryne

March 20, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
ICE Has Repeatedly Failed to Contain Contagious Diseases, Our Analysis Shows. It’s a Danger to the Public.

by J. David McSwane

March 20, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
What Coronavirus Means for Pregnancy, and Other Things New and Expecting Mothers Should Know

by Nina Martin

March 19, 2020, 5:32 pm EDT
A Congressman Skipped the Coronavirus Relief Vote. Instead, He Went Home to Tell Senior Citizens to Blame Mass Media.

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News

March 19, 2020, 4:34 pm EDT
As Doctors and Nurses Grow Desperate for Protective Gear, They Fear They’re Infecting Patients

by Topher Sanders, Maya Miller, Lexi Churchill and David Armstrong

March 19, 2020, 1:15 pm EDT
Work in Government, Finance or an Industry Affected by the Trump Administration’s Bailouts? Talk to Us.

by Justin Elliott

March 19, 2020, 12:24 pm EDT
No, President Trump, the Coronavirus Is Nothing Like H1N1 Swine Flu Either

by Charles Ornstein

March 19, 2020, 11:10 am EDT
How My Mom Followed Her Instincts to Find Her First Coronavirus Patient

by Akilah Johnson

March 19, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Chicago Public Libraries Are Staying Open Even Though Librarians Say It Is Not Safe

by Jodi S. Cohen and Logan Jaffe

March 18, 2020, 8:11 pm EDT
As Coronavirus Cases Rise, Members of Some Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Communities Continue to Congregate

by Justin Elliott and Agnel Philip

March 18, 2020, 7:52 pm EDT
Letter Carriers Say the Postal Service Pressured Them to Deliver Mail Despite Coronavirus Symptoms — and Often Without Hand Sanitizer

by Maryam Jameel

March 18, 2020, 4:50 pm EDT
During Tuesday’s Illinois Primary, Chicago Alderman and Former Firefighter Nicholas Sposato Delivered Pizzas at the Polls as His Ward Office Remained Open

by Mick Dumke

March 18, 2020, 3:36 pm EDT