Can slicing a 100-mile-long trench into the bed of the Columbia River — the iconic giant whose flow binds British Columbia, Washington and Oregon — be good for the environment? The answer is a big yes, says a team of energy developers that proposes submerging power cables in the riverbed.According to Peter Fairley’s report, the developers say the submerged cables ...
Pilot program for Sept. 13 grant deadline prioritizes first-time applicants and journalists of colorJournalists who are applying for grants in the Fund for Investigative Journalism’s fall grantmaking cycle can be matched with former grantees who will provide mentorship in the application process, including feedback on proposals before they are submitted. First-time applicants and journalists of color will be prioritized for ...
As sea levels rise, landfills along U.S. coasts have become a ticking environmental time bomb. In Massachusetts, an ever-growing pile of ash created by the Wheelabrator landfill’s incinerator threatens habitat for migratory and breeding birds and other terrestrial wildlife. And, according to studies, there are thousands more just like it along the U.S. coastline, threatening not only wildlife, but the ...
Warning: This story contains brief descriptions of alleged rape and sexual assault.Roger Bonair-Agard was one of the most well-known slam poets of his generation, known for his work addressing race, colonialism, and sexuality. But, as grantee Taylor Moore uncovered in her investigation for the Chicago Reader, Bonair-Agard was accused of rape in 2013 and continued to work in the Chicago arts scene ...
Iowa State Patrol troopers, who stop more than 150,000 motorists a year, provide security at the state Capitol and staff high-profile events including RAGBRAI, don’t wear body cameras, according to grantee Erin Jordan’s new report in the Bellevue Herald-Leader.About 90 percent of more than 200 Iowa law enforcement agencies that responded to a survey last fall about body camera use ...
The Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia series explores the path to low-carbon energy for British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. In the series’ most recent installment, Michelle Gamage uncovered the key jobs for a net-zero carbon emissions future economy that may be around the corner. Find out which jobs will help spawn an economy based on healing the climate in Cascadia, here. ...
As part of its ongoing reporting into the aftermath of the 2020 election, grantees at Bridge Michigan recently obtained hundreds of pages of emails from Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf through the Freedom of Information Act. According to grantee Jonathan Oosting’s recent investigation, the emails detail Leaf’s unsuccessful efforts to obtain voting machines and inspect them. The records also indicate ...
Jo Napolitano’s remarkable new book, “The School I Deserve: Six Young Refugees and Their Fight for Equality in America,” details the civil rights battle waged across the country on behalf of immigrant children denied access to education in the nation’s public school system. Through one federal lawsuit in Pennsylvania where several young refugees demanded to be heard, Napolitano tells the larger story.The outcome ...
An audit by Chicago’s Office of the Inspector General into the overtime spending of the city’s police department prompted grantees at South Side Weekly to investigate. Jim Daley and Kiran Misra’s series has uncovered a trove of new information regarding who in the department earned the most overtime and when overtime spending occurred. In their most recent investigation, Daley details ...