Over the course of the pandemic, hundreds of public health officials have been ousted from their positions. Many faced targeted harassment and community outcries for their removal. FIJ Grantee, Jane Hu, reveals the role of right-wing militia groups’ online networks in organizing these campaigns through this piece for High Country News. ...
Nearly 60 years after the city of Long Beach purchased the historic RMS Queen Mary at auction, the ship is in disarray. The city and a string of operators have sunk millions of dollars into the aging vessel, and it still has a host of structural problems that render it unsafe to the public. A team at the Long Beach ...
FIJ Grantee, Noy Thrupkaew, investigated the stories of dozens of diplomatic domestic workers in the U.S. for an upcoming feature in The Washington Post Magazine.Noy learned diplomatic domestic workers have been victims of all sorts of abuse, including labor trafficking while working for diplomats in the U.S. While lawyers, domestic worker organizers, and advocates have won civil suits, settlements, and immigration ...
The number of workers who have died of heat illness in Texas has nearly doubled in the last decade. But the state has not implemented comprehensive protections for workers toiling in high temperatures.FIJ Grantees, a team at Columbia Journalism Investigations, investigated two companies, Hellas Construction and Republic Services, who violated safety agreements with the U.S. Department of Labor after workers ...
“Criminal Behavior” began as an investigation into security camera footage that seemed to show a guard at the City Justice Center in St. Louis abetting the beating of a mentally ill detainee by two other inmates. However, public records requests, reviews of lawsuits, as well as extensive interviews with the victim’s family and with former CJC corrections officers revealed that ...
Charleston, South Carolina is more than 3,000 miles away from Greenland, but what’s happening in that icy wonderland will largely determine the old, low-lying city’s fate. Greenland’s rapidly melting ice is sending torrents into important ocean currents. In fact, so much is melting that it’s affecting the gravitational force that pull the ocean away from South Caroline’s coast. Two Post ...
The Utah Investigative Journalism Project took a deep dive into prosecutions against demonstrators originating from the summer of protests in 2020. First, they explored allegations of double standards. They found the Salt Lake District Attorney had dropped charges against a militia member who pepper-sprayed a Black Lives Matter protester in the face. After they asked to see the investigative file and why ...
WASHINGTON, DC, September 15, 2021 – The Fund for Investigative Journalism announced today that it is receiving funding from FairWarning, the nonprofit investigative news organization that announced earlier this year that it is closing. When a nonprofit organization dissolves, it designates another organization to receive its remaining funds; Fair Warning designated the Fund for Investigative Journalism, given the close alignment ...