Walmart, the largest retailer in the United States, is no longer selling Milwaukee Tool-branded gloves on its online market place — after FIJ grantee Wisconsin Watch probed claims that a subcontractor for the Brookfield, Wisconsin-based tool company relied on forced Chinese prison labor to manufacture certain models of gloves. Shi Minglei, who lives in Minnesota, launched a public campaign to pressure Milwaukee ...
The Fund for Investigative Journalism is accepting proposals for grants to cover the expenses of investigative stories that break new ground and expose wrongdoing in the public or private sectors related to threats to democracy in the U.S. These can include, for example, investigative stories on barriers to voting, voter suppression, misinformation, political influence in election systems, efforts to undermine ...