From the team at Oakland Local, a comprehensive look at police accountability, using public records including civil court filings and judgments. The “Oakland Police Beat” database allows public access to original documents and data on wrongful deaths and other police misconduct. Photo credit: Elijah Nouvelage [Reporting sponsored by The Green Park Foundation.] ...
From Nancy West, for VTDigger, the story of how convictions are being overturned nationwide – sometimes after decades of imprisonment – because prosecutors failed to tell defendants that police officers testifying against them had a history of dishonesty or excessive force buried in confidential personnel files. There’s no way to know how many convicts are unaware they were denied their constitutional right to all favorable, material evidence against them. [Reporting ...
Santiago Villa, for Confidencial Magazine, investigates and connects the dots between the developer of the Nicaragua Canal and the Chinese military. [Reporting sponsored by The Reva and David Logan Foundation.] ...
From Amy Bracken for Al Jazeera America, part one of an investigation of the working conditions for Haitians in the Dominican Republic. Conditions were supposed to improve under a trade deal between the U.S., the Dominican Republic, and five Central American countries. But Bracken documents a harsh life for Haitians working on the sugar plantations including excessive hours and unsanitary ...
From James Neff, an investigation of the battle between Bobby Kennedy and Jimmy Hoffa, waged during Kennedy’s time with the Senate Rackets Committee and later at the U. S. Justice Department where Kennedy assembled a “Get Hoffa” squad devoted to destroying Hoffa. Neff’s book, published by Little, Brown and Company, is now on sale. Neff was interviewed about his book on ...
From Sandra Bartlett for Reveal, the story of South Korean and Vietnamese electronics workers who suffer from reproductive problems, disabling illnesses, and cancer after being exposed to toxic chemicals in the factories where they work. Many of the victims are young women. Reveal airs on public radio stations across the U.S. Photo credit: Sandra Bartlett [Reporting sponsored by The Nicholas ...
From Justine Gubar, Fanaticus: Mischief and Madness in the Modern Sports Fan, an investigation of fan violence in the United States and around the globe, published by Rowman & Littlefield. Gubar conducted original interviews of victims and perpetrators to explore the roots, and the modern manifestation, of fan mayhem. Her investigation also explores the role of sports leagues and the security and ...
From R.G. Dunlop and Jacob Ryan for the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, the story of jailers elected to watch over jails that don’t exist. They have nothing to do, but collect their paychecks. [Reporting sponsored by The Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation.] Photo credit: Jacob Ryan ...
From Moises Mendoza for Newsweek, a report on the legal limbo that defines “stateless” people who do not have citizenship in any country. He also reported on residents of the U. S. Territories, denied citizenship and the right to vote. John Oliver commented on the absurdity of their status. Mendoza has compiled his multi-media reporting on the Stateless Voices website. ...
From Jeanne Baron, for NPR. The World Bank finances development to fight poverty around the world. It has conceded there can be “serious shortcomings” in its practices – as people get uprooted. [Reporting sponsored by The Nicholas B. Ottaway Foundation.] Photo credit: Jeanne Baron ...