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The Death Squads Hunting Environmental Defenders

Around the world, government forces regularly attack environmental activists with impunity—and U.S. support.

Alessandra Bergamin

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Hindu Nationalists Are Taking Notes—and Tech Support—From the Israeli Right

The state of Assam has become a laboratory of ethnonationalism, with warning signs of genocide ahead.

Ankur Singh

InvestigationGoodman Institute

House Bill Would Hide Billions More Dollars in U.S. Weapons Sales

The proposed notification thresholds would have shielded $635 million in sales from congressional oversight in 2023 alone.

Rosie Khan, Janet Abou-Elias, Lillian Mauldin and Women for Weapons Trade Transparency

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More Than a Year After Mississippi Forced Her To Give Birth, It Still Hasn’t Offered Any Extra Help

Since we first profiled her, Lationna has returned to work, her son Kingsley is crawling—and the family is still just treading water.

Bryce Covert

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The New Cold War in the Arctic

Amid rising geopolitical tensions, the U.S. is expanding its military presence in Greenland, increasing the risk of something going very wrong.

Adam Federman

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How Europe Outsourced Border Enforcement to Africa

The European Union is militarizing Africa's internal borders to curb migration, with little regard for human rights.

Andrei Popoviciu

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Europa Está Externalizando su Represión Transfronteriza a África

La Unión Europea está militarizando las fronteras internas de África para frenar la migración.

Andrei Popoviciu

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What It's Like to Have an Abortion Denied by Dobbs

Dobbs will throw many lives into disarray. Lationna Halbert’s is one of the first.

Bryce Covert

Cover StoryInvestigationGoodman Institute

The Young Miners Dying of “An Old Man’s Disease”

Black lung is completely preventable. And it's on the rise again.

Kim Kelly

Rural AmericaInvestigationGoodman Institute

The Vail-ification of the West

In part two of our series, we visit the Colorado ski towns at the extreme edge of rural gentrification.

Joseph Bullington

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Los Trabajadores en Vail no Pueden Darse el Lujo de Vivir Ahí

En la segunda parte de nuestra serie, visitamos las ciudades de esquí de Colorado a borde de la gentrificación rural.

Joseph Bullington

Rural AmericaInvestigationGoodman Institute

In Montana, an Avalanche of Wealth Is Displacing Workers

The people who feed, clothe and clean up after the West’s rich newcomers can’t afford to live alongside them.

Joseph Bullington

Rural AmericaInvestigationGoodman InstituteEn Español

En Montana, Una Avalancha de Riqueza Está Desplazando a los Trabajadores

Los trabajadores que alimentan, visten y aseean para los ricos recién llegados a occidente de Montana no pueden darse el lujo de vivir cerca de sus trabajos.

Joseph Bullington

InvestigationGoodman Institute

German MPs Want Answers About Nord Stream

A bombshell report lands amid existing frustration and calls to release investigative findings.

Jeffrey Brodsky

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The City That Kicked Cops Out of Schools and Tried Restorative Practices Instead

Here’s what happens when a school rethinks punishment.

Andy Kopsa

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Inside Lockheed Martin’s Sweeping Recruitment on College Campuses

The engineering degree to defense industry pipeline.

Indigo Olivier

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In Small-Town Georgia, A Broken Taillight Can Lead to Spiraling Debt

Reforms to curb predatory private probation haven’t worked.

Nick Barber

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Mining Companies Strike Gold by Destroying Public Lands

Indigenous tribes sound the alarm about a mining boom

Stephanie Woodard

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“Queremos Vivir”: The Workers Who Wouldn’t Die for the Pentagon

Maquiladora workers in the border city of Mexicali strike against working conditions.

Maurizio Guerrero

LaborInvestigationGoodman Institute

How Workers at Beverage Giant Refresco Defeated a “Notorious” Union Buster

Refresco has waged a prolonged and costly fight to stop the workers from unionizing.

Alice Herman

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A "Green" Product That’s Dirty To Make, and a Fight Between Danish Manufacturers and West Virginians

Who bears the pollution costs of manufacturing “eco-friendly" products?

Austyn Gaffney

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With Covid Delays, You May Die Waiting for Disability Benefits

Disabled people already had to cut through a lot of red tape to get benefits. Coronavirus made it even harder.

Bobbi Dempsey

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Immigrants Detained by ICE Say They Were Thrown in Solitary for Requesting Covid-19 Tests

During an outbreak at Etowah County Detention Center, immigrants say solitary confinement was also used as medical isolation, against ICE guidelines.

Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven

LaborInvestigationGoodman Institute

Healthcare Workers Are Organizing Like Their Lives Depend On It

Faced with ongoing PPE shortages and employer obfuscation about deadly outbreaks, more hospital staff are seeing on-the-job solidarity as essential work.

Alice Herman