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878 stories published since 2008

House Democrats Demand Trump Administration Stop Rushing Through Deportations of Migrant Children

by Lomi Kriel,

Masks Sold by Former White House Official to Navajo Hospitals Don’t Meet FDA Standards

by Yeganeh Torbati and Derek Willis,

100,000 Lives Lost to COVID-19. What Did They Teach Us?

by Caroline Chen,

Coronavirus Contracts: Tracking Federal Purchases to Fight the Pandemic

by Moiz Syed and Derek Willis,

The Billionaire Governor Who’s Been Sued Dozens of Times for Millions in Unpaid Bills

by Ken Ward Jr., ProPublica, and Alex Mierjeski for ProPublica,

Bill Barr Promised to Release Prisoners Threatened by Coronavirus — Even as the Feds Secretly Made It Harder for Them to Get Out

by Ian MacDougall,

Nike Turned Away a Public Health Official From Its Warehouse Days After a Worker With COVID-19 Died

by Wendi C. Thomas, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism,

What Parents Should Know About Coronavirus as Kids Return to Babysitters, Day Cares and Camps

by Marshall Allen, Megan Rose and Caroline Chen,

The Feds Gave a Former White House Official $3 Million to Supply Masks to Navajo Hospitals. Some May Not Work.

by Yeganeh Torbati and Derek Willis,

In Hard-Hit New Jersey, COVID-19 Saddles Some Small Health Departments With Crushing Workload

by Sean Campbell and Joshua Kaplan,

More Than 1 in 5 Illinoisans Living in State Homes for Adults With Disabilities Have Tested Positive for the Coronavirus

by Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica Illinois,

A Nurse With One Lung Had COVID-19. Other Nurses Saved Her.

by Logan Jaffe,

States Are Reopening: See How Coronavirus Cases Rise or Fall

by Lena V. Groeger and Ash Ngu,

What Experts Say About Narrowing COVID-19 Racial Disparities

by ProPublica,

A person making a phone call with a question mark superimposed over their face, with a network grid hovering behind the figure.

Do I Know Enough to Get a Job as a Contact Tracer?

by Caroline Chen,

A woman wearing a phone headset in an office setting calling a person at home sick with COVID.

You Don’t Need Invasive Tech for Successful Contact Tracing. Here’s How It Works.

by Caroline Chen,

Wedding Planner, Caterer, “Brand Builder”: Trump’s Food Aid Program Is Paying $100+ Million to Unlicensed Dealers

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

The Black American Amputation Epidemic

by Lizzie Presser,

COVID-19 Killed at Least 25 Residents of One Illinois Nursing Home. The Family of One Victim Has Filed a Lawsuit, Alleging Negligence.

by Jodi S. Cohen,

Can I Be Evicted During Coronavirus?

by Al Shaw, Ellis Simani and Jeff Ernsthausen,

Can You Be Evicted During Coronavirus? Here’s How to Find Out.

by Jeff Ernsthausen, Ellis Simani and Al Shaw,

Substitute Pharmacists Warn Their Co-Workers: We’ll Probably Bring the Virus to You

by Ava Kofman,

“Immune to Evidence”: How Dangerous Coronavirus Conspiracies Spread

by Marshall Allen,

Two Coasts. One Virus. How New York Suffered Nearly 10 Times the Number of Deaths as California.

by Joe Sexton and Joaquin Sapien,

Families Were Grieving and Planning Funerals. They Still Wanted to Share Their Stories.

by Duaa Eldeib,

She Fought to Keep COVID-19 Out of Her Nursing Home. Then, She Got Sick.

by Lynn Arditi, The Public’s Radio,

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Is Cracking Down on Cities’ Enforcement of COVID-19 Orders, but Many Already Took a Lax Approach

by Sally Beauvais, Lexi Churchill, Kiah Collier, Vianna Davila and Ren Larson,

Richard Burr Steps Down From Chairmanship of Senate Intelligence Committee

by Robert Faturechi and Derek Willis,

A Trump Official Tried to Fast-Track Funding for His Friend’s Unproven COVID-19 “Treatment,” Whistleblower Says

by Lisa Song,

A Quarter of the Residents at This Nursing Home Died From COVID-19. Families Want Answers.

by Jodi S. Cohen and Haru Coryne,

Superintendent Bragged About VA Review of Short-Staffed Soldiers Home. Two Months Later, 73 Veterans Are Dead.

by David Armstrong,

Los New Yorkers: esenciales y desprotegidos en el epicentro de la pandemia

por Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica y Ariel Goodman, en reporte especial para ProPublica,

COVID-19 Took Black Lives First. It Didn’t Have To.

by Duaa Eldeib, Adriana Gallardo, Akilah Johnson, Annie Waldman, Nina Martin, Talia Buford and Tony Briscoe,

I’m an Investigative Journalist. These Are the Questions I Asked About the Viral “Plandemic” Video.

by Marshall Allen,

The State Attorney General Is Scrutinizing This Assisted Living Facility Over Its Handling of COVID-19. Some Residents Are Suing It, Too.

by Joaquin Sapien,

What Happened When Health Officials Wanted to Close a Meatpacking Plant, but the Governor Said No

by Michael Grabell,

How Climate Change Is Contributing to Skyrocketing Rates of Infectious Disease

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

How Safe Are Nursing Homes Near Me? This Tool Will Help You Find Out.

by Charles Ornstein and Lena V. Groeger,

She Made Every Effort to Avoid COVID-19 While Pregnant. Not a Single Thing Went According to Plan.

by Annie Waldman,

“Similar to Times of War”: The Staggering Toll of COVID-19 on Filipino Health Care Workers

by Nina Martin and Bernice Yeung,

Los New Yorkers: Essential and Underprotected in the Pandemic’s Epicenter

by Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica, and Ariel Goodman for ProPublica,

This ICE Detainee Caught Coronavirus After Asking to Be Released. A Judge Says He Still Shouldn’t Be Let Go.

by Yeganeh Torbati,

“I Do Not Want to Die in Here”: Letters From the Houston Jail

by Ian MacDougall,

How Profit and Incompetence Delayed N95 Masks While People Died at the VA

by J. David McSwane,

This Rural Nursing Home Has Lost Nearly a Quarter of Its Residents to COVID-19. Now Its State Is Reopening.

by Max Blau for Georgia Health News,

¿Qué pasa cuando los obreros que hacen jabón de manos contraen COVID-19? Protestan.

por Melissa Sanchez,

In Chicago, Urban Density May Not Be to Blame for the Spread of the Coronavirus

by Haru Coryne, ProPublica Illinois,

Texas Still Won’t Say Which Nursing Homes Have COVID-19 Cases. Families Are Demanding Answers.

by Lomi Kriel and Vianna Davila, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, and Edgar Walters, The Texas Tribune,

Inside the Jail With One of the Country’s Largest Coronavirus Outbreaks

by Shannon Heffernan, WBEZ,

The Trump Administration Has Put Federal Workers at Coronavirus Risk, Senators Say

by Maryam Jameel,