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West Virginia’s Radioactive Party Zone
Dec 11, 2025 A teenager who unknowingly reveled for years in radioactive waste is fighting for justice and change.
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Hazardous H2O: Lead Safety and the ‘Hidden 10%’
May 15, 2025 In Cleveland and other cities, the worst cases of lead exposure in drinking water are obscured from public view thanks to a decades-old federal rule.
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Pricey IVF Test May Be Selling False Hope
Mar 7, 2025 A series of class-action lawsuits are challenging a popular IVF genetic test that many say is worthless.
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Hell’s Kitchen: Radioactive Gas is Quietly Seeping into New York City
Oct 3, 2024 Thanks to former Mayor Mike Bloomberg, fracked gas laden with the radioactive gas radon is powering millions of New York City stoves.2025 Southern California Journalism Award: Second Place, Hard News Feature, General News | Third Place, Investigative Reporting, Entertainment or Business Related | Third Place, Investigative Reporting
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At the Border
Mar 25, 2024 A decade of anti-immigrant rhetoric and unstable, post-pandemic conditions in the Global South have coalesced into a multibillion-dollar, election-year battle to keep poor people in Latin America from accessing the United States. This Dig series seeks to explore: What is it like to traverse this landscape as a migrant, and what would it look like if we opened it all up?2024 EPPY Award: First Place, Best News or Event Feature
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A Slow-Rolling Disaster in Fracking Country
Dec 7, 2023 Ex-employees at “West Virginia’s Chernobyl” speak out on lethal cancers, regulatory failure and contaminated drinking water.
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Rojava’s Improvised Revolution
Oct 9, 2023 How the Middle East’s most progressive society survives in the face of catastrophe.
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Inside West Virginia’s Chernobyl
Sep 18, 2023 The radioactive dangers of oilfield waste have long been known by the oil and gas industry.2024 Headliner Award: Third Place, Online Investigative Reporting for Digital-Only Website
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The Farce of Microsoft’s Anti-Racism and the Capture of Academia
Apr 17, 2023 In recent years, most large tech corporations have begun pushing anti-racism public relations and touting their donations to Black causes. There is no company more steeped or skilled in this practice than the elder of the group, Microsoft. By deploying fleets of flacks, messaging professionals and hired intellectuals, the company has managed to maintain a pristine image as a “moral leader” of Big Tech, while avoiding and deflecting attention from its deep and sordid history of collaboration with police, prisons, intelligence agencies and militaries.
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Eviction on the Installment Plan
Feb 27, 2023 Across the country, people and families priced out of the real estate market are turning to temporary housing built to shelter traveling workers.
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