Alt-Right Vows to Return to Charlottesville
In Charlottesville on Saturday, after the city council and Virginia governor declare a state of emergency and police disband the Unite the Right rally organized by white supremacists, I am following a...
View ArticleCongressmen Question ‘Appalling’ Border Officer Conduct
Two congressmen are demanding answers from the government officials charged with oversight of US Customs and Border Protection after an ABC News investigation that shed light on a tragic 2013 episode...
View ArticleTrump’s Coal-Friendly Arguments Fail in Court
The legal reasoning used by the Trump administration to delay a new rule that would have changed the way royalties are calculated on federal coal, oil, and gas was deeply flawed, according to a...
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Bayer Pulls Contraceptive Device From Global Markets
Essure, a device that represents the only permanent, non-surgical form of contraception, will no longer be available for purchase anywhere in the world except for America, though the U.S. Food and...
View ArticleWe relaunched our website!
You may notice that our website looks a little different than the last time you were here. We have made some changes so you can find the things we’re proud of more easily. And we made it (we think)...
View ArticleRemembering Rita Henley Jensen, founder of Women’s eNews
Rita Henley Jensen, founder of the feminist website Women’s eNews, died on Wednesday. Feminist media lost a titan. I met Rita when she hired me as an intern at Women’s eNews, a position that, unlike...
View ArticleFDA Inaction on Essure Spurs Letter from Congress Members
Three Democratic members of Congress have demanded a meeting with U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials over what they described in a Monday letter as the agency's “inaction on the dangerous...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Wayne Barrett Investigative Fund
The Investigative Fund is pleased to announce the launch of the Wayne Barrett Investigative Fund, whose goal is to support ambitious reporting projects focused on politics and corruption in New York...
View ArticleFor Giving Tuesday, here’s a cause you’ll want to support
PSA for our devoted and would-be supporters: If you donate to The Investigative Fund between right now and the end of December, your gift will be matched, dollar-for-dollar, up to $1000 per person. We...
View ArticleJustice Kennedy Appears Ready to Undo His Own Legacy on LGBTQ Rights
Today the Supreme Court heard arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, one of the most scrutinized cases on the docket this term. The Court will decide whether Jack...
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How Wall Street Silences Women
Among the business sectors largely absent from the current deluge of sexual harassment revelations is the financial services industry, a behemoth that employs 3.2 million people in the United States...
View ArticleICYMI, or, The Ones You Need to Read Again
It’s almost behind us. 2017. But before it slips completely away, pour yourself a cup of coffee and settle down for a good long read, because we made an “In Case You Missed It” reel for you — stories...
View ArticleIda B. Wells Deadline Less Than a Month Away
The deadline for The Investigative Fund’s Ida B. Wells Fellowship is less than a month away! Apply by February 15 to make sure you will be considered for a 2018 fellowship. In honor of Ida B. Wells —...
View ArticleAmid Allegations of Sexual Harassment in Trucking Industry, Investigative...
Before the wave of allegations surrounding movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, before the dominos of men in power who similarly fell, before #MeToo, there were the women in trucking. In 2016, the...
View ArticleWe relaunched our website!
You may notice that our website looks a little different than the last time you were here. We have made some changes so you can find the things we’re proud of more easily. And we made it (we think)...
View ArticleRemembering Rita Henley Jensen, founder of Women’s eNews
Rita Henley Jensen, founder of the feminist website Women’s eNews, died on Wednesday. Feminist media lost a titan. I met Rita when she hired me as an intern at Women’s eNews, a position that, unlike...
View ArticleFDA Inaction on Essure Spurs Letter from Congress Members
Three Democratic members of Congress have demanded a meeting with U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials over what they described in a Monday letter as the agency's “inaction on the dangerous...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Wayne Barrett Investigative Fund
The Investigative Fund is pleased to announce the launch of the Wayne Barrett Investigative Fund, whose goal is to support ambitious reporting projects focused on politics and corruption in New York...
View ArticleFor Giving Tuesday, here’s a cause you’ll want to support
PSA for our devoted and would-be supporters: If you donate to The Investigative Fund between right now and the end of December, your gift will be matched, dollar-for-dollar, up to $1000 per person. We...
View ArticleJustice Kennedy Appears Ready to Undo His Own Legacy on LGBTQ Rights
Today the Supreme Court heard arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, one of the most scrutinized cases on the docket this term. The Court will decide whether Jack...
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