The Trump administration is prying open an environmental ‘jewel’ for oil and gas exploration: the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northern Alaska.
By Adam Federman in Politico.

Pushes to “recycle” plastics are one element of a massive, industry-led effort to suppress meaningful efforts to reduce plastic waste.
By Sharon Lerner in the Intercept.

New data suggests that the safety threshold for PFOA in drinking water should be as low as .1 parts per trillion.
By Sharon Lerner in the Intercept.

The evidence of PFAS in sludge comes just days after an FDA investigation revealed that the nonstick compounds had made their way into some foods.
By Sharon Lerner in the Intercept.

You might think that, a year and a half into the #MeToo movement, sexual harassment would be a front-burner issue for the people paid to diversify Wall Street.
By Susan Antilla in the Intercept.

In a Colorado supermax facility, hunger-striking inmates have been force-fed and barred from sharing their ordeal with the outside world. A prisoner breaks his silence for the first time.
By Aviva Stahl in the Nation.

PFAS chemicals are used in nonstick pans, firefighting foam, and hundreds of other products.

By Sharon Lerner in the Intercept.

In grieving Parkland, there’s a fight ripping the community apart. And it has nothing to do with gun control.

By Kathryn Joyce in Highline.

In Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America, Griswold told the story of the energy boom’s impact on a small town and one woman’s transformation from a struggling single parent to an unlikely activist. Sheri Fink presented her with the prize.

On Her Shoulders followed Nadia Murad, a 23-year-old Yazidi woman who survived genocide and sexual slavery committed by ISIS, then told her story to politicians and media, including at the United Nations. Murad was one of the two winners of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize. Ronit Avni presented her with the prize.

The group of Department of Homeland Security whistleblowers challenged family separation and child detention at the border. Dr. Collen Kraft presented them with the prize.

Soros has dedicated his life to promoting the values of open society, human rights, and transparency around the world. Heather McGhee presented him with the prize.

Native advertising has spread misinformation on everything from the “superfood” moringa to Thai seafood slavery, and has raised serious questions about journalistic ethics.

By Sharon Lerner in the Intercept.

A burgeoning alliance with Europe’s far right is radically altering the Christian right’s view of American democracy.

By Sarah Posner in VICE Magazine.

We’re looking to hire for the Harriet and Perry Grover Editorial Internship at Bold Type Books and the Don and Doris Shaffer Internship at Type Investigations.

The EPA’s Bungled Response to an Air Pollution Crisis Exposes a Toxic Racial Divide.
By Sharon Lerner in the Intercept.

A 7-part podcast series tells how the pursuit of justice drives two men to fight each other in the courts and on the streets of New York.
By Saki Knafo in Gimlet.

In the poorest congressional district in the country, where thousands of people are arrested each year, one former cop with a complicated past has made high-profile prosecutions fall apart.
By Saki Knafo in The New York Times Magazine.