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Type Media Center Welcomes Matt Aikins as a Puffin Foundation Fellow
Type Media Center welcomes Matthieu Aikins as a Puffin Foundation Fellow! Aikins is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and a contributing editor at Rolling Stone. He has reported from Afghanistan and the Middle East since 2008.
The Department of Justice Is Letting the Coup Plotters Get Away
While Congress is investigating the events of January 6, why isn’t the DOJ doing the same—and more?
By Alfred Knobler Fellow Elie Mystal for The Nation.
Desmond Meade and Ibram X. Kendi awarded 2021 MacArthur Fellowship
Bold Type Books author Ibram X. Kendi and our 2020 recepient of the Puffin Prize, Desmond Meade were both awarded the 2021 MacArthur Fellowship.
This Is How You Smack Down Texas’s Abortion Ban
On Wednesday, a federal judge in Texas suspended SB 8. His ruling offers a step-by-step legal guide to striking down the law for good.
By Alfred Knobler Fellow Elie Mystal for The Nation.
Long Hours, Low Pay, Loneliness and a Booming Industry
In the next decade, the home health aide profession is expected to grow more than any other job. By Liz Donovan and Muriel Alarcón for Columbia Journalism Investigations and New York Times.
What Should Democrats Do Now That Police Reform Talks Have Broken Down?
Bold Type Books author Keith Boykin joins CNN’s Newsroom to discuss what steps to take now that Republican Senator Tim Scott has rejected Democrats’ final offer on police reform.
Biden Wasn’t Elected to Scold Racist Border Agents—He Was Elected to Stop Them
The White House bears full responsibility for the Border Patrol agents caught whipping Haitian migrants at the US-Mexico border.
By Alfred Knobler Fellow Elie Mystal for The Nation.
Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Cost of Inequality in America
Puffin Foundation Fellow Eyal Press talks to NPR affiliate KPCW
about how his new book, Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America, takes a deep dive into the lives of those who do the essential work that no one else wants to do.
The Essential Jobs No One Wants
Puffin Foundation Fellow Eyal Press joins Texas Public Radio’s Think to talk about his book, Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America.
Police Are Giving Amazon Ring Cameras to Survivors of Domestic Violence. Is It Helping?
Advocates for survivors say the approach could end up doing more harm than good. A year long investigation by 2020-21 Ida B. Wells Fellows Eileen Guo in partnership with Consumer Reports and MIT Technology Review.
How Joe Biden’s Green Agenda Threatens the Alaskan Wilderness
The Biden administration promised to engage with tribes on development projects that would affect their way of life. But Native villages suing the government say that’s not happening. By Adam Federman for Politico Magazine.
How Does Don Jr. Roll?
Donald Trump Jr. teases about a political future. But what do we really know about him? In Charleston County, South Carolina, they know more than most. By Joe Rubin for The New Republic.
Essential Jobs And The Hidden Toll Of Inequality In America
Puffin Foundation Fellow Eyal Press is on North East Public Radio’s The Round Table to discuss his new book, Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America.
New Release from Bold Type Books: Race Against Time
Click here to read more about our book imprint’s latest release, Race Against Time: The Politics of a Darkening America by best-selling author Keith Boykin a CNN political commentator and former White House aide to President Bill Clinton.
Secretive CBP Counterterrorism Teams Interrogated Over 180,000 U.S. Citizens Over Two-Year Period
Records from an ongoing FOIA lawsuit shed new light on the operations of CBP’s Tactical Terrorism Response Teams.
By Melissa del Bosque, a Lanan reporting fellow at Type Investigations, for The Intercept.
The Groundbreaking Decision That Just Struck a Blow to Our Racist Immigration Laws
Nearly 100 years ago, Congress passed a law making it a felony to reenter the US after being deported. Now a judge has found it too racist to be allowed.
By Alfred Knobler Fellow Elie Mystal for The Nation.
Biden is Expanding Trump’s War on “Domestic Violent Extremism” — and It’s Sweeping Up Black People
Far from breaking with Trump’s civil disorder prosecutions, Biden has doubled down with an expansive view of extremism. A new investigation by Puffin Foundation Fellow Aaron Miguel Cantú for The Intercept.
Lawful Carnage
Scholar Samuel Moyn and journalist Spencer Ackerman consider the inherent contradictions of the endless war on terrorism. By Rozina Ali for The American Prospect.
Remembering Bob Moses, Civil Rights and Math Education Trailblazer and a 2001 winner of the Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship
Type Media Center remembers Bob Moses, our first Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship winner in 2001. You can read more about Moses’s remarkable life here.
The Incalculable Cost of Cheap Chicken—and the Hidden Industry That Shoulders It
Poultry plants, many of which rely on immigrant labor, already had high rates of occupational illness. The pandemic made everything worse.
By Ida B. Wells fellow Tina Vasquez for Scalawag.
Type Fellow Gary Younge Interviews Lewis Hamilton
He’s the most successful driver Formula One has ever seen, and its only Black star.
By Fellow Gary Younge for The Guardian.
Seeking Nominations for the 2021 Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship
The Puffin Foundation, Ltd. and Type Media Center are now accepting nominations for the 2021 Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship.
The AFRICOM Files: Pentagon undercounts and ignores military sexual assault in Africa
The findings by Type Investigations and The Intercept come as the Biden administration makes combating sexual assault in the military a major policy goal. Type Fellow Nick Turse reports.
The Dangers of Working While Black on Wall Street
Financial institutions say they’re committed to racial justice, but complaints of racism often backfire against those who raise them.
By Susan Antilla for The Nation.
Indigenous Fathers Take Lessons From Their Own Experience to Create Healthy Lifestyles for Their Children
Exploring the joys and challenges of fatherhood, through the eyes of an Indigenous dad.
By Type Fellow Julian Brave NoiseCat for National Geographic.
Professor Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on NPR’s Short Wave
An interview with Bold Type Books author Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, a theoretical physicist at the University of New Hampshire. Professor Prescod-Weinstein talks about how her job requires asking deep questions about how we — and the universe — got to this moment.
Announcing the 2021 Ida B. Wells Fellows
Type Investigations is pleased to announce the 2021 Ida B. Wells Fellows. The fellows are emerging and mid-career journalists working in a variety of media formats and outlets. They will report on topics including labor exploitation, criminal justice, immigration asylum, and reproductive health care access.
10 Must-Read Stories on Policing, Race and Criminal Justice
Type Investigations looks back at some highlight from their investigations into the police and the criminal justice system published in the year following the police murder of George Floyd.
Who Cares? Before Covid-19, American Women Were Already in Crisis
This was the year that everyone discovered that caring is actually hard work.
By Type Fellow Sarah Jaffe for The Baffler .
Type Media Center Announces Recipients of the 2021 Robert Masur Fellowship in Civil Liberties
We are pleased to announce Lauren Neal and Bailey Martin as the two recipients of the 2021 Robert Mauser Fellowship in Civil Liberties.
‘Gang Contracts’ in Cicero and Berwyn Schools Raise Concerns About Criminalization of Youth
More than 100 students in seven years have signed “gang contracts” for a suspected gang affiliation.
By 2020-21 Ida B. Wells Fellow Irene Romulo for Injustice Watch and Cicero Independiente.
Seth Freed Wessler Wins a 2021 Silver Gavel Award for Reporting
Former Type Investigations Reporting Fellow Seth Freed Wessler won a 2021 Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association for an investigative magazine article about how a protest grew on the inside of a Georgia detention facility.
New Editorial Director Joins Bold Type Books
Hillary Brenhouse joins Bold Type Books on May 24th as the editorial director. Brenhouse was previously the editor-in-chief of Guernica Magazine, and editor of the Guardian’s “Antiracism and America” series.
Limited English Skills Mean Limited Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine
Our analysis finds that many states are not meeting their legal obligations to make information accessible.
By Puffin Fellow Richard Salame for Slate
Mayoral Hopeful Eric Adams Embraces A Term That Police Critics Condemn
The issue of policing is central to the 2021 New York City mayor’s race, which comes amid a spike in gun violence and at a time when the role of the police is very much in question.
By 2021 Wayne Barrett Fellow Jarrett Murphy for City Limits
The “Machine That Eats Up Black Farmland”
After decades of discriminating against Black farmers and ignoring their complaints, the USDA is promising to do better. Again.
By Kathryn Joyce, Nathan Rosenberg & Bryce Stucki for Mother Jones
The ‘Herald Square Bomber’ Who Wasn’t
After 9/11, U.S. authorities used informants to secure hundreds of terror convictions. But did they help create plots where none existed?
By By Type Fellow Rozina Ali for The New York Times Magazine.
LitHub Introduces New Film Podcast with Type Fellow as Host
Puffin Foundation Writing fellow Mychal Denzel Smith will host a new film podcast, Open Forum, on Lithub Radio. Each week an author will join Smith to discuss a movie of their choice: a movie they love, a movie they hate, a movie they hate to love.
Andrew Yang Disrupts the Mayor’s Race, But Some of His Ideas Fall Flat
Do Yang’s comments on casinos, yeshivas and the teachers union suggest that his Mayoral campaign hasn’t done its homework?
By Type’s 2021 Wayne Barrett Fellow Jarrett Murphy for City Limits
The Subprime Solar Trap for Low-Income Homeowners
Lightning-fast approval, murky paper trails, little hope of repayment: a popular form of energy-efficiency financing recalls the subprime lending crisis.
By Rebecca Burns for Bloomberg Green
JOB: Finance and Operations Manager at Type Media Center (New York, NY)
Type Media Center seeks a manager with 2+ years of operations and administrative experience to ensure the smooth operational functioning of a multifaceted nonprofit organization. Deadline: April 15.
Now Available from Bold Type Books: In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower
Scholar Davarian L. Baldwin on how–and at what cost– universities across America have become big businesses and our cities their company towns.
‘In the Dark of Night’: Trump’s Interior Chief Snuck Murkowski an 11th-hour Win
Before leaving office, David Bernhardt ordered the Fish & Wildlife Service to advance a road project through a National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.
By Adam Federman for Politico Magazine
Which Countries are Vaccinating the Most People Against COVID-19?
An analysis of 191 countries & territories shows how inequitable the global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines has been.
By Richard Salame for Type Investigations
Don’t Fall for the Carbon Tax Trap
The centrist policy framed as a win-win on fiscal and environmental sustainability is a red herring.
By Kate Aronoff for The New Republic
He Redefined ‘Racist.’ Now He’s Trying to Build a Newsroom.
Bold Type Books author Ibram Kendi & The Boston Globe are teaming up to cover racism, inspired by Boston’s 19th-century abolitionist newspapers.
Now Available from Bold Type Books: The Disordered Cosmos
In this book Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein shares her love for physics, from the physics of melanin in skin, to the latest theories of dark matter — all with a new spin informed by history, politics, and the wisdom of Star Trek.
Two journalists win the 2020 Fetisov Journalism Awards for work produced with Type Investigations
Journalist Rohini Mohan & Type reporting fellow Adam Federman respectively won first prizes in the categories for “outstanding investigative journalism” & “excellence in environmental journalism.”
Chicago Announces Change to State Tax Refund Intercept Program Following Investigation
The policy change follows a two-part investigation last year by Simon Davis-Cohen for Type Investigations, in partnership with The Chicago Reporter.
A Former Trump Operative Used GiveSendGo to Push Claims of Election Fraud
GiveSendGo is a Christian crowdfunding platform used to push claims of election fraud and rake in hundreds of thousands.
By Richard Salame for GEN
Strangers in a Homeland
In Kabul, one of the world’s most dangerous cities, one man works to help Afghan asylum seekers return to a place they never knew.
By May Jeong for VQR
Type Talk: Why Is Doing What You Love A Recipe for Disaster?
A conversation with Type Fellows and authors Sarah Jaffe and Gary Younge as they unpack Jaffe’s recent book, WORK WON’T LOVE YOU BACK.
Did New York Let Doctors Get Away With Sexual Misconduct?
Internal whistleblowers say a branch of the state Department of Health was reluctant to penalize accused physicians.
By Emrys Eller for City and State
I Tested My Tap Water, Household Products and Cat for Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’
The extent of PFAS contamination is only now coming into focus. Here’s what I learned from investigating my home.
By Tom Perkins for The Guardian, Great Lakes Now & Consumer Reports.
Opinion: Why Senate Republicans fear Deb Haaland
Conservatives have portrayed Haaland as a divisive partisan, but in 2019, she introduced the most bills with bipartisan support of all House freshmen.
By Julian Brave NoiseCat for Washington Post
White South African Mercenaries Are Indiscriminately Killing People in Mozambique
An Amnesty International report released today alleges civilian killings by these mercenaries as part of the growing war in Mozambique.
By Nick Turse for Vice.
NYC Nursing Home Gave Dozens of Veterans Experimental COVID-19 Treatments.
The New York State-run facility administered a cocktail of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, despite safety warnings.
By Dean Russell for The CITY & Columbia Journalism Investigations.
Applications are now open for the 2021 Robert Masur Fellowship
Open to first-year law students with summer plans (in between their first and second year) in the areas of civil rights and/or civil liberties. Apply by April 16.
Was Election Denial Just a Get-Rich-Quick Scheme? Donors’ Lawsuits Look for Answers
Widespread voter fraud is a fake problem, but some conservative donors say they’re getting scammed out of real money.
By Richard Salame for The Intercept.
The Insurrection Was Put Down. The GOP Plan for Minority Rule Marches On.
How Republicans are breaking democracy.
By Ari Bergman for Mother Jones.
How the Crackdown on the Rioters Who Stormed the U.S. Capitol Could Lead to More Violence
By Amanda Robb for Type Investigations.
The Only Accurate Dirt Rudy Ever Dug Was on Himself
Giuliani ordered all copies of his devastating auto-oppo report destroyed, but they were not.
By Eileen Markey in The Daily Beast.
Interview: Sarah Jaffe, Author of “Work Won’t Love You Back,” on Labor and Exploitation.
Jaffe has covered workers’ struggles and the nature of work for over a decade and is one of labor’s leading voices.
By Kim Kelly in Teen Vogue.
Library Foundation’s 2021 Writer-in-Residence is a Familiar Face
The Cincinnati Public Library extended Type fellow Dani McClain’s residency for a second year.
By Kelly Sheehy for The Cincinnati Public Library
FT Business Books: January Edition
The Financial Times recommends reading Type Fellow Sarah Jaffe’s new book “Work Won’t Love You Back.”
By Andrew Hill in The Financial Times.
Defanged.
Money and politics could doom the Florida panther — and the Endangered Species Act.
By Jimmy Tobias in The Intercept.
We Got Crushed at Trump’s Inaugural. Police Went Easy on Capitol Rioters
The differences between law enforcement’s responses in 2017 and 2021 are disturbing.
By Aaron Miguel Cantú for The Washington Post.
They’ve Showed Us Who They Are
The assault on the Capitol inspired by President Trump was a tragic event, but it illuminated the national landscape like a flash.
By Joe Conason in The National Memo.
Deb Haaland’s Cabinet Nomination Is a Triumph for Native Americans
We have turned a page in our nation’s history—not because the insiders wanted it, but because the people fought for it.
By Julian Brave NoiseCat in The Nation.
Will They Ever Be Over?
The 20th anniversary of the war on terror arrives.
By Nick Turse in TomDispatch.
Covid-19 Has Been Hardest on Women
When money is tight and time is tighter, the basic structure of male supremacy shows itself to be remarkably intact.
By Katha Pollitt in The Nation.
Saying Goodbye to the Con-Man-in-Chief
Demining America after the Donald.
By Tom Engelhardt in TomDispatch.
How Black Parents Survived 2020
‘What kind of world did we bring them into?’
By Dani McClain in The New York Times.
‘No Choice but to Do It’
Many of the 230,000 women and girls in U.S. jails and prisons were abuse survivors before they entered the system.
By Justine van der Leun in The Appeal and The New Republic.
Cops Could Use First Aid to Save Lives. Many Never Try.
Most officers get training to respond to injuries,
but are often not required to use it.
By Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge in The Marshall Project.
People Are Taking the Wrong Lesson From Trump’s Failed Coup
Trump failed to steal the election because of incompetence, not because our robust institutions defeated him.
By Elie Mystal in The Nation.
After 2020, How Do We Move Forward on Race?
The usual diversity efforts have failed. Let’s take this moment to figure out what can work.
By Pamela Newkirk in the Wall Street Journal.
U.S.-Funded Counterterrorism Efforts in West Africa Aren’t Helping
Government investigations describe American security assistance efforts as a waste of time and money.
By Nick Turse in Vice.
CIA Contractor Dies in Secret U.S. War in Somalia
Michael Goodboe, a former Navy SEAL, died of injuries sustained in a terrorist attack in Mogadishu, Somalia.
By Nick Turse in The Intercept.
Federal Prosecutors Hold Protesters for Months Pretrial
Dozens of protesters who took part in the uprisings after George Floyd’s murder have faced prolonged detention despite COVID-19 outbreaks.
By Aaron Miguel Cantú for Reveal.
Trump Won’t Succeed in Stopping Votes From Being Counted
But he could still delegitimize the democratic process.
By Ari Berman in Mother Jones.
Trump Doesn’t Have a Path to Victory Through the Courts
While the election remains uncomfortably close, Trump’s attempts to use far-fetched legal arguments to stop vote counting in states like Pennsylvania are unlikely to succeed.
By Elie Mystal in The Nation.
A Federal Judge Wants Louis DeJoy to Testify Under Oath About Mail Delays
The USPS refused to comply with a court order to make sure mail ballots were sent on time.
By Ari Berman in Mother Jones.
Early Voting Was Supposed to Make Our Lives Easier. How Well Did It Work?
Votebeat and Type Investigations analyzed the number of sites, hours, and votes for the nation’s 10 most populous counties.
By Richard Salame in Votebeat.
If Biden Wins Wisconsin, These New Black Community Groups Will Be a Major Reason Why
Black voters are determined not to let voter suppression repeat itself.
By Ari Berman in Mother Jones.
Federal Prosecutors Engaged in Unprecedented Push to Jail Protesters Before Trial
Shamar Betts has been detained since June for a provocative flyer he posted on Facebook amid protests over the killing of George Floyd.
By Aaron Miguel Cantú for The Intercept.
U.S. Troops Might be in Danger. Why Is the Military Trying to Hide It?
Formerly secret files raise questions about the security of American military bases in Africa.
By Nick Turse in VICE News.
Trump’s Labor Secretary Is a Wrecking Ball Aimed at Workers
As Election Day looms, Eugene Scalia, a cunning lawyer committed to dismantling regulation, is weakening one employee protection after another.
By Eyal Press in The New Yorker.
If You Can’t Speak English, Good Luck Voting in Trump’s America
The Department of Justice has left millions of voters who need language help without government protection.
By Richard Salame in The Nation.
How One of the Most Stable Nations in West Africa Descended Into Mayhem
Burkina Faso once looked like a success story for U.S. military aid. But now it’s contending with a growing insurgency, an unfolding humanitarian crisis — and a security force targeting civilians.
By Nick Turse in The New York Times.
Despite Trump’s ‘Jobs, Jobs, Jobs’ Bluster, the Rust Belt Is Still Reeling from Plant Closures
Chuckie Denison fought the closure of a GM factory in Lordstown, Ohio — now, he’s devoted himself to challenging the President’s lies about America’s economic recovery.
By Sarah Jaffe in The Progressive.
Without Compromise by Wayne Barrett – Book Trailer
In an era of unprecedented corruption, the work of Village Voice muckracker Wayne Barrett has never been more important.
Amy Coney Barrett Is an Extremist—Just Not the Kind You Think
The problem with Trump’s Supreme Court nominee has nothing to do with her strongly held religious beliefs and everything to do with her right-wing Republican ones.
By Elie Mystal in The Nation.
There Is Only One Way Out of This Crisis: Expand the Court
Expanding the Supreme Court may not be easy, but it’s the only constitutional way to address the Republicans’ cynical theft of at least two seats.
By Elie Mystal in The Nation.
The Risk Makers
Viral hate, election interference, and hacked accounts: inside the tech industry’s decades-long failure to reckon with risk.
By Catherine Buni and Soraya Chemaly in OneZero.
In Defense of Letting Go of Black Icons (For Now)
I have no interest in being a patriot. I am not concerned with the viability of “America.”
By Mychal Denzel Smith in Esquire.
Is Bill Barr Trump’s Most Dangerous Sidekick?
The attorney general has been chipping away at the rule of law for 18 months. Last night, he made another big claim to unfettered power.
By Elie Mystal in The Nation.
Melania Trump Really Doesn’t Care
A new book by her ex–best friend shows how the first lady sold her soul.
By Katha Pollitt in The Nation.
Confinement and Contagion
In February, Tomiekia Johnson’s mother, father, sister, and daughter came to Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF).
By Justine van der Leun in The New York Review of Books.
The Police Are Lying in LA and the Media Is Falling for It—Again
In the wake of the brutal shooting of two police officers, the sheriff’s department is trying to fabricate a case against Black Lives Matter, and journalists are playing along.
By Elie Mystal in The Nation.