Special Investigations

With larger and more intense fires wreaking havoc, incarcerated people and their loved ones are kept in the dark on evacuation plans.

Meet two families struggling with the impact of heat and wildfires on the facilities where their loved ones are incarcerated.

The climate crisis is raising temperatures in detention facilities across the country. Nobody is ready for it.

The U.S. naval base in Cuba was like another planet, where only the camaraderie of other journalists kept me tied to reality.

The happiness project might be easy to dismiss if it didn’t confer legitimacy on a repressive government.

Pandemic prediction spawned a multimillion-dollar research industry, but many scientists warn that viral forecasting is a dangerous mirage.

The $10 billion claim takes aim at the industry’s greatest legal shield, aiming to succeed where U.S. victims of gun violence routinely fail.

Keith Humphrey was brought in to reform a department riven by race. His opponents accused him of bias and sexual improprieties.

Aswad Khan declined to become an FBI informant. His friends began getting questioned at the U.S. border.

Joe Biden's presidency demonstrates, once again, that U.S. commitments to militarism and permanent global war are enduring and bipartisan.