The Rise and Fall of the Ultimate Doomsday Prepper
Novelist Brad Thor thought he had found his doomsday-prepping soulmate, but then the End Times went bad.
Special Investigations
How Pesticide Companies Corrupted the EPA and Poisoned America
Pesticide manufacturers that have long dodged regulation by the EPA now face billions in damages for causing cancer, brain damage, and Parkinson’s disease.
How Trump Ally Michael Flynn Nurtured — and Profited From — the QAnon Conspiracy Theory
Flynn hitched his financial fortunes to QAnon as early as the summer of 2019, when he was facing a mountain of legal costs.
A Police Killing in St. Louis Remains Shrouded in Darkness
In the city with the highest rate of police killings, open investigations pile up while the family of Cortez Bufford waits for answers.
Voice of America Is Accused of Ignoring Government Atrocities in Ethiopia
Current and former staff described decades of bias in the U.S. government-funded broadcaster's Ethiopia coverage.
The War on Immigrants
An ICE Informant, MS-13, and the Long Campaign to Deport Walter Cruz-Zavala
A government snitch inked him with gang tattoos as a teen. Judges have agreed his deportation would likely lead to torture.
Italy’s Anti-Mafia Directorate and the “Dirty Campaign” to Criminalize Migration
Internal documents reveal how a niche police office in Rome quietly shaped EU border policy in the central Mediterranean.
The War on Immigrants
As Biden Continues Trump’s War on Asylum, Danger Mounts in the Deadly Sonoran Desert
Dangerous nighttime expulsions are surging in Northern Mexico while organized crime and government security forces prey on stranded asylum-seekers.
An All-White Jury Sent Rayford Burke to Death Row. Will North Carolina's Efforts to Make Amends Be Enough?
Decades after his conviction, Burke maintains his innocence. His case highlights the limitations of North Carolina's Racial Justice Act.
Trump EPA Invited Companies to Revise Pollution Records of a Potent Carcinogen
After ethylene oxide was shown to be 30 times more carcinogenic than previously thought, polluters began rewriting their toxic history — with the EPA’s help.