Mwende Hinojosa, Author at Reveal

COVID-19

Pandemic, protests and profits

by Al Letson, Taki Telonidis, Kevin Sullivan, Katharine Mieszkowski, Mwende Hinojosa, Amy Mostafa, Najib Aminy, Byard Duncan, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Will Evans, Melissa Lewis, Hannah Young, David Rodriguez, Andy Donohue and Chris Harland-Dunaway April 25, 2020July 1, 2021

Protesters around the country are pushing to loosen stay-at-home orders. Meanwhile, some Amazon workers say not enough is being done to protect them.

COVID-19

The cost of COVID-19

by Aaron Glantz, Jonathan Jones, Katharine Mieszkowski, Najib Aminy, Emily Harris, Brett Myers, Jen Chien, Esther Kaplan, Kevin Sullivan, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Amy Mostafa, Al Letson and Mwende Hinojosa April 18, 2020July 1, 2021

Can the biggest U.S. stimulus stave off home foreclosures, save businesses and prevent the worst economic crash since the Great Depression?

Detained and exposed

by Sarah Mirk, Kevin Sullivan, Al Letson, Najib Aminy, Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Mwende Hinojosa, Laura C. Morel, Aura Bogado, Emily Harris, Stan Alcorn, Priska Neely, Katharine Mieszkowski, Brett Myers, Taki Telonidis, Jen Chien and Andy Donohue April 11, 2020July 1, 2021

Social distancing and hand-washing are meant to keep us safe from the coronavirus. But in immigrant detention centers, those measures are impossible.

Larger than life size cutout billboards portray farm workers standing at the edge of a farm field.

COVID-19

Essential workers

by Sarah Mirk, Kevin Sullivan, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Amy Mostafa, Najib Aminy, Al Letson, Mwende Hinojosa, Will Carless, Patrick Michels, Melissa Lewis, Hannah Young, Anayansi Diaz-Cortes, Michael I Schiller, Emily Schwing, Brett Myers, Jen Chien, Taki Telonidis, Sumi Aggarwal, Byard Duncan, Andy Donohue, Narda Zacchino, Esther Kaplan and Soo Oh April 4, 2020July 1, 2021

Farmworkers, grocery store clerks and airline employees are on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis. But what’s being done to protect them?

A cardboard sign says "stay at home" outside a house

COVID-19

Quarantine nation

by Kevin Sullivan, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Mwende Hinojosa, Amy Mostafa, Najib Aminy, Al Letson, Will Carless, Will Evans, Taki Telonidis, Elizabeth Shogren, Jennifer Gollan, Brett Myers, Lance Williams and Katharine Mieszkowski March 28, 2020July 1, 2021

Quarantines are supposed to contain the new coronavirus, but are the right people going into isolation, and are federal guidelines strong enough?

A medican worker wearing gloves and full-body protective gear holds a COVID test outside a car window.

COVID-19

COVID-19 in the ER

by Sarah Mirk, Kevin Sullivan, Taki Telonidis, Michael Montgomery, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Amy Mostafa, Najib Aminy, Al Letson, Mwende Hinojosa and Byard Duncan March 21, 2020July 1, 2021

An ER doctor in Seattle gives a firsthand account of treating COVID-19 patients. Plus, an Iraqi man seeks justice for atrocities at Abu Ghraib prison.

Workers from a Servpro disaster recovery team wearing protective suits and respirators are given supplies as they line up before entering the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., to begin cleaning and disinfecting the facility, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. The nursing home is at the center of the coronavirus outbreak in Washington state. For most people, the virus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems.

Accountability, COVID-19

Containing the coronavirus

by Taki Telonidis, Michael Montgomery, Jen Chien, Emily Harris, Elizabeth Shogren, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Mwende Hinojosa, Al Letson, Kevin Sullivan, Amy Mostafa and Najib Aminy March 14, 2020July 1, 2021

How the coronavirus came to California and whether the response could have been better. Plus, a forgotten lynching in Atlanta raises new questions.

Sarah James, in a winter coat, hats, and work gloves, sits astride a four-wheeled vehicle in front of pine trees and a mountain.

Sustainability

The refuge revealed

by Sarah Mirk, Al Letson, Katharine Mieszkowski, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Mwende Hinojosa, Najib Aminy and Amy Mostafa March 7, 2020July 1, 2021

Oil rigs may soon be coming to the nation’s largest wildlife refuge. We find out what that could mean to the people who live there.

An illustration shows a heart against a blue foreground.

Sustainability

The tell-tale hearts

by Sarah Mirk, Kevin Sullivan, Elizabeth Shogren, Deborah George, Al Letson, Najib Aminy, Amy Mostafa, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Mwende Hinojosa, Michael Montgomery and Melissa Lewis February 29, 2020July 1, 2021

Trump’s deregulatory fervor bolsters the chemical industry and Defense Department’s effort to debunk the science linking TCE to fetal heart defects.

A photo collage shows an orange smokestack against a green sky. In the foreground is a woman speaking, but her mouth has been covered with a black censor bar.

Sustainability

Scuttling science

by Elizabeth Shogren, Najib Aminy, Al Letson, Taki Telonidis, Brett Myers, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Mwende Hinojosa and Amy Mostafa February 22, 2020July 1, 2021

Advisory panels slashed, environmental regulations rolled back – how the Trump administration uses questionable science to justify its policies.

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