A lobbying campaign driven by scarcity pushed the CDC to relax protective gear guidelines. Now tens of thousands of health workers are infected.
Congress
Posted inKept Out
Reveal submits testimony to Congress
Senior reporter Aaron Glantz shares the findings of Reveal’s investigation into modern-day redlining with the House Financial Services Committee.
Posted inImpact, Worked Over
Congressman calls for action to combat exploitation in senior residential care industry
The request marks the federal government’s first steps to tackle the systematic abuse of care homes’ mostly poor, immigrant workers.
Posted inAccountability, Contract with Danger
Congress kills rule forcing contractors to disclose safety problems
Companies vying for federal contracts will not be required to disclose serious workplace safety violations after the Senate narrowly voted to overturn one of former President Barack Obama’s executive orders.
Posted inWorked Over, Workers’ Rights
America’s long battle over jobs and justice
We’ve come a long way since the 1963 March on Washington. Or have we?
Posted inNational Security
A revolving door in the nuclear weapons industry
Members of Congress, influential government contractors and high-ranking federal officials have a symbiotic relationship when it comes to managing the country’s nuclear weapons research and design facilities.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Law Enforcement, National Security
House committee launches TSA investigation
The House’s top oversight committee officially launched its investigation into the TSA with bipartisan support, citing allegations that an employee manipulated air marshals’ flight schedules and could have accessed government databases inappropriately.
Posted inHealth Care, Opiates, Returning Home to Battle
VA hasn’t followed own rules on narcotic prescriptions, audit says
The Department of Veterans Affairs’ failure to follow its own rules governing the prescription of addictive narcotic painkillers has contributed to overdoses and deaths, according to the agency’s inspector general.