The graffiti told a chilling story: “This is a bad place.” More than 40 states have sent children to facilities run by Sequel Youth & Family Services, despite dozens of cases of abuse.
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Posted inInequality, Worked Over
Federal judge sides with Reveal, ruling injury and illness data is public
The decision has far reaching implications and could force the federal government to release tens of thousands of workplace injury reports.
Posted inAccountability, COVID-19
31,000 and counting
A lobbying campaign driven by scarcity pushed the CDC to relax protective gear guidelines. Now tens of thousands of health workers are infected.
Posted inCOVID-19
Quarantine nation
Quarantines are supposed to contain the new coronavirus, but are the right people going into isolation, and are federal guidelines strong enough?
Posted inAccountability, COVID-19
Is 14 days enough?
New studies show that the debate over how long the new coronavirus incubates – and how long it sheds after recovery – is far from settled.
Posted inAccountability, COVID-19
Containing the coronavirus
How the coronavirus came to California and whether the response could have been better. Plus, a forgotten lynching in Atlanta raises new questions.
Posted inHealth Care
This Walgreens gets 5 times US average of oxycodone. The DEA is asking why
A California branch of one of America’s biggest pharmacies has caught the attention of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Posted inEnvironment
When politics mix with science
Lawmakers and industry groups opposed to new regulations on toxic chemicals have found a way to keep the EPA mum. The Center for Public Integrity has uncovered a strategy that has been remarkably successful for those guarding their own interests at the risk of public health.
Posted inSustainability
Even organic strawberries are grown with dangerous pesticides
Federal code allows organic farmers to use strawberry starts grown in fumigated soil.