Grantee film about police raid on Kansas newspaper to premiere at Sundance
“Seized,” a feature documentary about the police raid on a Kansas newspaper, will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January. The film, directed and produced by…
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Grantee investigation prompts state changes to protect underage farmworkers
Following an investigation by Robert Lopez, with support from the Fund, which found that children are working in unsafe conditions in California’s agriculture industry…
Grantee launches statewide effort to document missing/murdered Indigenous cases in South Dakota
South Dakota Searchlight, with support from the Fund, is cataloging Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) cases in the state, which has no definitive record of…
In sweeping yearlong investigation, grantees probe Chicago agencies’ efforts to conceal public information
When a pair of journalists in Chicago both received questionable rejections for open-records requests, they asked the Fund to support a yearlong investigation into city…
Public-lands grazing program benefits billionaires, amid poor federal oversight and a negative impact on Western states, grantee finds
The federal government’s public-lands grazing system gives private livestock operators access to more than 370,000 square miles of public land across the American West…
Grantee probes reports that U.S. helicopters are used to kill civilians in Philippines
The Philippine military is using aircraft it received in U.S.-sanctioned arms deals to target civilians and political opponents under the auspices of its campaign…
Grantee examines how Oregon’s data center boom is supercharging a water crisis
For Rolling Stone, and with support from the Fund, Sean Patrick Cooper dug into the impact of Amazon’s rapidly expanding data centers on water pollution in Eastern…
Grantee documents continued problems in Chicago’s newly merged shelter system for homeless people and migrants
Two years after Borderless uncovered inhumane conditions and the death of a five-year-old boy at a city-run shelter in Chicago, the local nonprofit outlet documented…
Big Los Angeles landlords avoid low-income Section 8 tenants, despite state law, grantee reveals
Some of Los Angeles’ largest landlords skirt anti-discrimination laws that are supposed to protect low-income people applying for apartments, according to an…
Grantee finds Los Angeles water utility ill-prepared for major earthquake
A major earthquake in California, dubbed the “Big One,” has been foretold for decades. Reporting for AfroLA and with support from the Fund, investigative journalist…
Grantee digs into legal and emotional toll of Catholic church abuse cases in Louisiana
For a series of in-depth reports in National Catholic Reporter, and with support from the Fund, investigative journalist Jason Berry is examining the continued toll of…
Grantee investigates poor emergency planning at Los Angeles nursing homes in wake of Altadena fire
When the deadly Eaton Fire approached an elder care facility in Altadena, Calif., staff weren’t properly trained on evacuation and safety practices, and two people were…