Top news of the week: 10.07.2022.
Journalism That Holds Power to Account
The ultrawealthy poured money into a successful campaign to defeat a graduated state income tax. For the first time, we can reveal the scale of their return on this investment.
City Bureau gets $10 million to make public meetings more public
Documenters has already trained more than 1,700 people who've covered more than 2,300 public meetings.
The sad state of press freedom in Hong Kong after twenty-five years of Chinese rule
<p>At midnight on July 1, 1997, Hong Kong reverted from British to Chinese rule. A ceremony marking the handover was attended by dignitaries including Prince Charles, Chinese President ...
Bloomberg adds five to its investigations team
Bloomberg senior executive editor Otis Bilodeau and executive editor Robert Blau sent the following memo to Bloomberg’s investigations team on Tuesday: To all on the Investigations Team, ...
Understaffed, and under federal investigation, Texas juvenile detention system halts intake
The Texas Juvenile Justice Department doesn’t have enough staff to keep minors safe or deal with increasing suicidal behavior, its interim head says. Gov. Greg Abbott recently shifted ...
Get Ready for the Forever Plague
Public health officials’ COVID complacency has opened the door to new illnesses and devastating long-term damage.
Not just Shireen: how Israel has attacked journalists and newsrooms in Palestine
Palestinian journalists have long been subjected to arrests and attacks,” Haya Abushkahidem writes 11 May 2022 was a day that will forever be etched in my memory. On 1 June …
Fox and friends confront billion-dollar US lawsuits over election fraud claims
Rightwing networks Fox News, OAN and Newsmax could be found liable in cases brought by voting machine company Dominion