A collaboration between KFF Health News and local outlets enabled reporters to produce a clearer picture of opioid settlement spending than the oversight body did. Plus: Cartoonish AI, and essential immigration crackdown data.
Absent public records, NJ.com poured resources into research—and turned up devastating findings. Plus: Lost BET archives, and an extraordinary escape from Afghanistan, years after 9/11.
The Wall Street Journal’s opinion page embraces an AI submission. Plus: Tracking the expulsion of climate science from Florida textbooks, and putting out prison fires.
Newspaper owner calls the people abruptly laid off “simply a math problem.” Plus: Investigative reporting forces a Tulsa jail to close, and reexamining a false narrative in Seattle.
The Baltimore Sun swipes at Wes Moore, and a seasoned reporter resigns. Plus: Holding the police accountable, and the grim reality of wellness treatments.
While communities of color are under attack, Black journalists lose ground. Still, Black media-makers are expanding our thinking. And there’s a Black Crossword.
Kristen Welker and Lawfare press for answers to lingering questions about the January 6 rioters. Plus: No, Spencer Pratt was never for real; accountability in Arizona.
