Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and New York Focus. State facilities detain prisoners suspected of ingesting contraband in “special watch” cells for days or weeks.

Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Commonweal. Who tests the world’s drugs? Most often, the desperate and vulnerable

Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, the Hechinger Report and the Nation. In Milwaukee, a child’s blood test is often the first housing inspection.

Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and KQED. As hospitals across the state shutter, rural midwives provide specialized, and sometimes lifesaving, medical care.

Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Current Affairs. The myth of the “irrational poor” is often used to justify cutting and restricting public programs. But people on SNAP and Medicaid are anything but irrational. I should know;

Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Slate. Imagine not being able to feed your kid because of a mistake on a piece of paperwork.

Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and MLK50. An illustrated explainer of the toll xAI and other toxic facilities have had on South Memphis.

Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and LA Public Press. They thought their gardens and lawns were lead-free after the state led cleanups at their homes. But the largest environmental clean up of residential properties in California history

Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Rolling Stone, with a one-week exclusive in Apple News. A yearslong battle between a celebrated hydrologist and a respected environmental juggernaut led to accusations about political motivations and stealing trade secrets.

Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Baffler. What it's like at pop-up clinics for the uninsured.

Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Nonprofit Quarterly. Pregnant people in rural areas are twice as likely to have complications than their urban counterparts. Abortion bans only exacerbate it.

Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Prism. The state has one of the highest eviction rates in the U.S., and Black women and children are disproportionately the target.