‘This Bill Protects Our Precious Waters’: How a Florida Environmental Group Scored a Win Against Big Oil
‘We’re still living with the aftermath’: Floridians brace for fresh hurricane season
Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Guardian. With less than a month before the start of the 2025 hurricane season, residents are still recovering from catastrophic damage from the past two years
The Machine in the Garden
Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Oxford American. After decades of unchecked hazardous waste pollution, a Florida hamlet fights the developers eager to build homes there anyway.
On the Front Lines of Florida’s Abortion Wars
Co-published with The Nation, Le Temps and Magnum Photos. With reproductive rights on the ballot, tensions are higher than ever in abortion-clinic parking lots.
The Worm Charmers
Co-published with Oxford American. A Florida family coaxes earthworms from the forest floor.
Florida’s War on Union Teachers
Co-published with Mother Jones. Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, education has come under fire. It’s a fight against labor, too.
As Climate Risks Mount, the Insurance Safety Net Is Collapsing
Co-published with Grist. Natural disasters now cost the U.S. insurance industry $100 billion a year. What happens when no one wants to pick up the tab?
Republican Debt Ceiling Proposals Could See Neediest Americans Lose Benefits
Co-published with The Guardian. The GOP's attempt to add work requirements to safety net programs could harm families already struggling.
What Difference Can A Single Dollar Make?
Co-published with The Guardian. Florida passed a law to incrementally achieve $15 an hour by 2026, exciting workers but driving fear into small business who worry they’ll pay the cost.
‘They wanted me to make myself smaller, so they could be comfortable’
Co-published with Fast Company. Francesca followed in her mother Damita’s footsteps, climbing the ladder in corporate roles, but when Damita got a new lease on life, her bravery inspired Francesca to make a drastic change, too.
Incarceration Has Always Threatened Health. COVID-19 Just Worsened the Problem.
Co-published with the Philadelphia Inquirer. During the pandemic, jail populations — largely poor people who can’t afford bail — have been some of the hardest hit by the virus.
I’m a Black Physician. I Understand When Patients Say They Don’t Trust Medicine.
Co-published with The Philadelphia Inquirer. If white people were under-treated for pain at the same rate black people are today, institutions and individuals would be swiftly held accountable.
