Under attack for response to the pandemic, OSHA plays catch-up
A FairWarning review of OSHA inspections shows that the regulators are mostly responding to deaths or hospitalizations, rather than flagging unsafe conditions.
Download state-by-state PPP loan data
Details on recipients of the Paycheck Protection Program in a searchable format compiled by The Workshop’s Accountability Project.
SBA releases details on PPP loans
After months of legal tussling, the Small Business Administration released detailed data on all recipients of its Paycheck Protection Program.
Presto chango: How flood map revisions allow building in risky areas
Across the country, developers regularly use flood map changes to build in areas vulnerable to flooding, despite warnings from flood experts and community groups.
Patients pay thousands for a back pain treatment promoted by exaggerated claims
A FairWarning investigation found that the claims of success for spinal decompression stretch the truth, enticing patients to pay thousands of dollars for a treatment that has never been proven to live up to its billing.
Swept up by police
Protesters arrested after the May 25 death of George Floyd were a diverse, young group of people who demonstrated close to home and were charged largely with nonviolent crimes, according to a Washington Post review of data on more than 2,600 people detained in 15 cities.
In the cannabis patch, a patchwork of safety standards
Although 35 states, three U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia have legalized cannabis for recreational or medical use, there still are no uniform standards for regulating potentially harmful contaminants in cannabis products.
Fake loans and fire
After a fire left charred loan documents on a boardroom table, investigators unraveled a 10-year scheme to defraud the Enloe State Bank in prairie Delta County. “People were betrayed,” said Texas’s top banking official.
Tenacious citizens take on the plastics industry over an insidious pollutant
More insidious than visible eyesores like discarded bottles and takeout containers, tiny plastic pellets have escaped into waterways by the countless billions as a result of failures by industry.
Overlooked: women killed by police
Nearly 250 women have been fatally shot by police since 2015, when The Washington Post began tracking police shootings nationwide. While women represent a small subset of the 5,600 fatal shootings overall, they are also often overlooked. Many of them were in their homes when they were killed.
