Sign up to receive a note about my latest stories here.
How Sick Kids Got Contaminated Cancer Drugs
Hospitals around the world use drugs from a small but crucial Indian supplier. In Colombia four children died and more than a hundred fell ill. To piece together this story, we obtained inspection reports from three continents, internal company documents, medicine quality test results and medical records, and spoke with more than 130 people, including former employees at Naprod, regulators, public-health experts and the affected families. (Lea nuestra nota en español)
This documentary follows our reporting on contaminated cancer drugs from the homes of families in Colombia to the manufacturing headquarters of Naprod Life Sciences in India.
The Private Equity Giant KKR Bought Hundreds Of Homes For People With Disabilities. Some Vulnerable Residents Suffered Abuse And Neglect.
BrightSpring Health Services, which KKR bought in 2019, says it helps thousands of people with disabilities “live their best lives.” But a BuzzFeed News investigation found conditions that were often dire, and in some cases fatal. Following publication, US senators launched an investigation.
Insurance Companies Are Paying Cops To Investigate Their Own Customers
A cozy alliance between insurers and law enforcement has turned the justice system into the industry’s hired gun and left innocent customers facing prison.
Secret NYPD Files: Officers Can Lie And Brutally Beat People — And Still Keep Their Jobs
Internal NYPD files show that hundreds of officers who committed the most serious offenses — from lying to grand juries to physically attacking innocent people — got to keep their jobs, their pensions, and their tremendous power over New Yorkers' lives.
Texas Sends Poor Teens To Adult Jail For Skipping School
More than a thousand Texas teenagers have been ordered to lockup on charges that stem from missing school, often because they have unpaid court fines. The costs to their education are high. Some, like Serena Vela, never go back. Following this investigation, Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law that ended the practice.
America's Worst Charities
A yearlong investigation by the Tampa Bay Times, the Center for Investigative Reporting, and CNN found that the nation’s 50 worst charities paid their for-profit telemarketers and other fundraisers nearly $1 billion over 10 years that could have gone to charitable works. Here are parts 1, 2 and 3. The series won the Barlett & Steele award for investigative business journalism.
California’s strawberry industry is hooked on dangerous pesticides
In 2002, the California pesticide regulators quietly dismantled strict rules designed to protect people's health. The decision put people in more than 100 California communities at a higher risk of cancer, according to interviews with former state scientists and documents obtained by The Center for Investigative Reporting.