Investigative journalism will be even more important in 2021…
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Hi Revealer,
Well, if there ever was a year that needed investigative reporting, it was 2020. But don’t let your guard down.
The United States faces a long-term struggle over core values that shouldn’t be partisan: democracy, truth, equality and humanity. These are under attack from a creeping movement that embraces authoritarianism, outright lies and even political violence. A new administration will need to be held accountable. A pandemic rages on. So do inequality and racism.
On this Giving Tuesday, I’m here to remind you that investigative journalism will be even more important in 2021.
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To remind you, here are five crucial facts we uncovered this year:
1. Amazon isn’t telling you the truth about how badly its obsession with speed is injuring its workers – especially around Cyber Monday. In response to our reporting, senators are demanding answers from CEO Jeff Bezos, and we’ll be closely watching what he says ([link removed] ) .
2. The U.S. government has held migrant children in custody for far longer than was previously known. Our legal team sued the government and wrested free a trove of data that, for the first time, exposed just how many children languish in shelters long term. ([link removed] )
3. The rehab work camp phenomenon that’s exploiting people with addiction got its start in a violent cult. Because of our reporting, a federal judge ordered an Arkansas state senator’s company and a drug rehab to pay participants $1.1 million in back wages and damages for work they performed without pay ([link removed]) . Additionally, U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Tammy Baldwin are now seeking an investigation of the mandatory work requirements at the drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities receiving federal funding.
4. Because of a calculator rooted in racist practices, Black and Latinx women may have been getting cesarean sections they didn’t need. Partly as a result of our reporting, the calculator is being revised to take race and ethnicity out of the equation ([link removed] ) .
5. The Trump administration aided the chemical industry’s 20-year effort to debunk the science around fetal heart defects. Spurred by our investigation, the New York Legislature passed a bill that bans this cancer-causing solvent and is awaiting Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s review ([link removed]) .
Thank you for your support in 2020. We have even bigger plans for 2021, and we’re going to need your help to fight for democracy and facts.
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Thank you,
Andy Donohue
Managing Editor
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