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An old woman stands in front of a table in a home.

'A classic tale of human greed': California caregivers earn as little as $2 an hour

Throughout California, many of the workers in elderly care facilities face inhumane conditions, wage theft, and abuse form their employers. Despite efforts from the state, many of these crimes go unpunished and workers are left with few options.

'A classic tale of human greed': California caregivers earn as little as $2 an hour
A woman sits at her desk with papers in front of her.

These caregivers work in conditions ‘akin to modern-day slavery.’ In California, wage theft is ‘rampant.’

These caregivers work in conditions ‘akin to modern-day slavery.’ In California, wage theft is ‘rampant.’
an illustration of the silhouettes of children on a detention center building

US government uses several clandestine shelters to detain immigrant children

US government uses several clandestine shelters to detain immigrant children
brazilian supporters of president-elect jair bolsonaro

Brazil’s version of Trump makes Trump look like Mr. Rogers

Brazil’s version of Trump makes Trump look like Mr. Rogers
the grand canyon in the US

Top Interior officials ordered parks to end science policy, emails show

Top Interior officials ordered parks to end science policy, emails show
sinks where migrant children allegedly bathed in Phoenix

Immigrant kids held in second Phoenix office seen bathing in sinks

A defense contractor that held immigrant children overnight in a Phoenix office building operates a second office nearby where a neighbor has seen immigrant children bathing themselves in bathroom sinks.

Immigrant kids held in second Phoenix office seen bathing in sinks
The Shiloh Residential Treatment Center in Manvel, Texas, has a history of problems, including deaths of children in its custody and allegations children were systematically drugged with psychotropic medications.

Immigrant children forcibly injected with drugs, lawsuit claims

Children held at Shiloh Treatment Center, a government contractor south of Houston that houses immigrant minors, described being held down and injected, according to federal court filings.

Immigrant children forcibly injected with drugs, lawsuit claims
The Shiloh Residential Treatment Center in Manvel, Texas

Migrant children coming to the US are being sent to shelters with histories of child abuse allegations

Since 2003, the US Health and Human Services Department has awarded nearly $5 billion in grants through the Office of Refugee Resettlement, mostly to religious and nonprofit organizations in 18 states, to house children who arrive in the country unaccompanied. The program grew quickly in 2014, when around 70,000 children crossed the southern border alone.

Migrant children coming to the US are being sent to shelters with histories of child abuse allegations
This rendering depicts an aerial view of a flooded National Mall area in Washington, DC, in 2100 if global emissions rise and a Category 3 hurricane hits the city. It was included in an October 2016 webinar by University of Colorado Boulder’s Maria Caffre

National Park Service restores climate change language in new report after being accused of censoring science

Early drafts of the report showed park service officials had deleted every mention of humans causing climate change. The scientific report is designed to help 118 coastal parks plan for protecting natural resources and historic treasures from the changing climate.

National Park Service restores climate change language in new report after being accused of censoring science
Immigrants sit in a cell for incoming ICE detainees at the Adelanto immigration detention center in Adelanto, California, April 13, 2017.

ICE isn’t following its own handbook on how to deport kids

An internal federal immigration handbook’s regulations outlining how minors “aging out” of custody are supposed to be treated contrasts starkly with realities on the ground, according to immigration advocates and a federal judge’s ruling.

ICE isn’t following its own handbook on how to deport kids
A fraphic panel

They spewed hate. Then they punctuated it with the president’s name.

Nearly every metric of intolerance in the US has surged over the past 18 months, from reported anti-Semitism and Islamophobia to violent hate crimes based on skin color, nationality or sexual orientation.

They spewed hate. Then they punctuated it with the president’s name.
Reveal journalists teamed up with The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists to report on a massive leak of confidential records that exposes the financial hideaways of iconic brands and power brokers across the political spectrum.

Paradise Papers: Offshore trove exposes Trump-Russia links and piggy banks of the wealthiest 1 percent

A new leak of confidential records reveals the financial hideaways of iconic brands and power brokers across the political spectrum.

Paradise Papers: Offshore trove exposes Trump-Russia links and piggy banks of the wealthiest 1 percent
 US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant Field Office Director Jorge Field (L), 53, arrests an Iranian immigrant in San Clemente, California.

ICE agents are increasingly playing the roles of both police and judge

Under President Donald Trump, immigration arrests have jumped by nearly 35 percent. They’re happening at courthouses, restaurants and in front of people’s homes. And these days, anyone who isn’t authorized to be in the country — from gang members to church pastors — is fair game.

ICE agents are increasingly playing the roles of both police and judge
Men sent to Christian Alcoholics & Addicts in Recovery, better known as CAAIR, work full time at chicken processing plants. The hours are long, the conditions are brutal and the program keeps all the wages.

They thought they were going to rehab. They ended up in chicken processing plants.

Men sent to Christian Alcoholics & Addicts in Recovery, better known as CAAIR, work full time at chicken processing plants. The hours are long, the conditions are brutal and the program keeps all the wages.

They thought they were going to rehab. They ended up in chicken processing plants.
Women marching

Why Oklahoma has the highest female incarceration rate in the country

In Oklahoma, 151 out of every 100,000 women are in prison — more than any other state in the nation and twice the national average.

Why Oklahoma has the highest female incarceration rate in the country