In this conversation, we talk to Type Investigations reporting fellow Adam Federman about his experience reporting on the ways corporations and governments have responded to protest movements. The post The Backstory: Adam Federman appeared first on Type Investigations ..read more

Amin Chaoui had been in Atlanta less than 24 hours when things took an unexpected turn. Chaoui, then 31, drove down from Richmond, Va., to attend a March 2023 music festival organized by activists trying to stop the construction of the police training facility known as Cop City. The sprawling compound in one of Atlanta’s […] The post The War on Protest appeared first on Type Investigations ..read more

This story was produced with support from the Wayne Barrett Project. On an October morning, a small army arrived to evict Rudy Ortega from his home in the Crash Zone, an encampment located near the end of the airport runway in San Jose, California, Silicon Valley’s largest city. As jets roared overhead, garbage trucks and […] The post Revealed: how companies made $100m clearing California homeless camps appeared first on Type Investigations ..read more

In this conversation, we talk to Garrett Hazelwood about how he got access to the financial documents for his investigation, how he got in contact with people who faced exorbitant court fees, and the biggest challenges he faced while reporting.  The post The Backstory: Garrett Hazelwood appeared first on Type Investigations ..read more

Newly released documents show the FBI monitoring anti-Keystone protesters much earlier than previously known. Young Native activists were among its first targets. The post How the U.S. Government Began Its Decade-Long Campaign Against the Anti-Pipeline Movement appeared first on Type Investigations ..read more

A judge in Lincoln Parish leased a BMW. Another, from Jefferson Davis Parish, booked a week’s stay in a two-bedroom beachfront condo for five people. A third judge bought an $850 iPhone 12. A fourth had a security system installed in his home. Defendants who appeared in their courtrooms helped pay for all of it.  […] The post Louisiana Law Gives Judges a Financial Incentive to Set High Bail and Secure Convictions appeared first on Type Investigations ..read more

Type Investigations is thrilled to announce that Aviva Shen has been named as our new Executive Editor. The post Type Investigations Names Aviva Shen as Executive Editor appeared first on Type Investigations ..read more

On a chilly Sunday afternoon exactly two years ago today, Janikka Perry arrived for her bakery shift at a Walmart supercenter in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Once she began working, she started to feel unusually faint. As the hours wore on, she told her co-workers she wasn’t feeling well, and retreated to a bathroom for […] The post A Death at Walmart appeared first on Type Investigations ..read more

A look back at some of our most memorable stories The post 7 Must-Read Investigations From 2023 appeared first on Type Investigations ..read more

Mayor Adams has said that “all my haters become my waiters when I sit down at the table of success.” Who’s at the table? How are they related? Why do they matter? The post The Eric Adams Table of Success appeared first on Type Investigations ..read more