Sick in a Hospital Town

Why were the people in Albany, Georgia, so sick, when the town’s most powerful institution was a hospital?

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Design by Anna Donlan

 

The Scandal That Never Happened

Years ago, the all-white judges of a Louisiana appellate court decided, in secret, to systematically ignore petitions filed by prisoners, most of them Black, who claimed they had been unjustly convicted. This is the story of a horrendous injustice and the three people who tried to expose it.

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Illustrations by James Lee Chiahan

Design by Anna Donlan

 

Why I Left the Network

America is in the midst of a mental health crisis. But finding a therapist who takes insurance can feel impossible. Insurers say that’s because there aren’t enough therapists. That’s not entirely true.

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Photos by Tony Luong

Design by Zisiga Mukulu

 

Selling a Mirage

The world is drowning in plastic. Experts say we need to stop making so much. But the plastics industry is peddling a “solution” that works like magic.

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Illustrations by Max Guther

Design by Anna Donlan

 

Maylia and Jack: A Story of Teens and Fentanyl

Police knew she was selling fake Percocet but did not stop her. His mother sought the right treatment for his addiction but could not find it. Two teens got caught up in a system unprepared to handle kids on either side of the drug trade.

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Illustrations by Han Cao, photography by Akilah Townsend

 

Train Country

As powerful railroad companies race to maximize profits through efficiency, safety is left behind.

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Video by Liz Moughon, photography by Jamie Kelter Davis

 

Inside the Secretive World of Penile Enlargement

How a doctor’s two-decade quest to grow the penis is leaving some men desperate and disfigured.

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Photography by Philip Cheung

 

How Foreign Private Equity Hooked New England's Fishing Industry

Owned by a billionaire Dutch family, Blue Harvest Fisheries has emerged as a dominant force in the lucrative fishing port of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Its business model: benefit from lax antitrust rules and pass costs on to local fishermen.

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Photography by Tony Luong