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The Election Denial Movement’s Misguided Push to Hand-Count Ballots
Updated September 10, 2024
Conservative Efforts to Sabotage Ballot Initiatives
Civil rights
Updated August 28, 2024
Investigating State Support for Anti-Abortion Centers
Reproductive rights
Updated April 19, 2024
Conservative States’ Migrant Transportation Programs
Immigration
Updated March 6, 2024
Efforts to Restrict Abortion Rights
Reproductive rights
Updated March 6, 2024
The Trump Administration’s Compliance with Document Preservation Laws
Government transparency
Trump administration accountability
Updated February 27, 2024
Attacks on Gender-Affirming Care
Gender-affirming care bans
LGBTQ rights
Updated January 18, 2024
Right-Wing Attacks on Education and Student Expression
Updated September 29, 2023
Wisconsin’s Baseless Investigation of the 2020 Election
2020 election interference
Election denial
Voting rights
Updated September 26, 2023
The January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol
Trump administration accountability
Updated September 26, 2023
Texas
’s ‘Forensic Audit’ of the 2020 Election
2020 election interference
Election denial
Voting rights
Updated September 26, 2023
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin’s Anti-Critical Race Theory Tip Line
Attacks on education
Updated September 26, 2023
The Activist Network Eroding Trust in Democratic Elections
Voting rights
Updated September 26, 2023
Conservative Attacks on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Investing
Updated August 17, 2023
The Radical Legal Theory Threatening Fair Election Administration
Election administration
Voting rights
Updated June 30, 2023
The Conspiracy-Driven Push for States to Abandon ERIC Voter List Program
2020 election interference
Voting rights
Updated June 15, 2023
Attacks on LGBTQ Rights
LGBTQ rights
Updated June 1, 2023
The Arizona Senate’s Partisan Audit of Maricopa County Election Results
Election denial
Voting rights
Updated May 23, 2023
‘Remain in Mexico’ and Barriers to Seeking Asylum
Immigration
Trump administration accountability
Updated May 23, 2023
Conditions in Migrant Detention Centers
Detention center conditions
Immigration
Trump administration accountability
Updated May 23, 2023
State ‘Election Integrity’ Units and the Threat of Voter Intimidation
Voting rights
Updated May 22, 2023
Anti-Immigration Opportunism in the Coronavirus Response
Covid-19
Immigration
Trump administration accountability
Updated May 18, 2023
Efforts to Audit and Undermine the 2020 Election in Pennsylvania
2020 election interference
Election denial
Updated April 11, 2023
Threats to Democracy in the States
Voting rights
Updated April 6, 2023
The Constitutional Sheriffs Movement and Its Threat to Democracy
Constitutional sheriffs movement
Updated March 17, 2023
Pushing For Transparency in Georgia Election Administration
Election administration
Voting rights
Updated March 7, 2023
The Constitutional Sheriffs Movement and Election Denial
Constitutional sheriffs movement
Updated February 10, 2023
State-Led Immigration Enforcement Operations at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Immigration
Updated November 1, 2022
Top
Texas
Officials’ Failures of Transparency
Government transparency
Updated October 21, 2022
Gun Lobby Influence On Responses to Mass Shootings
Trump administration accountability
Updated July 8, 2022
Maryland Gov. Hogan’s Use of Self-Destructing Messaging App
Government transparency
Updated June 5, 2022
The ‘Alternate Electors’ Plot to Overturn the 2020 Election
2020 election interference
Election denial
Trump administration accountability
Voting rights
Updated May 20, 2022
Trump White House Control of Information During the Pandemic
Covid-19
Government transparency
Trump administration accountability
Updated May 18, 2022
Industry Influence at the Department of Agriculture During Pandemic
Covid-19
Government transparency
Updated March 11, 2022
The Trump Administration’s Controversial ‘Operation Legend’ Program
Criminal justice and incarceration
Updated November 23, 2021
Elaine Chao’s Family Business and Kentucky Favoritism
Trump administration accountability
Updated November 12, 2021
Georgia’s Voting Machines and Election Security
Voting rights
Updated November 12, 2021
Political Interference at the U.S. Postal Service
Covid-19
Trump administration accountability
Voting rights
Updated November 12, 2021
Sonny Perdue’s Ties to His Family Business
Trump administration accountability
Updated November 12, 2021
Trump’s Mismanagement of North American Trade Negotiations
2020 election interference
Trump administration accountability
Updated November 12, 2021
Wilbur Ross’s Web of Financial Conflicts
Trump administration accountability
Updated November 12, 2021
Trump’s Pressure Campaign on the Justice Department to Overturn 2020 Election Results
2020 election interference
Election denial
Trump administration accountability
Updated November 11, 2021
Trump’s Use of Presidential Clemency Powers
Trump administration accountability
Updated October 14, 2021
Defund Trump
Trump administration accountability
Updated October 14, 2021
Trump’s Interference in the FBI Headquarters Relocation Plan
Trump administration accountability
Trump businesses
Updated October 14, 2021
The Trump Administration’s Contacts with Ukraine
Trump administration accountability
Updated September 16, 2021
Arizona’s Anti-Democracy Legislation
Voting rights
Updated August 6, 2021
Early Pandemic Confusion at Federal and State Health Agencies
Updated July 28, 2021
Law Enforcement’s Response to Nationwide Racial Justice Protests
Trump administration accountability
Updated July 13, 2021
Voter-ID Proposals in States Across the Country
Voting rights
Updated May 28, 2021
Limiting Access to the Polls
Voting rights
Updated May 28, 2021
Attacks on Voting Rights in Arizona
Voting rights
Updated May 27, 2021
Outside Interference in New Hampshire Redistricting Reform
Voting rights
Updated May 26, 2021
The ‘Burrowing In’ of Political Appointees
Trump administration accountability
Updated May 13, 2021
State Proposals to Restrict Protests
Updated May 12, 2021
The February 2021
Texas
Power Outage
Government transparency
Updated May 12, 2021
Conservative Attorneys General Group’s Involvement in the Jan. 6 March to the Capitol
January 6
Trump administration accountability
Voting rights
Updated May 7, 2021
New York’s Nursing Home Data Discrepancies
Covid-19
Updated May 4, 2021
Mike Pompeo’s Political Ambitions and Influences
Trump administration accountability
Updated May 4, 2021
As Variants Spread, States Reopen
Covid-19
Updated May 3, 2021
The Spread of Coronavirus in Migrant Detention Facilities
Covid-19
Immigration
Trump administration accountability
Updated April 5, 2021
Covid Relief Funds and Loans: Where Has The Money Gone?
Covid-19
Trump administration accountability
Updated March 26, 2021
The Pandemic’s Spread in Florida
Covid-19
Updated March 23, 2021
Florida’s Inequitable Vaccine Rollout
Covid-19
Updated March 18, 2021
Attacks on Absentee Voting During the 2020 Campaign
Voting rights
Updated February 17, 2021
The Federal Government’s Pandemic Information-Sharing Systems
Covid-19
Government transparency
Trump administration accountability
Updated February 12, 2021
Combating Domestic Terrorism and Right-Wing Violent Extremism
Trump administration accountability
Updated February 11, 2021
Efforts to Undermine the 2020 Election Results
Trump administration accountability
Voting rights
Updated February 11, 2021
State and Local Officials’ Involvement in Jan. 6 Trump Rally and Capitol Attack
Government transparency
January 6
Trump administration accountability
Voting rights
Updated February 11, 2021
The Failed
Texas
Lawsuit Challenging 2020 Election Results
Government transparency
Trump administration accountability
Voting rights
Updated February 11, 2021
Trump’s Pressure on Georgia Officials to Overturn 2020 Election Results
Government transparency
Trump administration accountability
Voting rights
Updated February 11, 2021
Challenges in U.S. Vaccine Distribution
Covid-19
Government transparency
Trump administration accountability
Updated February 10, 2021
The Trump Administration’s Transgender Military Ban
LGBTQ rights
Trump administration accountability
Updated January 25, 2021
Election Fraud Task Forces and the Threat of Voter Intimidation
Election denial
Voting rights
Updated January 22, 2021
Preserving Voting Rights in Kentucky
Voting rights
Updated January 22, 2021
The Rush for a Covid-19 Vaccine
Covid-19
Trump administration accountability
Updated January 22, 2021
Trump’s Post-Impeachment Authoritarian Purges
Trump administration accountability
Updated January 21, 2021
Trump’s Potential Supreme Court Nominees
Trump administration accountability
Updated January 21, 2021
Jared Kushner’s Role in the Coronavirus Response
Covid-19
Trump administration accountability
Updated January 20, 2021
John Durham’s Politicized Investigation — And William Barr’s Role in It
Trump administration accountability
Updated January 20, 2021
Political Interference in the 2020 Census
Immigration
Trump administration accountability
Voting rights
Updated January 20, 2021
Presidential Transition Transparency
Trump administration accountability
Voting rights
Updated January 20, 2021
Promotion of Covid-19 Treatments and Communications with Drug Companies
Covid-19
Trump administration accountability
Updated January 20, 2021
Rick Perry’s Energy Industry Connections — in the U.S. and Abroad
Trump administration accountability
Updated January 20, 2021
Testing Supply Failures
Covid-19
Trump administration accountability
Updated January 20, 2021
The Trump Administration’s Escalating Tension with Iran
Trump administration accountability
Updated January 20, 2021
The Trump Administration’s Poor Coordination with States on Pandemic Response
Covid-19
Trump administration accountability
Updated January 20, 2021
The Trump Administration’s Questionable Email Practices
Government transparency
Trump administration accountability
Updated January 20, 2021
The Trump Administration’s Response to Coronavirus
Covid-19
Trump administration accountability
Updated January 20, 2021
The White House’s Covid-19 Outbreak
Covid-19
Trump administration accountability
Updated January 20, 2021
The White House’s Disregard of Early Warnings
Covid-19
Trump administration accountability
Updated January 20, 2021
Trump Administration Efforts on Behalf of Turkish Bank
Trump administration accountability
Updated January 20, 2021
Voting-Restriction Group’s Attempt to Purge Hundreds of Thousands from Georgia Voter Rolls
Voting rights
Updated January 15, 2021
Efforts to Undermine Sanctuary Cities
Immigration
Trump administration accountability
Updated December 16, 2020
Family Separation and the Detention of Immigrant Children
Family separation
Immigration
Trump administration accountability
Updated December 16, 2020
Parallel Investigations Initiative: Amplifying Congressional Oversight
Trump administration accountability
Updated December 9, 2020
The Pandemic in Prisons
Covid-19
Criminal justice and incarceration
Trump administration accountability
Updated October 22, 2020
Ben Carson’s Family Involvement at the Department of Housing and Urban Development
Trump administration accountability
Updated October 16, 2020
Russian Interference & Trump Administration Actions
Trump administration accountability
Updated September 29, 2020
Audit the Wall
Immigration
Trump administration accountability
Updated July 31, 2020
Donald Trump’s Obstruction of Congressional Oversight
Trump administration accountability
Updated July 31, 2020
EPA’s Chemical Industry Agenda
Trump administration accountability
Updated July 31, 2020
Health Care: Repeal, Replace, and Sabotage
Trump administration accountability
Updated July 31, 2020
Insider Access at the Department of Education
Trump administration accountability
Updated July 31, 2020
Politicization of the Justice Department
Government transparency
Trump administration accountability
Updated July 31, 2020
Restoration of Voting Rights in Florida
Voting rights
Updated July 31, 2020
State Government Contacts with Voting-Restriction Activists
Voting rights
Updated July 31, 2020
Tax Reform: Uncovering the Backroom Deals
Trump administration accountability
Updated July 31, 2020
The Trump Administration’s Attempts to Weaken Affirmative Action
Attacks on education
Trump administration accountability
Updated July 31, 2020
The Trump Administration’s Response to the Opioid Epidemic
Trump administration accountability
Updated July 31, 2020
Wisconsin’s Voter-Roll Purge
Voting rights
Updated July 31, 2020
Uncovering the Truth About Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh
Government transparency
Trump administration accountability
Updated July 27, 2020
Former Acting Attorney General Whitaker’s Financial and Political Conflicts of Interest
Government transparency
Trump administration accountability
Updated July 24, 2020
Ivanka Trump’s and Jared Kushner’s Roles in the Administration
Trump administration accountability
Updated July 24, 2020
Loyalty Tests and Retaliation
Trump administration accountability
Updated July 24, 2020