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Best of 2015: Investigative Reporting

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The Price of Nice Nails (Published 2015)
The Price of Nice Nails (Published 2015)0.0

Manicurists are routinely underpaid and exploited, and endure ethnic bias and other abuse, The New York Times has found.

‘I’m No Longer Afraid’: 35 Women Tell Their Stories About Being Assaulted by Bill Cosby, and the Culture That Wouldn’t Listen
‘I’m No Longer Afraid’: 35 Women Tell Their Stories About Being Assaulted by Bill Cosby, and the Culture That Wouldn’t Listen0.0

One by one, they came forward, finding safety in their staggering number and a world that was finally ready to believe them.

The Counted: people killed by police in the United States
The Counted: people killed by police in the United States0.0

The Guardian counted the people killed by US law enforcement agencies in 2015 and 2016. Here are their stories

The Death Penalty in Louisiana
The Death Penalty in Louisiana0.0

Rachel Aviv writes about death sentences in Caddo Parish, and examines Dale Cox’s effort to prosecute Rodricus Crawford for infanticide.

Tenants Take the Hit as New York Fails to Police Huge Housing Tax Break
Tenants Take the Hit as New York Fails to Police Huge Housing Tax Break0.0

Top developer Two Trees Management overcharged renters for years – but still cashed in on $10 million in tax cuts the city never officially approved.

How the Red Cross Raised Half a Billion Dollars for Haiti ­and Built Six Homes
How the Red Cross Raised Half a Billion Dollars for Haiti ­and Built Six Homes0.0

Even as the group has publicly celebrated its work, insider accounts detail a string of failures