Data-driven investigations into the systems that shape American life. Every claim sourced. Every dataset searchable.
3.9 million small businesses took COVID EIDL loans that can never be forgiven. 1.3 million are in default. Personal guarantees mean owners could lose everything. A first-person investigation from a borrower who owes $800,000.
Among developed nations, the United States stands alone. 48,204 gun deaths per year. 12.0 per 100,000 people. Exposed through data that makes the crisis impossible to ignore.
Members of Congress earn $174,000 a year. They traded $5.3 billion in stocks. The median American has $955 saved for retirement. We built a database of every trade.