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InvestigateWest’s mission is to do in-depth, investigative reports on important topics in the West, especially the Pacific Northwest, with a focus on the environment, health and social justice.

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There’s big business in thrift

By Francesca Lyman/InvestigateWest Charities like Goodwill and Salvation Army have traditionally dominated the $10 billion…
Francesca Lyman
Francesca LymanOctober 30, 2020
GovernmentInvestigative Reports

Profiting from thrift: Who’s getting rich off your secondhand stuff?

The growth of for-profit thrift stores like Value Village Atlanta is expanding nationwide. The surge…
Francesca Lyman
Francesca LymanOctober 30, 2020
ClimateEnvironmentGovernmentInvestigative Reports

Trump administration buries dozens of clean energy studies

The Trump administration has bottled up at least 46 studies by government energy researchers detailing…
Peter Fairley
Peter FairleyOctober 26, 2020
ClimateEnvironmentGovernmentInvestigative Reports

Who Killed the Supergrid? Trump appointees short-circuited grid modernization to help the coal industry

In 2018, Trump appointees short-circuited U.S. grid modernization to help the coal industry by suppressing…
Peter Fairley
Peter FairleyAugust 20, 2020
Investigative ReportsNewsroom

Turning the tide

Americans - along with Europeans - account for 2/3 of world imports of seafood. Here…
Lee van der Voo
Lee van der VooApril 18, 2017
Investigative Reports

A Right-Wing Think Tank Is Trying to Bring Down the Indian Child Welfare Act. Why?

A Right-Wing Think Tank Is Trying to Bring Down the Indian Child Welfare Act: Evangelical…
Rebecca Clarren
Rebecca ClarrenApril 6, 2017
Investigative Reports

Black riders face stiffest transit penalty at rates more than six times that of whites

Black riders face stiffest transit penalty: A study of fare enforcement on TriMet found no…
Lee van der Voo
Lee van der VooApril 5, 2017
Investigative Reports

The Power of the Prosecutor

Data shows prosecutors don’t introduce new racial disparities to the criminal justice system in Multnomah…
Nick Budnick
Nick BudnickMarch 2, 2017
Investigative Reports

“Count in Mexican”

A man illegally in the United States is beaten by state troopers after a camera…
Kate Willson
Kate WillsonFebruary 16, 2017
Investigative Reports

LISTEN: Roberto Santana-Park

The Driver: Roberto Santana-Park, with his wife Lorraine and their daughter Reina. When Roberto drove…
Kate Willson
Kate WillsonFebruary 16, 2017
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