Center for Public Integrity

The Center for Public Integrity (CPI) is a nonprofit organization in the United States dedicated to investigative journalism. Its mission focuses on uncovering misconduct, corruption, and negligence by influential public and private entities, aiming to promote honesty, integrity, and accountability while prioritizing the public good. With a team of more than 50 professionals, CPI stands as one of the largest nonpartisan investigative centers in the country. In recognition of its impactful work, it received the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2014.

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Pennsylvania bill could prevent schools from barring homeless students

May 16, 2024 | publicintegrity.org | Corey Mitchell

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe clock is ticking on a proposed Pennsylvania law mandating that school districts protect the federally guaranteed rights of homeless students. The bill gained traction last year after a Center for Public Integrity investigation revealed that districts in the state locked students out of school for weeks or months while investigating their families’ claims of homelessness.
Despite efforts to close gap, parity in mental health care remains elusive

May 16, 2024 | publicintegrity.org | Nora Fleming

Reading Time: 9 minutesIn recent years, mental health care has become a mainstream issue. President Biden proposed an expansion of services nationwide. Lawmakers and celebrities speak openly about their struggles. States are providing incentives to expand the behavioral health workforce. Companies are recognizing the need for mental health leave. Telehealth care is rapidly expanding.
Nora Fleming, Author at Center for Public Integrity

May 16, 2024 | publicintegrity.org | Nora Fleming

Skip to content Posted inHealth parity In recent years, mental health care has become a mainstream issue. President Biden proposed an expansion of services nationwide. Lawmakers and celebrities speak openly about their struggles. States are providing incentives to expand the behavioral health workforce. Companies are recognizing the need for mental health leave. Telehealth care is rapidly expanding. But countless surveys have […]
Asian students face racism, harassment at school. What would make it stop?

May 16, 2024 | publicintegrity.org | Amritpal Sandhu-Longoria

Reading Time: 17 minutesEditor’s note: This story has graphic language and descriptions of racial slurs, harmful rhetoric and violence against Asians and other students of color attending public schools. If you need support or have experienced violence, discrimination, harassment or racism, find an organization that can help in this database. Hai Au Huynh was fed up.
Law helps vulnerable heirs’ property owners - but only if they can afford it

May 1, 2024 | publicintegrity.org | April Simpson

Reading Time: 8 minutesThe Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act was supposed to be a strong dose of medicine for the ills of heirs’ property — jointly owned land with multiple heirs not documented in wills or deedbooks, which have hindered multi-generational land ownership and family wealth for Black families since Reconstruction. Twenty-two states and Washington, D.C., have enacted the law, first passed in 2011.
After a years-long fight, EPA broadens ban on deadly chemical

May 1, 2024 | publicintegrity.org | Jamie Smith Hopkins

Reading Time: 2 minutesIt can kill on the spot or years after prolonged exposure. When methylene chloride’s fumes build up, the chemical switches off the brain’s respiratory center, asphyxiating its victims if it doesn’t trigger a heart attack first. At lower levels, the federal government says, it increases the risk of multiple types of cancer.
They clean up after natural disasters. Now they’re getting sick.

Apr 19, 2024 | publicintegrity.org | Maria Zamudio |Nour Saudi |Roxana Aguirre

Reading Time: 2 minutesBrothers Santos and Mariano have been chasing jobs after hurricanes for nearly two decades. And the grueling work of cleaning and rebuilding after natural disasters has taken a toll on their bodies. The brothers have been hospitalized following work accidents. One accident left Santos temporarily blind and another put Mariano in a coma for days after he fell off a roof without a safety harness, they said. Both recovered.
Nour Saudi, Author at Center for Public Integrity

Apr 19, 2024 | publicintegrity.org | Maria Ines Zamudio |Nour Saudi |Roxana Aguirre

Brothers Santos and Mariano have been chasing jobs after hurricanes for nearly two decades. And the grueling work of cleaning and rebuilding after natural disasters has taken a toll on their bodies. The brothers have been hospitalized following work accidents. One accident left Santos temporarily blind and another put Mariano in a coma for days […]
Roxana Aguirre, Author at Center for Public Integrity

Apr 18, 2024 | publicintegrity.org | Maria Ines Zamudio |Nour Saudi |Roxana Aguirre

Brothers Santos and Mariano have been chasing jobs after hurricanes for nearly two decades. And the grueling work of cleaning and rebuilding after natural disasters has taken a toll on their bodies. The brothers have been hospitalized following work accidents. One accident left Santos temporarily blind and another put Mariano in a coma for days […]
Covering clashes on campus as academic freedom challenges mount

Apr 8, 2024 | publicintegrity.org | Corey Mitchell

Reading Time: 3 minutesAcademic freedom in higher education is facing increased scrutiny at colleges and universities nationwide. It’s a story about campuses big and small, public and private, liberal and conservative, with few, if any, geographic boundaries.