Corrupted: The COVID-19 Response

This year, we’ll still deliver the thoughtful analysis on pandemic-related corruption you’ve come to expect, but it won’t be every week.

Will the COVID-19 vaccination process be just as prone to line-jumping as access to testing and treatment?

New pandemic loan data reveals just how badly the program was mismanaged

Our new COVID-19 relief spending mapping tool illustrates where the money went.

Not even the pandemic crisis has lessened the president’s ill feelings toward Democrats and the regions of the country they inhabit.

The pandemic hasn’t caused the Trump administration to reexamine its often cruel immigration policies, nor has it diminished profits for a few well-connected companies chosen to help carry out those policies.

No matter who occupies the White House and Congress next year, work must begin now on a renewed pandemic response effort that avoids past mistakes.

Political pressure, conflicts of interest, and lack of transparency have undermined public trust in the COVID-19 vaccine development process.

Since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, we’ve seen the government and private sector punish or ignore those who come forward with concerns about unsafe or illegal practices.

During the COVID-19 crisis, the government has awarded millions of dollars in contracts to former Trump officials and companies with no experience or checkered histories.

First fraud cases announced by Justice Department confirm pandemic relief was subject to significant, often brazen, swindling.

Trump and his allies have politicized science and ignored or distorted the work of government scientists.