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Corrupted: The COVID-19 Response

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We’re Changing Our Format

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.

Vaccine for Me and Not for Thee

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

Digging Into the Data

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

Tangled up in Blue

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

Roll Up Your Sleeves, Washington

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.

Operation Warped Trust

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

Failing Our Truth-Tellers

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.

Contracts for Cronies and Con Artists

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.

The Fraudsters

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

Meddling with The Messaging

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

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