Investigate Midwest (Page 110)

GRAPHIC: The U.S. still uses many pesticides banned in other countries

About 150 agricultural pesticides that the World Health Organization considers “hazardous” at some level to human health were used in the United States in 2017, according to U.S. Geological Survey data.

By Pramod Acharya, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 14 Oct 2020

GRAPHIC: The U.S. still uses many pesticides banned in other countries

‘Either I Risk It All Or Nothing At All’: Migrant Workers’ Need To Work Outweighs COVID-19 Concerns

Since June, there have been 21 COVID-19 cases linked to the hotel where an entire crew of migrant workers are living, according to the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District, which tracks COVID-19 cases across Champaign County. The hotel is tied for third largest outbreak in the county, based on in

By Dana Cronin, Illinois Public Media and Christine Herman, Illinois Newsroom

/ 12 Oct 2020

‘Either I Risk It All Or Nothing At All’: Migrant Workers’ Need To Work Outweighs COVID-19 Concerns

Trump Administration Invests $72 Million in Distance Learning and Telemedicine Infrastructure in 40 States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $72 million in grants to help rural residents gain access to health care and educational opportunities. These investments will benefit more than 12 mi

By cvoelkl

/ 12 Oct 2020

USDA continues to fund companies with no food service experience to help feed needy families

The program recently entered its third round of funding.

By Frank Hernandez, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 8 Oct 2020

USDA continues to fund companies with no food service experience to help feed needy families

GRAPHIC: What share of retail sales returns to farmers? Depends on the product.

More money spent on processing means less money for farmers.

By Pramod Acharya, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 7 Oct 2020

GRAPHIC: What share of retail sales returns to farmers? Depends on the product.

Find Illinois COVID-19 outbreaks in your area

Confidential Illinois data reveals where about 2,600 separate COVID-19 outbreaks have occurred across the state.

By Investigate Midwest staff

/ 7 Oct 2020

Find Illinois COVID-19 outbreaks in your area

Confidential coronavirus outbreak data shows undisclosed incidents at prisons, workplaces, schools, meatpacking plants across Illinois

Newly obtained confidential statewide data shows that coronavirus outbreaks in workplaces, schools and prisons are driving Illinois’ rising cases — and many of these outbreaks have never been made public.

By Georgia Gee, Stabile Center Investigative Journalism, Columbia Journalism School, Derek Kravitz, Brown Institute for Media Innovation and Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest

/ 7 Oct 2020

Three people in white jackets and blue hard hats stand in front of cattle carcasses at a meatpacking plant assembly line.

Minnesota has figured out a way to help stressed farmers. Can it be replicated?

When Pam Uhlenkamp separated from her husband earlier this year, she knew the person to call. As a farm business management instructor, Uhlenkamp mentors farmers one-on-one. When she notices they’re stressed, she refers them to the man who’s been the go-to counselor for Minnesota farmers for decades

By Marissa Plescia, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 7 Oct 2020

Minnesota has figured out a way to help stressed farmers. Can it be replicated?

Opinion: Stop the label insanity

Big Meat and Big Dairy have planted their flag on what they believe these food-wanna-bees can call their products. In their worldview words like meat, milk, and butter are verboten. And they’ve heavily lobbied states to enact laws restricting veggie-based-proteins and other meat alternatives from ca

By Dave Dickey, Columnist

/ 7 Oct 2020

‘A disjointed system’: Policing policies fuel criminalization of youth

“I thought Des Moines, Iowa, was gonna be better. But, you know, if you don’t change something, you’re going to still fall into the same thing you’ve

By Kimberly Rapanut/News21, Brody Ford/News21, Morgan Wallace/News21, Kelsey Collesi/News21 and Jeff Uveino/News21

/ 6 Oct 2020

‘A disjointed system’: Policing policies fuel criminalization of youth

‘It’s never OK’: Sexual abuse persists in juvenile facilities despite years of reform

For a kid locked up, the Prison Rape Elimination Act is discussed but not always taken seriously, said Davossi Wisdom, 21, of Des Moines, Iowa, who was in and out of juvenile detention centers and jails since he was 9. A special News21 report.

By Jana Allen/News21, Layne Dowdall/News21, Haillie Parker/News21 and Chloe Johnson, The Star Tribune

/ 6 Oct 2020

‘It’s never OK’: Sexual abuse persists in juvenile facilities despite years of reform

The ununited state of juvenile justice in America

As a child in the United States, justice often depends on where you live, the color of your skin, which police officer arrests you, or which judge, prosecutor or probation

By Katherine Sypher/News21 and Anthony J. Wallace/News21

/ 6 Oct 2020

The ununited state of juvenile justice in America

GRAPHIC: The U.S. still uses many pesticides banned in other countries

‘Either I Risk It All Or Nothing At All’: Migrant Workers’ Need To Work Outweighs COVID-19 Concerns

Trump Administration Invests $72 Million in Distance Learning and Telemedicine Infrastructure in 40 States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

USDA continues to fund companies with no food service experience to help feed needy families

GRAPHIC: What share of retail sales returns to farmers? Depends on the product.

Find Illinois COVID-19 outbreaks in your area

Confidential coronavirus outbreak data shows undisclosed incidents at prisons, workplaces, schools, meatpacking plants across Illinois

Minnesota has figured out a way to help stressed farmers. Can it be replicated?

Opinion: Stop the label insanity

‘A disjointed system’: Policing policies fuel criminalization of youth

‘It’s never OK’: Sexual abuse persists in juvenile facilities despite years of reform

The ununited state of juvenile justice in America

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