Mark Olalde reports on and photographs heavy industries in the U.S. and abroad, and his investigations have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, High Country News, the Center for Public Integrity, USA Today, and elsewhere.
New CBO analysis confirms steep losses for poorest Americans under GOP-backed plan as Medicaid, SNAP, and public programs are gutted to fund tax cuts for the top 1 percent.
A sweeping provision to strip nonprofits of tax-exempt status without due process is no longer in the latest House GOP budget bill, but civil liberties groups say the threat to free speech and advocacy is far from over.