A series of assaults on Asian Americans amid the pandemic has renewed criticism that the U.S. government vastly undercounts hate crimes. (via @washingtonpost) washingtonpost.com/national-secur… We reported that more than 2.4 million suspected hate crimes were committed across the U.S. between 2012 and 2016.

But many victims are reluctant to report the crime to police. And reported crimes do not always lead to arrests or prosecutions. publicintegrity.org/politics/milli…

Today, President Biden is expected to sign an executive order to address racism toward Asian Americans during the pandemic. (via @cbsnews) cbsnews.com/news/biden-rac… Back in April, we reported that more than 30 percent of Americans have witnessed someone blaming Asian people for the pandemic. publicintegrity.org/health/coronav…

CDC officials have warned members of President-elect Biden's team that a COVID-19 tracker used by @HHSGov isn't accurate. The tracker was created by Palantir, a data-mining firm created by Peter Thiel — a close Trump ally. (via @thedailybeast) thedailybeast.com/cdc-officials-… We were the first to reveal details about how the platform came to be and how it is now being used. The $20 million artificial intelligence system was known as a key example of President Trump’s willingness to sideline CDC scientists. publicintegrity.org/health/coronav…

We @publicintegrity and @columbiajourn partnered with newsrooms across the country to investigate how disasters affect mental health & what people are doing about it. We heard from more than 200 survivors & mental health experts. Here’s what we found: publicintegrity.org/environment/hi… The U.S. has faced nearly 40 natural disasters costing at least a billion dollars each in the past decade. Mental health experts say that with the pandemic, the psychological toll could be unprecedented. 

The nation isn’t ready.  publicintegrity.org/environment/hi…

Trump pushed for the V.A. to adopt the controversial anti-suicide Johnson & Johnson drug Spravato. Some vets might have been helped—but so were a lot of Trump cronies, as our @PeterACary reported ahead of this @VanityFair wrapup. vanityfair.com/news/2020/02/i… @PeterACary reported in @guardian last June the FDA managed to approve the drug despite serious questions about its efficacy, especially among men older than 65, a group that comprises the majority of V.A. patients. publicintegrity.org/politics/trump…

As the House Judiciary Committee was voting on articles of impeachment against Donald Trump, @publicintegrity received documents related to Trump’s decision to withhold military aid from Ukraine. Every substantive exchange between officials was blacked out. #UkraineDocs A lengthy email exchange between Elaine McCusker, deputy comptroller at the Defense Department and Michael Duffey, a political appointee and the associate director at OMB, and OMB General Counsel Mark Paoletta was also blacked out. publicintegrity.org/national-secur…

1/ Since January, @publici reporters have been diving into the personal and political finances of presidential candidates. Here's what we've found, starting with the most recent candidate first: @BetoORourke publicintegrity.org/federal-politi… @BetoORourke 2/ Former Colorado Gov. John @Hickenlooper publicintegrity.org/federal-politi…

1/ Counting down @publici's top state politics investigations of 2018. publicintegrity.org/state-politics… 2/ A @publici/@NPR investigation by @l_e_whyte, @JoeYerardi and @alikodjakNPR found pharmaceutical companies have infiltrated nearly every part of the process that determines how their drugs will be covered by taxpayers publicintegrity.org/state-politics…

1/ Southwest Fresno residents together suffer from numerous problems: bad air, poor health, high crime, low income. Will California's high-speed rail project turn the community around? @davelevinthal reports in our latest Abandoned in America story. bit.ly/2Ondqs1 @davelevinthal 2/ Fresno Mayor Lee Brand believes economic development projects — particularly California high-speed rail — could significantly improve life in Southwest Fresno, a historically neglected part of the city.

1/ We love great journalism from nonprofit newsrooms. (After all, we're one ourself.) And this weekend, we spied some fantastic articles and investigations from across the country. Let's run them down: 2/ Arizona's legislature is outsourcing legislative ideas and often putting into motion cookie-cutter language that mirrors bills in other states, reports @ArizCIR azcir.org/az-model-legis…