After Uvalde: Guns, Grief & Texas Politics
One year after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Latino USA and Futuro Investigates explore how families in the community are dealing with grief, how they’re navigating their journey to healing and calling for accountability.
They Survived a Fire in Harlem. Now They are Fighting Their Landlord and The City for Answers.
In 2021, a fatal fire happened in a Central Harlem building. Exasperated by their landlord’s negligence in the aftermath, a group of residents decided to organize, went on a rent strike and sued for damages. Now, a year-and-a-half after the fire, tenants are still left in limbo.
Head Down
In 2018, Diego and Mario joined the U.S. government-sponsored H-2A visa program, leaving their families in their home country of Mexico to harvest blueberries at a farm in North Carolina for six months. They had no idea they were about to become victims of human trafficking and that their lives would be derailed forever. Listen to the two part special Head Down now.
Three Days Stranded: How Border Patrol Failed to Rescue A Lost Migrant In The Desert
In December 2022, Futuro Investigates published “Death by Policy: Crisis in the Arizona Desert,” our reporting dug into how Border Patrol’s policies funnel people crossing the southern border into the most extreme geographic conditions. As the agency’s budget continues to rise, and millions of dollars annually are set aside to fund BORSTAR, Border Patrol’s search and rescue unit, we spoke with a myriad of local volunteer organizations working to fill in the gaps where they say the agency, and the U.S. government, continue to fail to protect people in vulnerable conditions.
What To Know To Stay Safe From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Headaches. Dizziness. Vomiting. These vague symptoms can be a diagnosis of the flu … or it can be signs of carbon monoxide poisoning. The first story in our series Air We Can’t Grasp: The Insidious Matter of Carbon Monoxide.
USA v. Garcia Luna: A Story Where True Crime Meets Telenovela
True crime meets telenovela in this five-episode audio series, as two journalists share their obsession with a powerful and obscure character whose role in the so-called war on drugs has affected millions of lives in the United States.
Death by Policy: Crisis in the Arizona Desert
For over a year, Futuro Investigates has dug into how the Border Patrol’s decades-long “prevention through deterrence” policies have purposely created a deadly funnel, pushing migrants attempting to cross from Mexico to the U.S. into the deadliest terrain in the country.
INVESTIGATIVE STORIES
In-depth reporting that holds the powerful accountable, and confronts challenges that communities of color face across the Americas.Immigration, Spanish
Cómo las políticas públicas de Estados Unidos contribuyeron a una crisis en el desierto de Arizona
Durante más de un año, Futuro Investigates ha indagado en cómo, por décadas, las políticas de “prevención a través de la disuasión” de la Patrulla Fronteriza de Estados Unidos han creado deliberadamente un embudo mortal. Estas políticas han empujado a los migrantes que intentan cruzar de México a Estados Unidos hacia terrenos letales del país, como el desierto de Sonora en Arizona.
Border, Immigration
Death By Policy: Crisis in the Arizona Desert
For over a year, Futuro Investigates dug into how the Border Patrol’s decades-long “prevention through deterrence” policies have purposely created a deadly funnel, pushing migrants attempting to cross from Mexico to the U.S. into the deadliest terrain in the country, including the Sonoran Desert in Arizona.
Government, Spanish
USA v. García Luna: Una historia de crimen real mezclado con telenovela
El crimen se encuentra con la telenovela en esta serie de cinco episodios donde dos periodistas comparten su obsesión por un oscuro personaje cuyo rol en la llamada “guerra contra las drogas” ha afectado miles de vidas en Estados Unidos.
Government
USA v. García Luna: A Story Where True Crime Meets Telenovela
True crime meets telenovela in this five-episode audio series, as two journalists share their obsession with a powerful and obscure character whose role in the so-called war on drugs has affected millions of lives in the United States.
Government, Immigration
Head Down
In 2018, Diego and Mario joined the U.S. government-sponsored H-2A visa program, leaving their families in their home country of Mexico to harvest blueberries at a farm in North Carolina for six months. They had no idea they were about to become victims of human trafficking and that their lives would be derailed forever. In the first episode of two-part special “Head Down,” we go deep into how a visa program that brings more than 300,000 foreign agricultural workers to the U.S. every year is plagued with abuse and wage theft. All of this while the U.S. government plans to expand it.
Humanity
Air We Can’t Grasp: The Insidious Matter of Carbon Monoxide
“Even though carbon monoxide poisoning is preventable, housing safety violations, injuries and deaths keep occurring. Since Fall 2022, Futuro Investigates digs into why incidents keep happening and how Latino and Black residents are disproportionally affected by the deadly gas.”
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