Inequality
Russia Is Transporting Ukrainian Orphans Over The Border, Violating International Law
More than 200,000 Ukrainian children have been reported missing. Some have ended up in Russia, where they are put up for adoption.
Irene Benedicto
This Young Woman Was Imprisoned For 27 Days For Protesting The Taliban’s Policies Against Women’s Rights
“I believe that any struggle has a price and this could be detention, torture, and even murder,” 22-year-old Parwana Ibrahimkhel said. “But I was determined to struggle.”
Syed Zabiullah Langari
After Fleeing The War In Ukraine, This Chef Was Surprised By The Harsh Working Conditions In Spain
Spain hopes to attract refugees to fill labor shortages, but new refugees are finding the same problems others before them encountered: long hours for wages that don’t cover basic needs.
Irene Benedicto
How A Group Of Dancers Sparked A Unionization Effort At A Los Angeles Strip Club
The women hope to make Star Garden the first unionized strip club in 25 years.
Otillia Steadman
How Amazon Exported American Working Conditions To Europe
After Amazon workers in Germany began striking, the company expanded eastward, where looser labor laws brought record productivity.
Albert Samaha
A Black Tampa Cop Wanted To Change Policing From The Inside. He Says The “Good Old Boy System” Let Him Down.
As the country reckons with how to confront systemic racism and diversify police departments, the experiences of Black officers in Tampa show how the old ways remain entrenched.
Kavitha Surana
These Haitians Were Children When A US-Funded Project Evicted Them From Their Land. They Can’t Afford College.
The industrial park opened with big promises and big-name backers like Hillary Clinton and Sean Penn. But for the families evicted from their farmland, the development brought financial ruin.
Karla Zabludovsky
She Was One Year Away From Going To College. Then The Taliban Banned Her From School.
The policy prohibiting girls from attending school after sixth grade contradicts the regime’s previous promises to loosen restrictions on education rights.
Syed Zabiullah Langari
Monkeypox Cases Are On The Rise, Particularly In Queer Men. Here's What It's Like To Get The Infection.
Monkeypox is not a “gay disease,” but experts are concerned about currently rising cases among men who have sex with men. Here's how to avoid infection and what it's like to have monkeypox, including symptoms and pictures of the lesions.
Patrick Waechter
Amazon Is Constructing A Headquarters On Indigenous Land In South Africa. A Court Ordered It To Stop.
US tech companies seeking to expand their footprint are running into speed bumps across the continent.
Marko Phiri
Mainstream Feminism Has Failed Us
From the coming fall of Roe v. Wade to the egregious public treatment of abuse victims, we’re witnessing the limits of commercialized white feminism.
Shannon Keating
A Genocide Left Their Families In A Cycle Of Trauma. Now, A Generation Of Cambodian Americans is Finding A Path Toward Healing.
Immigrating to the US meant pushing aside the pain caused by Khmer Rouge atrocities. For those who grew up in the aftermath, moving forward means working with their elders to process damaging memories.
Vivian Ho
A Black Doctor Tried To Diversify Medicine. Then She Lost Her Job.
A Black doctor and her trainees risked their careers to accuse their school of systemic racism. It would be a diagnosis with no easy cure.
Stephanie M. Lee
Let's Hear From You! Take Our Teen Sex Education Survey.
BuzzFeed News is looking to speak with teens around the country about what sex ed is and what they wish they were learning instead.
Venessa Wong
“Worried” Senators Are Investigating A Private Equity Giant’s Care For People With Disabilities
The inquiry follows a BuzzFeed News investigation that revealed alarming lapses in care — including abuse, neglect, and dire working conditions — in the group homes it owns across the country.
Kendall Taggart
Amid Massive Pandemic Growth, A Major Educational Software Provider Broke The Ethics Code Of The Nation’s Second-Largest School District
School districts across the country spent unprecedented amounts of money on online learning products during the pandemic, with little oversight.
Caroline O'Donovan
The Taliban Have Started Searching People's Homes In Afghanistan
“The world is preoccupied with the Ukraine crisis," one activist said. "We have been relegated to the back-burner.”
Syed Zabiullah Langari
The “Future Of Work” Still Sucks. Just Ask Working Parents.
Millions of women left the workforce during the pandemic. Many of them are back and confront the same problems that drove them out in the first place.
Venessa Wong
These Strippers Are Planning To Unionize
The dancers at Star Gardens in Los Angeles would be the only unionized club in the country.
Otillia Steadman
College Football Referees Penalized Teams With Black Coaches More Often Than Those With White Coaches, A Study Suggests
College football teams with Black coaches average around five to seven more penalties per season than teams with white coaches, regardless of team or school quality.
Dan Vergano
This Is What It's Like To Leave Behind A Life Sentence In Prison And Start Over
“I basically went from living in a fishbowl, which is the prison yard, to swimming in an ocean.”
Pia Peterson
One Bullet Can Kill, But It Takes More Than 100 People To Save A Gunshot Victim’s Life
As homicide rates increase in some cities, doctors reveal the vast but largely hidden economic and psychological cost of gun violence.
Paige Skinner
11 Things You Need To Know About Our Investigation Into KKR, BrightSpring, And 600 Homes For People With Disabilities
BrightSpring Health Services, which KKR bought in 2019, says it helps thousands of people with disabilities “live their best lives.” But some residents suffered neglect, abuse, or death. A BuzzFeed News investigation.
Kendall Taggart
To Find Out How This Private Equity Giant Runs Group Homes, BuzzFeed News Had To Do Some Serious Digital Sleuthing
BuzzFeed News built a unique database to examine how a private equity behemoth managed the care of thousands of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
John Templon
Amazon Workers In New York Say They Were Fired For Union Organizing
In charges filed with the National Labor Relations Board, four workers say Amazon illegally terminated them for protesting job conditions.
Caroline O'Donovan
After Working In Fast Food For 16 Years, She Went On Strike For The First Time
Her employer, a fast-food franchise owner, is living the American dream, having risen from fry cook to business mogul. But has his success come at the expense of his workers?
Albert Samaha
Ukrainians Are Risking Their Lives To Save Animals
The rescues have saved scores of pets and zoo animals left behind in the chaos of war.
Karla Zabludovsky
Russian Influencers Are Cutting Up Their Chanel Bags To Protest “Russophobia”
They're also spreading disinformation to their millions of followers.
Nishita Jha
Amazon Workers In New York Have Voted To Unionize
Meanwhile, the final result of a union election at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama could be weeks away.
Caroline O'Donovan
These Strippers Are Protesting For Safer Work Conditions In Hollywood. Instagram “Mistakenly Removed” Their Account.
Strippers United had planned protests over unsafe working conditions and the firing of two dancers.
Otillia Steadman
