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Organ Failure
A Death Sentence: Native Americans Shut Out of the Nation’s Liver Transplant System
Despite being more likely to die of liver disease, Native Americans are far less likely to make the transplant list than White people
Challenging technology to serve the public good.
Annie Gilbertson is an investigative reporter and audio journalist based in Los Angeles.
She recently edited The Wall Street Journal podcast “Bad Bets” about the collapse of Enron and reported on the Pandora Papers for Spotify podcasts. She previously worked for the public radio station KPCC, where she reported and hosted the investigative podcast “Repeat” about a string of police shootings in South Los Angeles. Her reporting on L.A. schools’ iPad scandal was honored as an IRE finalist.
Annie’s reporting has appeared on NPR, in The Los Angeles Times and on the public radio show “On The Media,” among others. She began her journalism career as a reporter in Alabama and Mississippi and is still mistaken for a Southerner.
Organ Failure
Despite being more likely to die of liver disease, Native Americans are far less likely to make the transplant list than White people
Show Your WorkOrgan Failure
We found Native Americans were listed for a transplant significantly less often than other racial groups compared with their number of deaths from liver disease
Organ Failure
Life-saving liver transplants have plummeted in some Southern and Midwestern states with higher death rates from liver disease, while New York and California have made big gains
Show Your WorkOrgan Failure
We found that new requirements led to plummeting transplants in some poorer states while New York and California saw big gains
Show Your WorkPrediction: Bias
A trove of unsecured data allowed the first-ever independent analysis of actual crime predictions across the U.S. by the self-described software leader, PredPol
Prediction: Bias
Millions of crime predictions left on an unsecured server show PredPol mostly avoided Whiter neighborhoods, targeted Black and Latino neighborhoods
Banned Bounty
Amazon bans injectable drugs, but enforcement failures have led to a swell of listings for unproven performance enhancing peptides
The Breakdown
Critics say it merely techwashes injustice
Banned Bounty
We found banned items for sale on Amazon.com
Show Your WorkBanned Bounty
It wasn’t that hard; Amazon’s own search and recommendation tools led the way
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