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“In fact, quality journalism makes all the difference in this world: it can even save children. »
This is what a civil rights lawyer wrote to Julia Lurie, the day after the publication of her primary investigation into a chain of psychiatric hospitals that uses young people placed in foster homes as “cash cows,” letting her know that their conclusions were the same. day in a hearing to keep a child out of one of the services we investigated.
That’s awesome. As is the fact that Julia, who spent a full year reporting this challenging story, promptly heard from a Senate committee that will use her work in their own investigation of Universal Health Services. There’s no doubt her revelations will continue to have a big impact in the months and years to come.
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This one, a multiyear investigation, published in 2021, exposed conditions in sugar work camps in the Dominican Republic owned by Central Romana—the conglomerate behind brands like C&H and Domino, whose product ends up in our Hershey bars and other sweets. A year ago, the Biden administration banned sugar imports from Central Romana. And just recently, we learned of a previously undisclosed investigation from the Department of Homeland Security, looking into working conditions at Central Romana. How big of a deal is this?
“This may be the first time a company has been held criminally liable for forced hard labor in its own chains of origin,” according to a retired special agent we spoke with.
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