Our team did some tremendous work this year under very trying circumstances -- here are some of my personal favorites.
@AkbarSAhmed was all over Donald Trump's proposed arms sale to UAE - the biggest weapons sale of his presidency. One early report: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/uae-weapons-sale-yemen-libya_n_5fd00aa7c5b68ce17183473f
@AkbarSAhmed was all over Donald Trump's proposed arms sale to UAE - the biggest weapons sale of his presidency. One early report: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/uae-weapons-sale-yemen-libya_n_5fd00aa7c5b68ce17183473f
. @PaulBlu was among the first to describe the nightmare scenario in which Trump tries to hijack the election. (Trump is currently trying this.) https://www.huffpost.com/entry/election-2020-nightmare_n_5f65163fc5b6de79b674a9d5
. @JessReports had a devastating investigative report on fashion company Rent the Runway, where she spoke to 22 current and former employees about unsafe working conditions during the early months of the pandemic: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rent-the-runway-coronavirus-employee-mistreatment_n_5ea9eea5c5b633a85444c202
. @lukeobrien investigated the far-right origins of Clearview AI, the world's most powerful facial recognition company. It led to the departures of several Clearview staffers. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/clearview-ai-facial-recognition-alt-right_n_5e7d028bc5b6cb08a92a5c48
. @RoqPlanas scooped a bloody, alcohol-related incident at the home of Jerry Falwell Jr., which shed light on Falwell's dispute with Liberty University about his drinking: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/911-called-to-allegedly-intoxicated-jerry-falwell-jrs-house-last-month-there-was-a-lot-of-blood_n_5f639edcc5b6ba9eb6eb368d
. @mtredden was aggressive and clear-eyed about the risks the USPS posed to the election -- and debunked some of the hysteria. That's evident in this early overview of the issue: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/usps-election-voting-post-office_n_5f61022bc5b6e27db133eacb
. @ryanjreilly wrote a deeply reported look at how the 2014 Ferguson protests laid the groundwork for this summer's anti-racist movement: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ferguson-protesters-black-lives-matter-movement_n_5eebcb16c5b66603e671c2d7
. @nickrobinsearly spent 16 straight hours watching OAN and delivered this hilarious/terrifying look at what the information bubble actually looks like: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/oan-trump-news-network_n_5f5bbbf8c5b62874bc1cadd4
Early in the pandemic, @jessicaschulb realized how bad it was going to be inside prisons and came to write this damning feature about Marion state prison in Ohio, where 8 in 10 people became infected. The reporting was focused on voices from the inside. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/covid-19-marion-correctional-institution-ohio_n_5ee9160cc5b6338d2d1ba849
. @AlannaVagianos meticulously reported out the toxic side of the KHIve, Kamala Harris's online fan army: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kamala-harris-khive-toxic-side_n_5f4fa573c5b69eb5c037473e?69s
and @Travis_Waldron spent time with Charles Booker in Appalachia, long before anyone realized Booker would come close to knocking off Amy McGrath in the KY-Sen primary: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/charles-booker-green-new-deal-kentucky-mcconnell_n_5e558930c5b6fc7a9e366521
and @jenavievehatch wrote a true 2020 dispatch: describing the people trying to flee a massive wildfire in the midst of a pandemic. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/california-wildfires-coronavirus-shelters_n_5f40066fc5b697824f984e17