Steven Rich
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SBA data: Business that received more than $1 million in PPP loans
The Small Business Administration and Treasury Department disclosed loan-level data showing 660,000 loans on Monday, offering an in-depth look at one of the biggest economic stimulus programs ever assembled. The Paycheck Protection Program disclosure includes the names of 660,000 small businesses and nonprofit organizations that received at least $150,000 in funding. Although that is less than… → Read More
As opioids flooded tribal lands across the U.S., overdose deaths skyrocketed
ADA, Okla. - Zach Williams checked himself into a hotel room, sat down on the edge of the bed and waited. Chills soon racked his body, and he started to shiver. He couldn't keep food down. He was drenched in sweat. For two days in 2018, the 37-year-old Native American pharmacist for the Chickasaw Nation pushed through the wrenching symptoms of opioid withdrawal, determined to go cold turkey. On… → Read More
Public companies received $1 billion in stimulus funds meant for small businesses
WASHINGTON - Publicly traded companies have received more than $1 billion in funds meant for small businesses from the federal government's economic stimulus package, according to data from securities filings compiled by The Washington Post. Nearly 300 public companies have reported receiving money from the fund, called the Paycheck Protection Program. Recipients include 43 companies with more… → Read More
Seven incidents charged as hate crimes in the District of Columbia in 2019
WASHINGTON - Hate-crime prosecutions rose in the District of Columbia in 2019 after plummeting to their lowest point in at least a decade, according to an analysis by The Washington Post. As of December 25, the U.S. attorney's office had charged seven incidents from 2019 as hate crimes, compared with five in 2017 and 2018 combined. The increase was welcomed by local officials and activists, who… → Read More
Opioid epidemic: New data shows how drug overdoses shifted over time
An exclusive Washington Post analysis of county-level data shows the predominant cause of opioid overdose deaths shifted between pills, heroin and fentanyl as the epidemic got worse. → Read More
Hate crime reports have soared in D.C. Prosecutions have plummeted.
Ashly Taylor was shot for being a lesbian. Then she watched as the hatred that fueled the attack was ignored in court. → Read More
How to download and use the DEA pain pills database
We are making this data accessible to journalists to download and use in their reporting to promote a deeper understanding of the regional and local effects of the opioid crisis. → Read More
The Trump administration struggles to confront the deadliest drug crisis in U.S. history
The president has called tackling the opioid epidemic a priority, but fentanyl overdose deaths continue to soar as federal resources fail to keep pace. → Read More
Bernie Sanders surprised everyone in 2016. Can he do it again?
Aaron Blake on Bernie Sanders’s second presidential run. Steven Rich on the emotional impact of a school lockdown. Plus, Robin Givhan on the life and complexities of the late fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld. → Read More
For unsolved cases lasting a year, finding the killer becomes nearly impossible
PHOENIX, Arizona - After 13-year-old Jonathan Garcia Valladares joined his middle school's flag football team, his teammates teased him for running too slow. He decided to get in shape and one cold Sunday morning went for an early jog. Minutes later, he was shot to death. Eight years after the slaying, police have no motive and yet to make an arrest in what has become another puzzling cold case… → Read More
As police struggle to solve homicides, Baltimore residents see an 'open season for killing'
BALTIMORE - Daphne Alston used to go to every funeral. A co-founder of Mothers of Murdered Sons and Daughters United, Alston has worked with hundreds of families here, helping them navigate the pain, paperwork and logistics that come with each killing. But recent years have brought such a spike in violence that there are now too many funerals for Alston to attend. She has enlisted other members… → Read More
School lockdowns: How many American children have hidden from gun violence?
A groundbreaking Washington Post analysis found that lockdowns have become a staple of American education — and traumatize many students → Read More
How a ‘law and order’ party embraced prison reform
The Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill overhauling the federal prison system. What it takes to mend relationships between the police and communities. Plus, taking over holiday traditions. → Read More
How domestic violence leads to murder
The Washington Post found that nearly half of the women who were murdered during the past decade were killed by an intimate partner; in five cities, about a third of the male killers were known threats. → Read More
School shootings have fueled a $2.7 billion school safety industry. What makes kids safer?
Since the Parkland shooting, the business of staying safe in American schools is growing → Read More
Buried under bodies: Even with murder rates falling, big-city detectives face daunting caseloads
For many police departments, new homicides are coming in faster than detectives can solve them. → Read More
School shootings: Should parents be charged for failing to lock up guns used by their kids?
BENTON, Ky. - The gunfire had lasted less than 10 seconds, but now hidden behind locked doors all across the rural campus, teenagers wept and bled and prayed. Police would soon swarm Marshall County High's hallways on that chilly morning in January, and though the exact number of students who had been shot remained unknown for hours, it didn't take investigators long to find the boy they… → Read More
School shootings: Should parents be charged for failing to lock up guns used by their kids?
BENTON, Ky. - The gunfire had lasted less than 10 seconds, but now hidden behind locked doors all across the rural campus, teenagers wept and bled and prayed. Police would soon swarm Marshall County High's hallways on that chilly morning in January, and though the exact number of students who had been shot remained unknown for hours, it didn't take investigators long to find the boy they… → Read More
School shootings: Should parents be charged for failing to lock up guns used by their kids?
After a deadly Kentucky school shooting, should the parent who failed to lock up his weapon be charged? → Read More
Killings of black people lead to arrests less often than when victims are white
No arrests were made in the homicides of more than 18,600 black men and women. → Read More