Investigations

Emergency medical workers transport a patient at the Cobble Hill Health Center on April 18, 2020, in Brooklyn, New York. The nursing home has had at least 55 COVID-19 reported deaths.

In New York Nursing Homes, Death Comes To Facilities With More People Of Color

8:11pm April 22, 2020

In an analysis of 78 nursing homes in New York where six or more residents have died from COVID-19, NPR found nursing homes with more people of color were more likely to have more deaths.

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A Bank of America sign is displayed at a branch in New York on April 10, 2020.

National

Small Business Rescue Earned Banks $10 Billion In Fees

11:21am April 22, 2020

Banks handling the federal government's loan program for small businesses made more than $10 billion in fees, while thousands of small businesses were shut out of the program.

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Wayne LaPierre, CEO of the National Rifle Association, stands onstage during the NRA's annual meeting in Indianapolis on April 26, 2019.

National

Secret Recording Reveals NRA's Legal Troubles Have Cost The Organization $100 Million

10:50pm April 21, 2020

by Tim Mak

The CEO of the National Rifle Association says legal troubles have cost the powerful gun rights group $100 million, according to a recording of the group's board meeting obtained by NPR.

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NPR Analysis Of COVID-19 Deaths At New York Nursing Homes

6:34am April 21, 2020

by Joseph Shapiro

There's one thing that distinguishes the nursing homes that have reported the highest number of deaths: It's not the quality of the nursing home, but the percentage of people of color who live there.

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Jovita Carranza, administrator of the Small Business Administration, speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, as Vice President Mike Pence and President Donald Trump listen on April 2, 2020.

National

Company With Ties To Trump Receives Millions From Small Business Loan Program

9:01pm April 20, 2020

by Robert Benincasa

Many businesses have struggled to get any money from the Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program. But a company owned by a prominent Chicago family received a $5.5 million loan.

Sen. Richard Burr "has relatively lousy performance over the broad period," according to a Dartmouth professor who reviewed his trading history.

Sen. Richard Burr's Pre-Pandemic Stock Sell-Offs Highly Unusual, Analysis Shows

5:37pm April 16, 2020

by Tim Mak

The recent stock sales by the North Carolina Republican were a market-beating anomaly that didn't match his typically middling trading history, according to a new Dartmouth College analysis.

When Lex Frieden broke his hip, a Texas hospital decided against an operation. Frieden, a quadriplegic since 1967, would never walk, so the surgery wasn't necessary, the doctors reasoned, a decision that left him with lasting pain.

People With Disabilities Fear Pandemic Will Worsen Medical Biases

5:01am April 15, 2020

by Joseph Shapiro

As medical providers prepare for the possibility that they may have to ration care, many people with disabilities fear they will get lesser treatment.

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Politics & Government

Trump's Promises Remain Largely Unfulfilled A Month After Emergency Declaration

6:41pm April 13, 2020

by Tim Mak

One month after President Trump declared a national emergency, an NPR investigation finds that the White House has fulfilled few of the promises it made to fight the coronavirus.

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President Trump speaks during a news conference about the coronavirus pandemic in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 13.

A Month After Emergency Declaration, Trump's Promises Largely Unfulfilled

11:33am April 13, 2020

On March 13, President Trump promised to mobilize private and public resources to respond to the coronavirus. NPR followed up on each promise and found little action had been taken.

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Due to the coronavirus, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine has recommended suspending new treatments.

Health & Safety

Women Say They Are 'Falling Off The Cliff Of Fertility' As Pandemic Puts Treatments On Hold

7:20am April 12, 2020

by Sacha Pfeiffer

Most fertility treatments have been put on hold following recommendations by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, but some specialists and their patients argue they can't afford to wait.