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Author Archives: Joe Yerardi

Joe Yerardi is a data reporter at the Center for Public Integrity, reporting on a broad range of topics. In this role, he combines traditional reporting techniques with data analysis, visualization and programming to tell investigative stories. His reporting has, among other honors, earned a Gerald Loeb Award for an investigation into the influence pharmaceutical companies wield over state Medicaid programs’ drug purchasing decisions and a Paul Tobenkin Memorial Award for an investigation into the vulnerability of migrant foodworkers to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is Joe’s second stint at the Center for Public Integrity, having interned on Public Integrity’s data team in 2012. Before rejoining Public Integrity, Joe covered a wide range of beats as the data reporter at inewsource in San Diego, California, and as the data editor at the San Antonio Express-News. Joe earned his undergraduate degrees in history and journalism at New York University and his master’s in journalism at the University of Missouri.

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A green tractor picks up hay on a sprawling farm.
Posted inThe Heist

New USDA data shows declining loan delinquency rates

Avatar photoAvatar photo by April Simpson and Joe Yerardi October 31, 2023October 30, 2023

The share of federal agricultural loans with overdue payments is falling for farmers across racial and ethnic groups, though whether that’s a temporary improvement remains to be seen. This story also appeared in Reckon A Center for Public Integrity analysis of a sliver of data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows the delinquency rate […]

Posted inThe Heist

Can USDA’s efforts on equity help Black farmers overcome ‘toxic debt’?

Avatar photoAvatar photo by April Simpson and Joe Yerardi October 24, 2023October 26, 2023
Posted inUnequal Burden

How state taxes make inequality worse

Avatar photoAvatar photoAshley Clarke smiles.Avatar photo by Melissa Hellmann, Maya Srikrishnan, Ashley Clarke and Joe Yerardi September 14, 2022July 6, 2023
A person sits at a table looking over receipts will using a calculator.
Posted inEn Espanol

Cómo los pobres cargan con el mayor peso de los impuestos

Avatar photoAvatar photoAshley Clarke smiles.Avatar photo by Melissa Hellmann, Maya Srikrishnan, Ashley Clarke and Joe Yerardi September 14, 2022May 23, 2023
Posted inCheated at Work

By the numbers: Wage theft investigations, violations

Avatar photo by Joe Yerardi March 2, 2022May 23, 2023
Posted inCheated at Work

See which retail companies didn’t pay their workers

Avatar photo by Joe Yerardi December 9, 2021May 23, 2023
Several workers in the garment industry sew masks to meet the coronavirus demand.
Posted inCheated at Work

Chart: Clothing factories have a wage theft problem

Avatar photo by Joe Yerardi November 26, 2021May 23, 2023
A look at a school hallway as students gather around lockers.
Posted inWatchdog newsletter

Underreporting undermines accountability about police and schools

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Corey Mitchell and Joe Yerardi October 15, 2021February 28, 2023
An illustration of a garment worker sitting at a sewing machine as she sews. There is a hand that appears with scissors that cuts money that is laying down on the table the worker is sewing on.
Posted inCheated at Work

Wage theft hits immigrants — hard

Avatar photo by Susan Ferriss and Joe Yerardi October 14, 2021May 23, 2023
An illustration of a garment worker sitting at a sewing machine as she sews. There is a hand that appears with scissors that cuts money that is laying down on the table the worker is sewing on.
Posted inCheated at Work

El robo de salarios es peor en industrias con muchos inmigrantes

Avatar photo by Susan Ferriss and Joe Yerardi October 14, 2021May 23, 2023
An illustration showing a police officer standing in front of a school with his shadow over the school.
Posted inCriminalizing kids

Lo que pasa cuando la policía es llamada para resolver problemas en las escuelas

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Corey Mitchell, Joe Yerardi and Susan Ferriss September 8, 2021February 28, 2023
An illustration showing a police officer standing in front of a school with his shadow over the school.
Posted inCriminalizing kids

When schools call police on kids

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Corey Mitchell, Joe Yerardi and Susan Ferriss September 8, 2021February 27, 2023
Posted inCheated at Work

Robo de salarios

Avatar photo by Alexia Fernández Campbell  and Joe Yerardi May 4, 2021February 28, 2023
Employer steals money from worker's pocket.
Posted inCheated at Work

Ripping off workers without consequences

Avatar photo by Alexia Fernández Campbell  and Joe Yerardi May 4, 2021July 6, 2023
Posted inCOVID Divide

These companies took $1.8 billion in federal aid to save jobs. They laid off 90,000 workers anyway.

Avatar photoTaylor Johnston by Alexia Fernández Campbell , Joe Yerardi and Taylor Johnston December 18, 2020February 28, 2023
Posted inImmigration and Employment

Nationwide, immigrants produce food while facing COVID-19

Taylor JohnstonAvatar photo by Taylor Johnston and Joe Yerardi September 28, 2020February 28, 2023
Immigrant workers harvest beans in May in Homestead, Florida.
Posted inImmigration and Employment

Trump attacks them. COVID-19 threatens them. But immigrants keep the U.S. fed.

Avatar photo by Susan Ferriss and Joe Yerardi September 28, 2020February 28, 2023
Posted inSystem Failure

Fewer inspectors, more deaths: The Trump administration rolls back workplace safety inspections

Avatar photo by Alexia Fernández Campbell  and Joe Yerardi August 18, 2020February 28, 2023
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

In these counties, out of work meets uninsured

Avatar photo by Chris Zubak-Skees and Joe Yerardi April 17, 2020February 28, 2023
Posted inOne Disaster Away

How our data can help you dig into disasters

Avatar photo by Rachel Leven and Joe Yerardi October 28, 2019February 28, 2023
Posted inEnvironment

While ‘zombie’ mines idle, cleanup and workers suffer in limbo

Avatar photo by Mark Olalde and Joe Yerardi September 4, 2019February 28, 2023
Posted inInjustice at Work

Despite legal protections, most workers who face discrimination are on their own

Avatar photo by Maryam Jameel and Joe Yerardi February 28, 2019February 28, 2023
Posted inTrump’s Tax Cuts: The Rich Get Richer

Did billionaires pay off Republicans for passing the Trump tax bill?

Avatar photo by Allan Holmes, Peter Cary, Joe Yerardi and Chris Zubak-Skees February 7, 2019February 28, 2023
Posted inState Politics

Out-of-state donors pour cash into Democrats’ state races

Avatar photo by Rui Kaneya and Joe Yerardi October 10, 2018February 28, 2023
Posted inState Politics

Reporting recipe: How to investigate out-of-state influence in 2018 races

Avatar photo by Joe Yerardi October 10, 2018February 28, 2023
Posted inState Politics

Why are corporations pouring millions into shoo-in governor races?

Avatar photo by Sanya Mansoor, Liz Essley Whyte and Joe Yerardi September 21, 2018February 28, 2023
Posted inState Politics

These state lawmakers are running unopposed, but still rake in campaign cash

Avatar photo by Sanya Mansoor, Liz Essley Whyte and Joe Yerardi September 19, 2018February 28, 2023
Posted inMedicaid, Under the Influence

How drugmakers sway states to profit off of Medicaid

Avatar photo by Liz Essley Whyte, Joe Yerardi and Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak July 18, 2018February 28, 2023
Posted inState Politics

How we investigated drugmakers’ influence over Medicaid

Avatar photo by Joe Yerardi July 18, 2018February 28, 2023
Posted inInequality

The basis for killing network neutrality rules is bogus, studies say

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Aliya Sternstein and Joe Yerardi June 12, 2018February 28, 2023

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