Desmond Butler

Immersed in the world of bodybuilding at a young age, Post reporter Desmond Butler investigates how the sport in America has changed.

ExxonMobil says it backs the scientific consensus on climate change. But one executive cast doubt about global warming’s impact while speaking to state regulators earlier this month, according to a recording obtained by The Washington Post.

Undercover investigators illuminate dark side of the palm oil industry that is clearcutting virgin rainforests. Loss of tree cover and peatlands that help absorb greenhouse gases alarms climate scientists.

An investigation by The Washington Post has found that agricultural company Archer-Daniels-Midland sold a grain storage plant worth millions for a fraction of its value to Sonny Perdue shortly before he became secretary of agriculture.

A little-noticed provision in the Cares Act has helped big corporations obtain cash without making any promises about workers or investments. The legislation was focused largely on helping working Americans, but it also helps companies such as Antero Midstream.

While profiteers and crooks make their fortunes, medical workers across the United States have been rationing masks, recycling them and treating infected patients without them. In the absence of a White House strategy to supply the nation with adequate PPE, hospitals compete with states and the federal government on an international market so full of chicanery that nearly every transaction is suspect.

Like many hospitals across the country, Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton, Pa., wasn’t prepared for the influx of covid-19 patients.

Scores remain missing as anger rises against mine owners and politicians.