Nelli Black - Senior Producer, CNN Investigates
Nelli Black
Senior Producer, CNN Investigates
Nelli Black is a senior producer for CNN's investigations unit, based in New York.
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No ‘water system in the world’ could have handled the LA fires. How the region could have minimized the damage
Jan 11, 2025
Widespread destruction from the L.A. fires was inevitable, given the drought and winds. Still, the region could have been better prepared.
As fraud scandals erupt in Minnesota on Gov. Tim Walz’s watch, accountability is in short supply
Oct 4, 2024
An independent auditor has faulted the state for lax oversight in nation’s largest case of pandemic fraud. Gov. Tim Walz has pushed back on calls for accountability.
Trump’s businesses are raking in millions of dollars from Republican political campaigns – including his own
Aug 23, 2024
Republican candidates and political groups are on track to spend more on Trump’s businesses this year than any year since 2016, federal campaign finance data shows.
Arizona is sending taxpayer money to religious schools — and billionaires see it as a model for the US
Jun 19, 2024
As universal school voucher programs are sweeping the US, Arizona has led the way in diverting public funding to private schools.
What Trump’s war on the ‘Deep State’ could mean: ‘An army of suck-ups’
Apr 27, 2024
At one campaign rally after another, former President Donald Trump whips his supporters into raucous cheers with a promise of what’s to come if he’s given another term in office: “We will demolish the deep state.”
A DNA test turned her life upside down. She’s not alone
Feb 14, 2024
Woman’s horror story reflects nature of US fertility industry
DeSantis promised to ‘drain the swamp’ in Florida. But his record on medical marijuana raises questions
Dec 19, 2023
As Ron DeSantis seeks to cut into Donald Trump’s double-digit lead in the Republican presidential race, the Florida governor has criticized the former President for failing to deliver on one of his signature promises.
Stop the Steal’s massive disinformation campaign connected to Roger Stone
Nov 14, 2020
It is an internet battle cry: Stop the Steal has swept across inboxes, Facebook pages and Twitter like an out-of-control virus, spreading misinformation and violent rhetoric – and spilling into real life, like the protest planned for DC this weekend.
Inside the federal prison where three out of every four inmates have tested positive for coronavirus
Aug 8, 2020
Three out of every four inmates at FCI Seagoville prison near Dallas have tested positive for coronavirus, and experts say the facility is a cautionary tale for other lockups.
Police unions have helped shield officers from accountability. Now they’re facing unprecedented backlash
Jul 2, 2020
Around the country, police unions have played a decisive role in shaping department policies and shielding bad cops from accountability, experts say.
Videos raise question about in-custody death deemed an ‘accident’ by Tennessee officials
Jun 13, 2020
Videos released in wrongful-death suit raise questions about use of force by police and correctional officers’ against a black man in Tennessee
House Democrats investigating unproven Covid-19 antibody tests
Apr 26, 2020
FDA policy has led to unproven and fraudulently marketed coronavirus antibody tests on the market, House Democrats say after a briefing by federal officials.
Covid-19 antibody tests can help people rejoin society, but some are stuck in China
Apr 17, 2020
The first tests for Covid-19 antibodies authorized by US regulators are stuck in China, according to the company behind them.
Documents show backlog of 160,000 coronavirus tests at just one lab company
Apr 2, 2020
As the US health care system has scrambled to track the spread of coronavirus, one of the nation’s largest commercial labs has faced a backlog of tests that ballooned in the last two weeks, and has delayed results in some cases up to 10 days.
Health care workers on frontlines feel like ‘lambs to the slaughterhouse’
Mar 27, 2020
An anesthesiologist in Arizona turned to eBay for N95 masks. A nurse in Ohio said she and her colleagues are forbidden from wearing any masks for fear that it would spread anxiety. A nursing home employee in Arkansas who developed a fever said she couldn’t get tested.
