Walking While Black
by Topher Sanders and Kate Rabinowitz, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, Florida Times-Union
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by Nina Martin Two New Jersey lawmakers have introduced a bill to overhaul how the state examines deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth, proposing one of the most sweeping maternal mortality...
View ArticleJournalism Made Possible Because of the Freedom of Information Act
by Logan Jaffe If the Freedom of Information Act were a person, who would it be? That’s a real question I asked our newsroom this week, because that’s the kind of thing I randomly think about. Really,...
View ArticleThe Breakthrough: Used as ‘Guinea Pigs’ by the U.S. Military, Then Discarded
by Jessica Huseman When we think of the harm that befalls soldiers during wartime, specific images come to mind. The fallout from scientific experiments — especially those carried out by our own...
View ArticleOne Officer, Scores of Tickets and a Familiar Racial Disparity
by Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, Florida Times-Union It was just before 9 a.m. one day last July, and Noemi Martinez was on her way from one job interview to the next, running to...
View ArticleWhat It’s Like Covering Trump
by Terry Parris Jr. Remember that time Trump’s lawyer Marc Kasowitz emailed, “Watch your back, bitch”? Or that time when Don Jr. and Ivanka were almost charged with felony fraud? You remember that...
View ArticleSome U.S. Hospitals Don’t Put Americans First for Liver Transplants
by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Lee Zurik, Fox 8 WVUE New Orleans Earlier this fall, a leader of the busiest hospital for organ transplants in New York state — where livers are particularly...
View ArticleSudden Shift at a Public Health Journal Leaves Scientists Feeling Censored
by Lisa Song For much of its 22-year existence, few outside the corner of science devoted to toxic chemicals paid much attention to the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health....
View ArticleMore Machine Learning About Congress’ Priorities
by Jeremy B. Merrill Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is a tax wonk ― and most observers of Congress know that. But knowing what interests the other 434 members of Congress is harder. To make it easier...
View ArticleProPublica Illinois Q&A: Meet News Applications Developer David Eads
by Andrea Salcedo David Eads, who came to ProPublica Illinois from National Public Radio, believes reporters should focus on stories that people are purposefully overlooking because if there’s one...
View ArticleFacebook (Still) Letting Housing Advertisers Exclude Users by Race
by Julia Angwin, Ariana Tobin and Madeleine Varner In February, Facebook said it would step up enforcement of its prohibition against discrimination in advertising for housing, employment or credit....
View ArticleHere Are the White House Visitor Records the Trump Administration Didn’t Want...
by Derek Kravitz, Leora Smith, Al Shaw and Sisi Wei
View ArticleKoch Lobbyists and Opus Dei — Who’s Dropping in on Trump Budget Czar Mick...
by Justin Elliott One of President Donald Trump’s top cabinet officials has met with a long list of lobbyists, corporate executives and wealthy people with business interests before the government,...
View ArticleChilling New Report Cites Greater Death Toll in Allende Massacre
by Ginger Thompson A disturbing report released today by researchers at the prestigious Colegio de Mexico provides new details about a 2011 massacre in Allende, a quiet Mexican ranching town less than...
View ArticleI’ve Been Interviewing ProPublica Illinois Reporters. Here’s What I’ve Learned.
by Andrea Salcedo I’m Andrea Salcedo, one of this year’s Emerging Reporters at ProPublica Illinois. Landing an academic-year fellowship with ProPublica during my last year as a multimedia journalism...
View ArticleExtreme Digital Vetting of Visitors to the U.S. Moves Forward Under a New Name
by George Joseph The Department of Immigration & Customs Enforcement is taking new steps in its plans for monitoring the social media accounts of applicants and holders of U.S. visas. At a tech...
View ArticleA Very ProPublica Holiday Gift Guide
by Celeste LeCompte Our staff is incredibly dedicated to investigative journalism. But they also write novels, play music and even pen poetry. Whether you’re looking for some good holiday reads, gifts...
View ArticleFor Some Victims, Reporting a Rape Can Bring Doubt, Abuse — and Even Prosecution
by Ken Armstrong and T. Christian Miller The women accusing the Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexual misconduct have faced doubt and derision. Other women, who have alleged sexual assault...
View ArticleWhy We Had to Buy Racist, Sexist, Xenophobic, Ableist, and Otherwise Awful...
by Ariana Tobin Last week, we bought more than a dozen housing ads excluding categories of people explicitly protected by the Fair Housing Act of 1968. Were these actual ads? No. And as someone who’s...
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