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Trashed: Inside the Deadly World of Private Garbage Collection
by Kiera Feldman, The Investigative Fund Shortly before 5 a.m. on a recent November night, a garbage truck with a New York Yankees decal on the side sped through a red light on an empty street in the...
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Maternal Deaths Are Increasing in Texas, But Probably Not as Much as We Thought
by Robin Fields A startling spike in recent years in the number of Texas women dying as a consequence of pregnancy or childbirth has spurred a furious debate over whether deep funding cuts to...
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Trump’s Voter Fraud Commission Is Gone, But Scrutiny Will Continue
by Jessica Huseman In an unexpected executive order on Wednesday night, President Donald Trump abruptly dissolved the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, which he’d set up after...
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A Short History of the Brief and Bumpy Life of the Voting Fraud Commission
by Jessica Huseman The controversy that swirled around the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity far exceeded its output. The commission made no decisions, issued no reports, and...
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How Does Journalism Work? Ask Us Questions. We Can Explain.
by Logan Jaffe Last week, Louise Kiernan, our editor-in-chief, wrote about some of the work behind our journalism here at ProPublica Illinois. She detailed time-consuming fact-checking techniques,...
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Cómo se cometen estafas de bancarrotas con impunidad en Los Ángeles
por Paul Kiel El edificio en forma de caja donde está ubicada la empresa JC Foreclosures Service no parece gran cosa. Si usted va en auto, tal vez pasará por alto esta empresa que realiza el servicio...
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AARP and Key Senators Urge Companies to End Age Bias in Recruiting on Facebook
by Jennifer Valentino-DeVries The largest advocacy group for older Americans and the two top members of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging are calling on employers and tech companies to stop...
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Canadian Research Adds to Worry Over an Environmental Threat the Pentagon Has...
by Abrahm Lustgarten New research by Canadian scientists into the spread of a chemical commonly used in military explosives has confirmed some of the worst fears of U.S. environmental regulators...
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Ethics Board Fines Cook County Assessor Over Campaign Contributions
by Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, and Jason Grotto, ProPublica Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios is facing $41,000 in fines for failing to return campaign contributions from property tax appeals lawyers...
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After a Sweet Deal With Dad, Eric Trump Assembles a Valuable Penthouse
by Derek Kravitz, ProPublica, and Will Parker, The Real Deal President Donald Trump’s son Eric is preparing to capitalize on a windfall he received from his father during the presidential campaign:...
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How the Public Fueled Our Investigations in 2017
by Terry Parris Jr. A year ago, we said we would focus more on how the public can participate in our investigative reporting. We wanted to work more collaboratively and openly, and create more...
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Join ProPublica to Report on the Technology Platforms Dominating Our Lives
by ProPublica Facebook and other online platforms are playing increasingly central roles in society: They help decide the news we see, the job opportunities we’re aware of and so much more. Just like...
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Jacksonville City Council President and Local Public Defender Call for...
by Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, Florida Times-Union The Jacksonville City Council president and other local lawmakers have called for suspending the issuing of pedestrian tickets...
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Help Us Figure Out Where in Illinois to Take Our Theater-Journalism Project
by Logan Jaffe ProPublica Illinois is teaming up with Free Street Theater on a six-month initiative to engage with communities around the state. You may think it’s a little strange for a newsroom of...
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Jacksonville Sheriff Criticizes Our Reporting. We Respond.
by ProPublica ProPublica and the Florida Times-Union have spent several months reporting on the issuing of pedestrian tickets in Jacksonville and in other parts of Florida. The reporting has shown...
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In New York, Crime Falls Along With Police Stops
by Joe Sexton If you grew up in New York City in the 1970s, the number can be hard to get your head around: 291. If you were a reporter in New York City in the early 1990s, the number can almost make...
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Innocent But Still Guilty
by Megan Rose After Fred Steese spent two decades in a Nevada prison for murder, evidence indicating that he was innocent was found buried in the prosecution’s files. It was proof that Steese, as he’d...
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by Benjamin Conarck, Florida Times-Union, and Topher Sanders, ProPublica The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office will begin bias training for its officers next week in what the office said is an effort to...
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‘Independent’ Watchdog’s Secret Funder: Conservative Small-Government Group
by Mick Dumke, ProPublica, and Dan Mihalopoulos, Chicago Sun-Times When former Chicago City Council inspector general Faisal Khan launched his not-for-profit anti-corruption group close to two years...
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