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First Responders Speak Out About PTSD, Two Years After Pulse Nightclub Shooting
by ProPublica “To be a first responder, your DNA is built differently,” said Omar Delgado, a former Florida police officer who responded to Orlando’s Pulse nightclub shooting, in which 49 people were...
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How Racial Profiling Goes Unchecked in Immigration Enforcement
by Kavitha Surana When immigration officers raided a rural Pennsylvania poultry transport company early last year, a lawyer for five undocumented men arrested saw plenty of evidence their rights had...
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Where Is “Home” for Children in State Custody?
by Duaa Eldeib I remember all sorts of details about the houses where I grew up. I imagine most of us can. There was the tan ranch where I got my first bee sting. The white brick two-story with light...
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The Government’s New Contractor to Run Los Alamos Includes the Same Manager...
by Rebecca Moss, Santa Fe New Mexican Despite a lengthy record of safety violations, the University of California will continue its 75-year legacy of running Los Alamos National Laboratory, the U.S....
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Behind the Headline: Deborah Goldberg
by ProPublica In 2008 Deborah Goldberg was hired as the managing attorney for EarthJustice’s new northeast regional office in New York City. Her job was to lead the office’s litigation team, using...
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Behind the Headline: Rebecca Glover
by ProPublica The incinerated body of Rebecca Glover’s nephew Henry was found in 2005 in a burned car on the banks of the Mississippi River. It was roughly a week after Hurricane Katrina ripped...
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Behind the Headline: Bil Musgrave
by ProPublica Bil Musgrave was just 54 years old when he was diagnosed with a rare cancer and given six months to live. He retired from his job as a coal miner in Warrick County, Ind., and focused on...
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Behind the Headline: Kristen Davis
by ProPublica After surgery last spring, Kristen Davis suffered adverse reactions to a steroid used during general anesthesia, including steroid-induced mania and hormones elevated ten times above...
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Behind the Headline: Isaura Martinez
by ProPublica In 2012, Isaura Martinez was working as a temp in Chicago. Like the city’s many other immigrant workers employed by temp agencies, she boarded vans each day to work in hazardous...
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Welcome to Our Second Decade
by Stephen Engelberg, Richard Tofel, and Robin Fields Dear Readers, A decade ago, we announced the publication of ProPublica’s first stories with a brief note that said: “Welcome to the Starting...
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Five First Responders to the Pulse Massacre. One Diagnosis: PTSD.
by Abe Aboraya, WMFE On the morning of June 12, 2016, police officer Omar Delgado pulled his cruiser up to his two-story townhome in Sanford, Florida, and sat in silence for 15 minutes, trying to...
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The Administration of Mayor Rahm Emanuel Keeps Monitoring Protesters
by Mick Dumke Even before thousands of demonstrators gathered in downtown Chicago to speak out against President Donald Trump’s inauguration last year, city police were watching. Recently released...
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Patients Wait in Limbo as St. Luke’s Heart Transplant Program Reviews Its...
by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh, Houston Chronicle Earlier this month, when Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston announced it was temporarily suspending its renowned heart...
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Announcing ProPublica’s 21 Diversity Scholarship Recipients!
by Lena Groeger We’re excited to announce the 21 recipients of the 2018 ProPublica Diversity Scholarship. Each of these talented journalists will receive a $700 scholarship to attend one of the annual...
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Pennsylvania State Police Adding Oversight to Troopers’ Interactions With ICE
by Kavitha Surana By the end of this month, Pennsylvania State Police officers will be required to file a report any time they call immigration authorities to the scene of a traffic stop, detailing...
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Illinois Lawmakers Demand Explanation on Children Stuck in Psychiatric Hospitals
by Duaa Eldeib Illinois lawmakers have asked state child welfare officials to explain why they routinely fail to find better homes for hundreds of children in psychiatric hospitals, leaving them...
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ProPublica Hires Jeremy Kutner as Deputy General Counsel
by ProPublica ProPublica announced today that Jeremy Kutner is joining its staff as deputy general counsel. He starts on July 30 and will provide day-to-day legal support for the organization’s full...
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Oregon Court System Shields Evaluation of Alleged Killer
by Les Zaitz, The Malheur Enterprise VALE, Ore. — Oregon officials last year fought to keep the public away from records about a man accused of two murders following his early release from state...
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Understand “Variety.” Listen to Young People. Pay Attention to Changing...
by Logan Jaffe Last week, we visited Rock Island and Toulon in western Illinois as part of our ongoing collaboration with Free Street Theater and Illinois Humanities to learn about issues affecting...
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Facebook’s Screening for Political Ads Nabs News Sites Instead of Politicians
by Jeremy B. Merrill and Ariana Tobin One ad couldn’t have been more obviously political. Targeted to people aged 18 and older, it urged them to “vote YES” on June 5 on a ballot proposition to issue...
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