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Prominent Texas Surgeon Sues ProPublica and the Houston Chronicle
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How the Fight Against Affirmative Action at Harvard Could Threaten Rich Whites
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Undercooked: An Expensive Push to Save Lives and Protect the Planet Falls Short
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All the Ways You Can Help Our Reporting Right Now
by Logan Jaffe Get Email Updates from ProPublica Illinois Dive deeper into our reporting. Our newsletter is written by a ProPublica Illinois journalist every week. If you haven’t noticed, part of how...
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Watch the 6-Year-Old Salvadoran Girl Heard on a Secret Recording Out of a...
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ProPublica Hires Agnes Chang as Editorial Experience Designer
by ProPublica ProPublica announced today that Agnes Chang will be joining its staff as its next editorial experience designer. She starts on August 6 and will be a part of ProPublica’s growing design...
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ProPublica’s “Lost Mothers” and “Walking While Black” Named NABJ Awards...
by ProPublica The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) announced the finalists for its 2018 Salute to Excellence Awards, the only awards program that honors exemplary coverage of...
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In New York, Intolerance Has Become Routine
by Rahima Nasa It is just a snapshot, but it makes for a plenty ugly picture all the same: The New York City Commission on Human Rights surveyed more than 3,000 Muslim, Jewish and Sikh residents of...
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A Baby Was Separated From Her Uncle at the Border. Three Months Later, Her...
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Health Insurers Are Vacuuming Up Details About You — And It Could Raise Your...
Marshall Allen To an outsider, the fancy booths at last month’s health insurance industry gathering in San Diego aren’t very compelling. A handful of companies pitching “lifestyle” data and...
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Reporter Patricia Callahan to Cover Business for ProPublica
by ProPublica ProPublica announced today that Patricia Callahan will join its staff as a senior reporter covering business. She will start on Aug. 31. Callahan joins ProPublica from the Chicago...
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Updated: Facebook Political Ad Collector
by Jeremy B. Merrill, Ally J. Levine, Ariana Tobin, Jeff Larson, and Julia Angwin Explore the app.
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Explosive Report on Abuse of Women Photographers Stirs Both Anger and Pride
by ProPublica An investigation published this week was painful reading for many. For one advocate, it was also inspiring. On Monday, the Columbia Journalism Review published a nearly 10,000-word...
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Like Chicago Police, Cook County and Illinois Officials Track Thousands of...
by Mick Dumke Over the last 25 years, Illinois State Police have built a database of more than 90,000 people they deem to be gang members — but won’t say what gangs they’re in or where they live. The...
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Immigrant Shelters Drug Traumatized Teenagers Without Consent
by Caroline Chen and Jess Ramirez Fleeing an abusive stepfather in El Salvador, Gabriela headed for Oakland, California, where her grandfather had promised to take her in. When the teenager reached...
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Download the Gang Databases We Got From Illinois State Police, Cook County...
by Celeste LeCompte Get Email Updates from ProPublica Illinois Dive deeper into our reporting. Our newsletter is written by a ProPublica Illinois journalist every week. I’m Celeste LeCompte, and today...
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Henri Cauvin to Join ProPublica as Senior Editor
by ProPublica ProPublica announced today that Henri Cauvin will join its staff as a senior editor. Cauvin comes to ProPublica from The New York Times, where he has been an editor on the Metro Desk...
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Trump Administration Neuters Nuclear Safety Board
by Rebecca Moss, Santa Fe New Mexican The Trump administration has quietly taken steps that may inhibit independent oversight of its most high-risk nuclear facilities, including some buildings at Los...
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Why Russian Spies Really Like American Universities
by Daniel Golden Under the alias Cynthia Murphy, Russian spy Lydia Guryeva attended Columbia Business School, and ingratiated herself with a key fundraiser for Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential...
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