Why Paul Manafort’s $15,000 Ostrich Jacket Wasn’t the Biggest Revelation as...
by Nick Varchaver As the first investigation by the team of special counsel Robert Mueller to reach trial, the case of Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s one-time presidential campaign manager, has...
View ArticleShe Got Her Baby Back From Immigration Foster Care. Now, What?
by Kavitha Surana HOUSTON — Sendy Karina Ferrera Amaya clutched a stuffed unicorn outside the airport arrival gate Saturday morning, as her fiancé Juan Barrera Bucio paced back and forth. He spotted...
View ArticleVideo: The Truth About MS-13
by Ranjani Chakraborty Whether he’s calling the members “animals,” or touting ICE’s efforts to “liberate towns from the grasp of MS-13,” President Donald Trump has made a lot of assertions about the...
View ArticleRecuperó a su bebé del centro de acogida de inmigración. Y, ¿ahora qué?
por Kavitha Surana Read in English. HOUSTON — El sábado por la mañana, en la sala de llegadas del aeropuerto, Sendy Karina Ferrera Amaya se aferraba a un unicornio de peluche mientras que su prometido...
View ArticleRefugios para jóvenes inmigrantes: “Si eres un depredador, es una mina de oro”
por Michael Grabell y Topher Sanders Read in English. Solo cinco días después de llegar a los Estados Unidos, un menor hondureño de 15 años se despertó en su refugio de inmigrantes en Tucson, Arizona,...
View ArticleA Truck’s Flying Wheel Kills a Motorist, and the Sanitation Industry’s Safety...
by Kiera Feldman, special to ProPublica The army of private sanitation trucks that race through New York City’s streets every night are often in poor repair, with trucks routinely being declared...
View ArticleProPublica Wins Society of Environmental Journalists Award
by ProPublica The Society of Environmental Journalists announced today that ProPublica won its Kevin Carmody Award for Outstanding In-depth Reporting (Large Market) for “Bombs in Our Backyard.” The...
View ArticleRecords Reveal “Lax” Supervision, Sexual Activity at Chicago-Area Shelters...
by Duaa Eldeib, Jodi S. Cohen and Melissa Sanchez Soon after Christmas 2015, three boys were left unattended in the TV room of a Des Plaines shelter that houses immigrant children and is operated by...
View ArticleOur Rebuttal to Kris Kobach’s Critique
by Jessica Huseman Earlier today, the press team for Kansas gubernatorial candidate Kris Kobach distributed a detailed statement asserting that an article published by ProPublica and the Kansas City...
View ArticleWorker Charged With Sexually Molesting Eight Children at Immigrant Shelter
by Topher Sanders and Michael Grabell This story includes graphic details of alleged sexual violence against minors. A youth care worker for Southwest Key has been charged with 11 sex offenses after...
View ArticleWhen Public Records Aren’t Public
by Christian Sheckler, South Bend Tribune, and Ken Armstrong, ProPublica Last fall, a reporter for the South Bend Tribune asked to see the court files for three criminal cases in Elkhart County,...
View ArticleWe’re Writing About Problems at the Immigrant Shelters Housing Children and...
by Melissa Sanchez, Jodi S. Cohen and Duaa Eldeib Get Email Updates from ProPublica Illinois Hi and hola. This week we wanted to tell you about our reporting on what’s happening inside the 11 shelters...
View ArticleSteve Cohen Is Spending Millions to Help Veterans. Why Are People Angry?
by Isaac Arnsdorf At a House hearing last year on post-traumatic stress disorder, a private organization showed up with an ambitious plan to help suffering veterans. The Cohen Veterans Network was...
View ArticleFor Most Common Heart Surgery, St. Luke’s Has Been Among the Nation’s Worst
by Mike Hixenbaugh, Houston Chronicle, and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica Even as the federal government prepares to cut off funding to Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center’s poorly performing heart...
View ArticleProPublica Honored With Society of Professional Journalists Award for...
by ProPublica The Society of Professional Journalists awarded ProPublica with a Sunshine Award. The honor is bestowed to individuals and organizations for their notable contributions to open...
View ArticleElection Commission Documents Cast Doubt on Trump’s Claims of Voter Fraud
by Jessica Huseman In May of 2017, President Donald Trump established a presidential commission to explore the threat of voter fraud — staffing it with multiple Republicans who had theorized that...
View ArticleTo See How Levees Increase Flooding, We Built Our Own
by Al Shaw, Lisa Song, Katie Campbell and Ranjani Chakraborty
View ArticleFlood Thy Neighbor: Who Stays Dry and Who Decides?
Lisa Song, ProPublica, Patrick Michels, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, and Al Shaw, ProPublica Just after Christmas 2015, police showed up at the Starling Community Trailer Court...
View ArticleProPublica Hires Reporter Renee Dudley to Cover Technology
by ProPublica ProPublica announced today that Renee Dudley is joining its staff as a senior reporter covering the central roles that technology, algorithms and social media play in our lives. She...
View ArticleInformes revelan supervisión “laxa,” actividad sexual en centros de acogida...
por Duaa Eldeib, Jodi S. Cohen y Melissa Sanchez Read in English. Poco después de Navidad en 2015, tres niños quedaron sin vigilancia en la sala de televisión de un centro de acogida en Des Plaines...
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