Despite Crackdowns, White Supremacist and Neo-Nazi Videos Take Stubborn Root...
by A.C. Thompson and Lucas Waldron, ProPublica, and Christopher Mathias, HuffPost In his 74-page manifesto, Brenton Tarrant, the alleged gunman responsible for the massacres at two mosques in...
View ArticleFederal Authorities Raided Trump Fundraiser’s Office in Money Laundering Probe
by Robert Faturechi and Justin Elliott Federal authorities raided the office of Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy last summer, seeking records related to his dealings with foreign officials and...
View ArticleVA’s Private Care Program Headed for Tech Trouble, Review Finds
by Isaac Arnsdorf As the Trump administration prepares to launch a controversial program to expand private medical care for veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs is developing a software tool...
View ArticleCook County Judge Blocks ProPublica Illinois From Publishing Details of Child...
by Steve Mills and Mick Dumke In an unusual move, a Cook County Juvenile Court judge has barred ProPublica Illinois, as well as other media, from publishing any information that could identify...
View ArticleGAO Urges Federal Government to Reveal Key Information on Political Appointees
by Derek Kravitz for ProPublica The Government Accountability Office, the congressional watchdog agency, is urging the federal government to make information about thousands of political appointees —...
View ArticleMeg Marco Joins ProPublica as Senior Editor for Audience
by ProPublica ProPublica announced Tuesday that Meg Marco is joining the staff as its senior editor for audience, a new position at ProPublica. In the role, she will oversee ProPublica’s audience...
View ArticleFacebook Won’t Let Employers, Landlords or Lenders Discriminate in Ads Anymore
by Jack Gillum and Ariana Tobin Facebook advertisers can no longer target users by age, gender and ZIP code for housing, employment and credit offers, the company announced Tuesday as part of a major...
View ArticleUniversity of Illinois at Chicago Missed Warning Signs of Research Going...
by Jodi S. Cohen For a year, the University of Illinois at Chicago has downplayed its shortcomings in overseeing the work of a prominent child psychiatrist who violated research protocols and put...
View ArticleRhode Island, Have You Called 911 for a Medical Emergency? Talk to Us.
by Karim Doumar, ProPublica, and Lynn Arditi, The Public’s Radio Somebody collapses — in a restaurant, public park, sports stadium or even right at home. Sudden cardiac arrest strikes seemingly at...
View ArticleHow Rhode Island’s Emergency 911 System Failed Baby Alijah
by Lynn Arditi, The Public’s Radio Barbara’s son had just gotten out of the shower and gone back downstairs to where his 6-month-old son was napping when she heard a scream. Then came the pounding of...
View ArticleProPublica Wins Overseas Press Club Award
by ProPublica The Overseas Press Club announced ProPublica’s “Fuel to the Fire” as the winner of the Whitman Bassow Award, which recognizes the best reporting on international environmental issues....
View ArticleProPublica’s A.C. Thompson Wins Walter Cronkite Award for “Documenting Hate”
by ProPublica The USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism announced this week that ProPublica reporter A.C. Thompson is the winner of the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in...
View ArticleMeet Trump’s Other Partners on His Attempted Moscow Tower — “Trump, Inc.”...
by Eric Umansky and Heather Vogell This week on “Trump, Inc.,” we’re exploring President Donald Trump’s efforts to do business in Moscow. Our team — Heather Vogell, Andrea Bernstein, Meg Cramer and...
View ArticleWomen Who Worked with Billionaire Philanthropist Michael Steinhardt Say He...
by Hannah Dreyfus for ProPublica and Sharon Otterman, The New York Times Sheila Katz was a young executive at Hillel International, the Jewish college outreach organization, when she was sent to visit...
View ArticleEl Salvador Considers Amnesty for Those Accused of Crimes During Its Civil War
by Raymond Bonner for ProPublica Legislators in El Salvador are considering granting amnesty to those accused of crimes committed during the country’s brutal civil war in the 1980s. The legislation...
View ArticleDoctors, EMS Leaders Call for Changes to Rhode Island’s 911 System
by Lynn Arditi, The Public’s Radio PROVIDENCE, R.I. — As Rhode Island lawmakers consider ways to improve the state’s 911 emergency system, the head of the state police on Thursday pledged to conduct a...
View ArticleThe University of Illinois Withheld Public Records for Months. Guess What...
by Jodi S. Cohen I want to tell you about a story we published this week. It is based on records that paint the clearest picture yet of the University of Illinois at Chicago’s role in a high-profile...
View ArticleHate Endures in America, and With It Our Effort to Document the Damage
by Rachel Glickhouse Since the start of 2019, in places across the United States, there have been no fewer than five killings in which victims’ race, ethnicity or national origin appears to have been...
View ArticleTwo Indiana Police Officers Face Federal Charges in Videotaped Beating of...
by Christian Sheckler, South Bend Tribune A federal grand jury has indicted two Elkhart, Indiana, police officers on civil rights charges for repeatedly punching a handcuffed man last year, U.S....
View ArticleHUD’s Inspection System Gets a Poor Grade in Congressional Watchdog’s Report
by Molly Parker, The Southern Illinoisan The federal government’s system of inspecting taxpayer-subsidized housing is fundamentally flawed, and leaders at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...
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