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Tall or Short. Long Hair, No Hair. Easy Smile, Baleful Glare.
by Logan Jaffe and Steve Mills Last year, we asked ProPublica Illinois readers what they wanted to know about how we do our work. Thoughtful, challenging questions have been rolling in ever since, and...
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California Tried to Fix Its Prisons. Now County Jails Are More Deadly.
by Jason Pohl, The Sacramento Bee, and Ryan Gabrielson, ProPublica FRESNO, Calif. — On the night of Jan. 17, 2018, Lorenzo Herrera walked into the Fresno County Jail booking area and sat down for an...
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What Happens When Judges Police Themselves In Secret? Not Much
by Joseph Cranney, The Post and Courier Over the past two decades, more than 1,000 ethics complaints have been lodged against South Carolina judges who handle the state’s major cases in circuit court....
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We’re Investigating How Insurance Gaps Endanger Mothers. This Is Why.
by Nina Martin, ProPublica, and Julia Belluz, Vox The only way to solve America’s maternal mortality problem is to fix its insurance problem. That’s the clear takeaway from a widening pool of...
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Riverboat Gambling Eyes a Move to Dry Land, Sports Teams Backing Sports...
by Derrick Clifton 1. Momentum is building for expanding gambling in Illinois State senators quietly passed a bill April 11 that would allow the state’s riverboat casinos to relocate anywhere in...
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The Salty Curmudgeon and the BIC
by Megan Rose I’ve covered the military for more than a decade, and in that time I’ve been aboard many U.S. Navy ships. Although I never really, ahem, got my sea legs, I did gain a fairly good...
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Have a Complaint About a South Carolina Judge? Help Us Investigate.
by Joseph Cranney, The Post and Courier, and Karim Doumar, ProPublica More than 1,000 ethics complaints have been lodged against South Carolina judges who handle major cases in the state’s circuit...
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What Happens When New Mothers Don’t Have Insurance? Help Us Find Out.
by Nina Martin, ProPublica, and Julia Belluz, Vox The U.S. remains one of the most dangerous high-income countries in the world for women to give birth. And with the uninsured rate rising across the...
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ProPublica Illinois, ProPublica and Partners Win Three Sigma Delta Chi Awards...
by ProPublica The Society of Professional Journalists announced Thursday that investigative series from ProPublica and ProPublica Illinois won three Sigma Delta Chi Awards. The awards honor...
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How Have Saudi Students in the U.S. Been Able to Flee Back Home After Being...
by Ken Armstrong, Katie Zavadski, and Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica, and Shane Dixon Kavanaugh, The Oregonian/OregonLive In December, reporting by The Oregonian/OregonLive revealed how a Saudi student...
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Saudi Fugitives Accused of Serious Crimes Get Help to Flee While U.S....
by Sebastian Rotella and Tim Golden, ProPublica with Shane Dixon Kavanaugh, The Oregonian/OregonLive The government of Saudi Arabia has repeatedly helped Saudi citizens evade prosecutors and the...
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TurboTax Deliberately Hides Its Free File Page From Search Engines
by Justin Elliott This week, we reported on how TurboTax uses deceptive design and misleading advertising to trick lower-income Americans into paying to file their taxes, even though they are eligible...
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Así es como TurboTax lo engañó para que pagara por la declaración de sus...
por Justin Elliott y Lucas Waldron ¿Sabía que si gana menos de $66,000 al año, puede preparar y hacer su declaración de impuestos gratuitamente? ¿No lo sabía? No es por casualidad. Las empresas que...
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Si le pagó a TurboTax, pero ganó menos de $34,000, podría obtener un...
por Justin Elliott Recientemente explicamos cómo TurboTax usa diseños engañosos y publicidad engañosa para que la gente pague por preparar la declaración de impuestos aun cuando reúnan los requisitos...
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Here Are Your Stories of Being Tricked Into Paying by TurboTax. You Often...
by Ariana Tobin, Justin Elliott and Meg Marco If you make less than $34,000 a year, you should have been able to file your taxes for free on TurboTax. That’s because of a deal the industry made with...
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Have You Worked for Intuit or in a TurboTax Customer Support Role? Have You...
by Justin Elliott and Ariana Tobin Over the past several weeks, we’ve reported on the ways Intuit’s TurboTax makes the truly Free File product really hard to find. We’re interested in understanding...
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Sailors Report Enduring Concerns About Navy Readiness and Leadership
by Kengo Tsutsumi The responses by the sailors — consistent, repeated — can be jarring to read: Are you getting enough sleep? “No.” Do you feel well-trained to do your job? “No.” Have there been...
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Have You Had Problems With Airport Security Related to Your Gender Identity?
by Lucas Waldron and Brenda Medina We want to know more about issues transgender or nonbinary people have had during Transportation Security Administration screenings at airports. We’ve heard from...
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Last Rights: Making Sense of the Supreme Court’s Series of Death Penalty Rulings
by Joe Sexton Domineque Ray, set to be executed by the state of Alabama in February, made an appeal to have his imam by his side at his death. To deny him that was unconstitutional, Ray’s lawyers...
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Tell Us What You Know About the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau? We’re...
by Anjali Tsui, ProPublica and Alice Wilder, WNYC The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created by Congress in the aftermath of the financial crisis to police companies and protect people from...
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