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In Colfax, Echoes of Another Conflict
by Ashley Gilbertson ProPublica Bombs in Our Backyard Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment Donate In Colfax, Echoes of Another Conflict A photographer who covered the war in Iraq appreciates how...
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Kaboom Town
by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Bombs in Our Backyard Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment Donate Kaboom Town The U.S. military burns millions of pounds of munitions in a tiny, African-American...
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Has the Moment for Environmental Justice Been Lost?
by Talia Buford Given how President Donald Trump has taken aim at the Environmental Protection Agency with regulatory rollbacks and deep proposed budget cuts, it may come as no surprise that the...
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Amid the Blaring Headlines, Routine Reports of Hate-Fueled Violence
by Joe Sexton Last Wednesday, July 19, was something of a busy news day. There was word North Korea was making preparations for yet another provocative missile test. The Supreme Court, in its latest...
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On Rikers Island, a Move Toward Reform Causes Trouble
by Joaquin Sapien NEW YORK — On Rikers Island, in a cell block for the jail’s most violent inmates, young men sit for hours, feet shackled to “restraint desks.” The school-like desks, outfitted with...
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McCain’s Brain Cancer Draws Renewed Attention to Possible Agent Orange...
by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh, the Houston Chronicle, This story was co-published with the Houston Chronicle. When Amy Jones’ dad, Paul, was diagnosed with glioblastoma last...
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‘How Can You Work ... for a President That Undermines Your Work?’
by Mattathias Schwartz, special to ProPublica, Last week, Dan Coats, the former senator from Indiana and current head of the U.S. intelligence community, was interviewed by NBC’s Lester Holt in front...
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The Breakthrough: Reporting on Life and Death in the Delivery Room
by Joaquin Sapien .player_box, div.article-inline-image.Right.demobbed { display: none; } In the cellphone video, 33-year-old Lauren Bloomstein looks perfectly healthy, radiant even. She is in a...
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Border Agency Set to Jumpstart Trump’s Wall in a Texas Wildlife Refuge
by Kiah Collier, Texas Tribune, and T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, This story was co-published with the Texas Tribune. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will begin constructing the first segment of...
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Confusion, Fear, Cynicism: Why People Don’t Report Hate Incidents
by Ken Schwencke It is one of the most striking and curious statistics contained in a recent Bureau of Justice Statistics report on hate crimes in America: 54 percent of the roughly 250,000 people who...
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‘The 100th Nail in the Coffin’ for Integration in Westchester County
by Joaquin Sapien For years, Westchester County insisted its zoning laws did not prevent black and Latino families from moving into wealthy suburbs north of New York City — even in a town like Pound...
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To Venezuela, This Week’s Sanctions Are a Joke
by Hannah Dreier This week, the Trump administration took the rare step of declaring Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro a “dictator,” freezing his assets and banning Americans from doing business...
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Dangerous Pollutants in Military’s Open Burns Greater Than Thought, Tests...
by Abrahm Lustgarten The federal government appears to have significantly underestimated the amount of lead, arsenic and other dangerous pollutants that are sent into the air from uncontrolled burning...
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‘If You Hemorrhage, Don’t Clean Up’: Advice From Mothers Who Almost Died
by Adriana Gallardo and Nina Martin, ProPublica, and Renee Montagne, NPR, This story was co-published with NPR. Choosing a Provider Preparing for an Emergency Getting Your Provider to Listen Paying...
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Accreditors Can Keep Their Hospital Inspection Reports Secret, Feds Decide
by Charles Ornstein Federal health officials have backed down from a controversial proposal that would have required private accreditors to publicly release reports about errors, mishaps and mix-ups...
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Sikhs in America: A History of Hate
by A.C. Thompson ProPublica Documenting Hate Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment Donate Chad Batka, special to ProPublica Sikhs in America: A History of Hate Demonized as immigrants. Mistaken...
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Take the Generic Drug, Patients Are Told — Unless Insurers Say No
by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Katie Thomas, The New York Times, This article was produced in partnership with The New York Times. It’s standard advice for consumers: If you are prescribed a...
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Secrecy and Suspicion Surround Trump’s Deregulation Teams
by Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, and Danielle Ivory, The New York Times, This article was co-published with The New York Times. When President Trump ordered federal agencies to form teams to dismantle...
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Generic Drug Prices Are Declining, But Many Consumers Aren’t Benefiting
by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Katie Thomas, The New York Times, This article was produced in partnership with The New York Times. Not all drug prices are going up. Amid the public fury over the...
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Who’s Taking College Spots From Top Asian Americans? Privileged Whites.
by Daniel Golden This story was co-published with Bloomberg View. More than a decade ago, I chatted with Asian-American seniors at Hunter College High School in New York City about their college...
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