Thousands of Criminal Cases in New York Relied on Disputed DNA Testing...
by Lauren Kirchner This story was co-published with The New York Times. Over the past decade, the DNA laboratory in the office of New York City’s chief medical examiner emerged as a pioneer in...
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View ArticleWhy Giving Birth Is Safer in Britain Than in the U.S.
by Kate Womersley, special to ProPublica At 11:58 p.m. this past June 25, Helen Taylor gave birth to her first baby, a boy, at West Suffolk Hospital in the east of England. At 11:59 p.m., with 15...
View ArticleLifting the Veil on Another Batch of Shadowy Trump Appointees
by Derek Kravitz, Isaac Arnsdorf and Marina Affo President Donald Trump has left hundreds of government jobs unfilled that require a vote by the Senate. Yet his administration has installed more than...
View ArticleWelcome to the New ProPublica.org
by David Sleight Websites are like icebergs. What you see on the surface usually offers the merest hint of the big, complex world that lies beneath. ProPublica’s site is no different. Since our start...
View ArticleAt Last, Air Monitor Set to Test for Lead Near Military Open Burn Site
by Abrahm Lustgarten Virginia environment officials say they will soon begin monitoring the air near a public elementary school outside the town of Radford amid concerns that pollution from an Army...
View ArticleHow Jeff Sessions Misrepresented the Trump Administration’s Expansion of...
by Isaac Arnsdorf The Trump administration made false assertions to justify an executive order expanding police forces’ access to military equipment such as tanks and grenade launchers. Attorney...
View ArticleWill Trump Kill the Dream for These Immigrants?
by Marcelo Rochabrun Marco Guajardo starts a new job today that, he said, will provide him with health insurance for the first time. Matias Zubko is set to close on a new house on Wednesday. Roberto...
View ArticleTop Democrats Demand Inquiry Into Deadly DEA-Led Operations
by Ginger Thompson Top Democrats on both the House foreign affairs and judiciary committees called Thursday for an inquiry into Drug Enforcement Administration-led operations in Honduras and Mexico...
View ArticleWhere the Government Spends to Keep People in Flood-Prone Houston Neighborhoods
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View ArticleThousands of Criminal Cases in New York Relied on Disputed DNA Testing...
by Lauren Kirchner Over the past decade, the DNA laboratory in the office of New York City’s chief medical examiner emerged as a pioneer in analyzing the most complicated evidence from crime scenes....
View ArticleDemócratas de alto nivel exigen investigación de operativos mortales...
by Ginger Thompson Demócratas de alto nivel en los comités tanto de asuntos extranjeros como los judiciales de la Cámara de Representantes exigieron eljueves una investigación de los operativos...
View ArticleAnother Thing Disappearing From Rural America: Maternal Care
by Adriana Gallardo and Nina Martin Maternity care is disappearing from America’s rural counties, and for the 28 million women of reproductive age living in those areas, pregnancy and childbirth are...
View ArticleProPublica, NPR and BPL Presents to Host Maternal Health Forum With Advice...
by ProPublica By many measures, the U.S. has become the most dangerous place to give birth in the affluent world. Each year 700 to 900 American women die from pregnancy or childbirth-related causes –...
View ArticleThe Freedom Plea: How Prosecutors Deny Exonerations by Dangling the Prison Keys
by Megan Rose Despite new evidence undermining the convictions of at least eight men for violent crimes in both Baltimore City and County over the last two decades, none were exonerated. Instead, they...
View ArticleWhat Does an Innocent Man Have to Do to Go Free? Plead Guilty.
by Megan Rose On Oct. 15, 2008, James Owens shuffled, head high despite his shackles, into a Baltimore courtroom, eager for his new trial to begin. Two decades into a life sentence, he would finally...
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by Julia Angwin and Jeff Larson During the 2016 presidential campaign, President Donald Trump’s operatives bragged to the press that they tried to dissuade African Americans from voting by targeting...
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