Trump Official Did Undisclosed Work With Scandal-Plagued GOP Fundraiser
by Justin Elliott A current State Department official helped a top fundraiser for Donald Trump arrange meetings with U.S. senators and Angolan officials in early 2017, according to emails obtained by...
View ArticleTexas County Reverses Ban on Liberal T-Shirts
Following coverage from Electionland partner the Houston Chronicle, the Harris County Clerk’s Office reversed instructions singling out voters who were wearing T-shirts promoting three progressive...
View ArticleNearly 47,000 Voter Registrations Still Flagged Under Georgia’s “Exact Match”...
The policy compares voter registration applications against government records and flags those that don’t match up exactly. Affected voters can still cast their ballots if they present valid ID at the...
View ArticleGeorgia’s “Exact Match” Law: Whose Registrations Are on Hold?
Electionland partner GPB News analyzed the Georgia voter registrations that are “pending” because of mismatched names, addresses and Social Security numbers. Here’s a look at the figures.
View ArticleNorth Carolina Candidate and Campaign Manager Accused of Voter Intimidation
According to an Electionland tip, Rep. Chris Malone and his campaign manager asked people waiting at polling places if they were preparing to vote twice. Malone said he did not recall asking anyone...
View ArticleMore Than Me Addresses Inaccurate Tax Returns, Loses 2 Board Members, Has...
by Finlay Young for ProPublica In the wake of a ProPublica investigation into More Than Me, the charity scrambled this week to answer questions about inaccuracies in its tax returns. One of its...
View ArticleWhat We Learned From Letting a Mother and Her Son Tell Their Own Story
by Logan Jaffe and Jodi S. Cohen This week, we published a story we wrote less than half of. Most of it was written eight years ago, by a mother whose then 10-year-old son was going through a clinical...
View Article¿Conoces a un estudiante que fue detenido por ICE después de tener problemas...
por Hannah Dreier y Adriana Gallardo Read in English. A medida que aumentan las operaciones de inmigración bajo el presidente Donald Trump, los estudiantes inmigrantes que se meten en problemas en la...
View ArticleDo You Know a Student Who Was Detained by ICE After Getting in Trouble at...
by Hannah Dreier and Adriana Gallardo Leer en español. As immigration enforcement operations ramp up under President Donald Trump, immigrant students who get in trouble in school are at increasing...
View ArticleReports of Voter Intimidation at Polling Places in Texas
by Blake Paterson Tempers are flaring during early voting in Dallas County, Texas, and reports of voter intimidation are on the rise. The county’s nonpartisan election administrator said that the...
View ArticleHow Texans Can Avoid “Vote Flipping”
The Texas secretary of state’s office has warned that some voters who use Hart eSlate voting machines — in place in more than 80 counties — have reported seeing their choices flip to the other party’s...
View ArticleKorean Translators Barred From Texas Polling Place
Volunteer Korean translators hoping to help voters understand their ballots say an election judge in one Harris County precinct told them to stand outside the 100-foot electioneering line. According...
View ArticleImage of Bloody Fetus Sent to Beto O’Rourke Supporters
Some residents in Garland, Texas, say they received a postcard featuring an image of a bloody fetus. They have at least one thing in common: yard signs supporting Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Beto...
View ArticleGroups Mask Partisan Attacks Behind Neutral-Sounding Names in Facebook Ads
by Jeremy B. Merrill, and Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune Some political groups on the left are borrowing a tactic from disinformation campaigns, placing ads on Facebook that pretend to be impartial...
View ArticleTwitter Used to Feel Like a Chore. Now It’s a Powerful Friend (And Fun).
by Melissa Sanchez At the beginning of the 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...
View ArticleReporting Recipe: How to Investigate Racial Disparities at Your School
by Annie Waldman Over the past year, ProPublica has been tracking civil rights issues in schools across the country. We’ve reported on Obama-era investigations that have been closed by the Trump...
View ArticleRudy Giuliani’s Mystery Trips to Russia, Armenia and Ukraine — “Trump, Inc.”...
by Andrea Bernstein and Ilya Marritz, WNYC Rudy Giuliani has had many identities in his time on the public stage. A crusading federal prosecutor who struck terror in mobsters and Wall Street titans...
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