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How Asylum Works — And Doesn’t Work
by Kavitha Surana Yearslong wait lists, bewildering legal arguments, an extended stay in detention — you can experience it all in The Waiting Game, a newsgame that simulates the experience of trying...
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The Waiting Game
by Sisi Wei, ProPublica, and Nick Fortugno, Playmatics Based on the real case files of five asylum seekers from five countries and interviews with the medical and legal professionals who evaluate and...
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Shutdown of Texas Schools Probe Shows Trump Administration Pullback on Civil...
by Annie Waldman Beside a highway in Bryan, Texas, tucked between a motorcycle bar and the county jail, stands a low-slung, sprawling complex with tinted windows, sandstone walls and barbed wire...
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ProPublica Wins Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Award
by ProPublica The Society of Professional Journalists announced today that “Lost Mothers,” a project with NPR, has won the Sigma Delta Chi Award for excellence in journalism. The collaboration...
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Redesigning Maternal Care: OB-GYNs Are Urged to See New Mothers Sooner and...
by Nina Martin Doctors would see new mothers sooner and more frequently, and insurers would cover the increased visits, under sweeping new recommendations from the organization that sets standards of...
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The Curious Case of the Twice-Fired FBI Analyst
by Topher Sanders On Feb. 22, 2018, when Said Barodi received the letter from the deputy director of the FBI, he expected bad news. A year earlier, Barodi had been fired as an analyst for the bureau,...
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Defining the Delicate and Often Difficult Relationship Between Reporters and...
by Steve Mills 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 since,...
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“Lost Mothers” Wins Peabody Award
by ProPublica The ProPublica and NPR series “Lost Mothers” won the the Peabody Award in the radio/podcast category. The collaboration illuminated the maternal mortality crisis in the United States....
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What Is Congress Talking About?
by Jeremy B. Merrill When something happens in Congress, legislators love to brag about it — or condemn it — for their audience of journalists and professionals in Washington and for their...
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The Hidden Hand of a Casino Company in Trump’s Contact with Vietnam — “Trump,...
by Justin Elliott On Dec. 14, 2016, one month after his election, President-elect Donald Trump had a call with the prime minister of Vietnam. At a time when foreign governments were scrambling to...
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Oregon Board Explains Why It Repeatedly Released Killer From Psychiatric...
by Jayme Fraser, the Malheur Enterprise The five members of the Oregon Psychiatric Security Review Board declined interview requests from the Malheur Enterprise and ProPublica. The members instead...
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How an Oregon Weekly Forced Release of Key Records in Murder Cases
by Les Zaitz, the Malheur Enterprise Jeffrey Decoster, special to ProPublica Oregon records long considered confidential provide key insights into why the state’s judicial and mental health systems...
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Oregon Doctors Warned That a Killer and Rapist Would Likely Attack Again....
by Jayme Fraser, the Malheur Enterprise In September 2015, Oregon’s Psychiatric Security Review Board faced a decision with potentially momentous consequences for public safety. Sitting before them in...
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ProPublica Wins Two Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards
by ProPublica The Radio Television Digital News Association announced today that ProPublica has won two Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, honoring outstanding achievements in electronic journalism....
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The $3 Million Research Breakdown
by Jodi S. Cohen For nearly two decades, the University of Illinois at Chicago has touted child psychiatrist Mani Pavuluri as one of its stars: She founded a renowned clinic to treat children with...
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A Killing at Donkey Creek
by Rahima Nasa The submissions from Native Americans have come into ProPublica’s Documenting Hate database with regularity: In Reno, Nevada, a truck was driven into a group of Native people protesting...
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For Some Democrats, Facebook Likes Are a Path to Hard-to-Find Supporters
by Jeremy B. Merrill Democrat Hiral Tipirneni, who lost this week’s special election to fill a vacant House seat in Arizona, couldn’t rely on the national party to fund her campaign. She received...
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Covering West Virginia’s Long History of Broken Promises
by Ken Ward Jr., The Charleston Gazette-Mail More than 26 years ago, I wrote a story about a woman named Dixie Woolum. I had been at my paper barely six months. At the time, I thought it would be cool...
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ProPublica’s 2018 Reader Survey Results
by Jill Shepherd The results are in for this year’s reader survey. Many thanks to the over 3,000 people who responded. Looking at this year’s results, the gender of our readers has evened out a bit....
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How We Found Sources for Our Research Misconduct Story — And How You Can Help...
by Jodi S. Cohen A story we published yesterday revealed how the University of Illinois at Chicago recently had to repay the federal government $3.1 million after the National Institute of Mental...
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