Rudy 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...
View ArticleFederal Inspectors Cite St. Luke’s in Houston for Problems in a Heart Transplant
by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh, Houston Chronicle The federal government has cited Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston for not having working defibrillator paddles in the...
View ArticleMissouri Counties Face Uphill Climb to Prepare for High-Stakes Midterm
by Linley Sanders Missouri is rushing to retrain thousands of poll workers just days ahead of the midterm election because of a new court ruling that forced changes to the state’s voter ID law. The...
View ArticleDallas Voters Report Intimidation Outside Polling Locations
Following up on tips received by Electionland, The Dallas Morning News reported on the fierce, often confrontational, and entirely legal electioneering — which some voters described as intimidating —...
View ArticleChicago Psychiatric Hospital Is Under Fire Over Reports Alleging Abuse of...
by Duaa Eldeib A Chicago psychiatric hospital that treats hundreds of children in state care is under federal and state investigation over safety concerns and alleged sexual assaults, and it may be...
View ArticleLast-Minute Tips for Figuring Out Your Ballot and Making Sure You Can Vote
by Cynthia Gordy Giwa While there are often reports of problems that can arise at the polls (maybe you’ve seen news of malfunctioning machines and registration purges in states that have early...
View ArticleExperts Explore the Consequences of Bad Science on the Justice System
by Cynthia Gordy Giwa A panel co-hosted by ProPublica, The New York Times Magazine, Harvard Law School’s Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, and Harvard Law’s Criminal Justice...
View ArticleLatina Is Asked “Are You Sure You Are a U.S. Citizen?” at Texas Polling Place
The voter, in Bee Cave, Texas, says poll workers did not ask the question of others. The Texas secretary of state’s office says poll workers are not instructed to ask about citizenship status. (The...
View ArticleChicago Alderman Proposes Reining in Ticket Penalties That Drove Thousands of...
by Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, and Elliott Ramos, WBEZ A Chicago alderman has proposed a sweeping overhaul of the way the city punishes drivers who can’t afford to pay tickets, calling for an end to...
View ArticleHow Big Oil Dodges Facebook’s New Ad Transparency Rules
by Jeremy B. Merrill A Facebook ad in October urged political conservatives to support the Trump administration’s rollback of fuel emission standards, which it hailed as “our president’s car freedom...
View ArticleHow North Carolina’s Early Voting Changes Affect Voters
by Ken Schwencke, ProPublica, and Tyler Dukes, WRAL News
View ArticleThe VA Shadow Rulers’ Signature Program Is “Trending Towards Red”
by Isaac Arnsdorf When senators asked Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie in September about the three Trump supporters who’ve been quietly shaping the agency’s agenda from the president’s...
View ArticleProPublica and International Center of Photography Host “The Cleaners” Film...
by ProPublica Who controls what you see on the internet? “The Cleaners,” a documentary by German filmmakers Moritz Riesewieck and Hans Block, takes viewers inside a hidden industry of digital...
View ArticleNew York City Agency Spreads Incorrect Information on Felon Voting Rights
The city’s Campaign Finance Board distributed a voter guide that says, incorrectly, that felons can vote only after completing parole. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order in April 2018...
View ArticleMail-In Ballot Postage Becomes a Surprising (and Unnecessary) Cause of Voter...
by Susie Armitage At the absentee ballot parties organized by assistant professor Allison Rank and her political science students at the State University of New York at Oswego, young voters can sip...
View ArticleLawmakers Call for Independent Inquiry at Psychiatric Hospital After...
by Duaa Eldeib State lawmakers Thursday called for an independent investigation of a Chicago psychiatric hospital, citing a ProPublica Illinois report that found allegations of sexual assault and...
View ArticleMailers Cause Confusion in Florida County
Voters in Hillsborough County are anxious about a letter they received asking for an updated signature on their voter registration application. Officials say the letters are meant to collect another...
View ArticleFile-Sharing Software on State Election Servers Could Expose Them to Intruders
by Jack Gillum and Jeff Kao As recently as Monday, computer servers that powered Kentucky’s online voter registration and Wisconsin’s reporting of election results ran software that could potentially...
View ArticleReporting on the Layers of Potential Harm for Children in Psychiatric Hospitals
by Duaa Eldeib When I first reported in June on children in state care stuck in psychiatric hospitals after they had been cleared for discharge, I learned of the emotional and psychological damage...
View ArticleA Trash Industry Union Thrives, and Employees Say They Are Left Holding the Bag
by Kiera Feldman for ProPublica When Carl Orlando began work as a driver for the private trash hauler Liberty Ashes in July 2015, the job quickly proved punishing. His shift ran from about 4:30 p.m....
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