July 2017 Archive
Confusion, Fear, Cynicism: Why People Don’t Report Hate Incidents
The Matthew Shepard Foundation has been trying to learn more about why so many victims of potential hate crimes — more than 50 percent annually according to the feds — don’t file complaints with the authorities.
Border Agency Set to Jumpstart Trump’s Wall in a Texas Wildlife Refuge
Customs and Border Protection indicates it will use its own funds to build 3-mile segment of wall amid one of the nation’s most cherished bird-watching locales.
The Breakthrough: Reporting on Life and Death in the Delivery Room
ProPublica reporter Nina Martin and her team used social media and old-fashioned shoe leather to show how the U.S. has the worst maternal death rate in the developed world.
‘How Can You Work ... for a President That Undermines Your Work?’
Internal talking points from Donald Trump’s spy chief reveal tensions between Trump and the intelligence community.
McCain’s Brain Cancer Draws Renewed Attention to Possible Agent Orange Connection
For years, Vietnam vets and their widows have been pushing the VA to extend benefits to those exposed to the toxic herbicide and later stricken with glioblastoma. The VA has said no, but advocates hope the agency will now revisit the issue.
On Rikers Island, a Move Toward Reform Causes Trouble
Inmates in a new secure housing unit risk harm while shackled to desks, according to a New York City Board of Corrections report.
Amid the Blaring Headlines, Routine Reports of Hate-Fueled Violence
Documenting Hate’s catalogue of incidents captures the seeming ordinariness of many of them.
Keep an Eye On Your State’s Congressional Delegation
We’ve added new features to our Represent project, including full-text bill search, and a way to keep track of your state’s entire congressional delegation on one page. We’ve also got news about the Congress API.
How (and Why) We’re Collecting Cook County Jail Data
ProPublica Illinois is restarting a collaborative data collection project to better understand what happens to inmates at Cook County Jail.
Has the Moment for Environmental Justice Been Lost?
Facing Trump’s proposals for cutting programs that help minorities and the poor, Democrats scramble to make up for missed opportunities to protect them.
ProPublica Illinois Is Hiring a Communications Manager
Our ideal candidate is someone with proven marketing savvy who is passionate about journalism that serves the public interest.
Kaboom Town
The U.S. military burns millions of pounds of munitions in a tiny, African-American corner of Louisiana. The town’s residents say they’re forgotten in the plume.
In Colfax, Echoes of Another Conflict
A photographer who covered the war in Iraq appreciates how threats can come to seem routine.
One Year, One Facility, 1.7 Million Pounds of Hazardous Waste Burned in Open Air
Explore every shipment of hazardous waste sent to Colfax in 2015 and was burned or detonated into open air.
Open Burns, Ill Winds
The Pentagon’s handling of munitions and their waste has poisoned millions of acres, and left Americans to guess at the threat to their health.
Toxic Fires
Across the Country, Military Sites Burn Hazardous Waste Into Open Air
Authenticating Email Using DKIM and ARC, or How We Analyzed the Kasowitz Emails
Last week we needed to authenticate some emails sent by the President’s lawyer, Marc Kasowitz. Here’s how we did it.
The Immigration Effect
There’s a way for President Trump to boost the economy by 4 percent, but he probably won’t like it.
Advocacy Groups Say Senators Should Have One Word for Trump Immigration Pick: ‘No.’
More than 300 immigration advocacy groups urge senators to oppose the nomination of Lee Francis Cissna to head the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, citing ProPublica’s scrutiny of his record.
Hotelier-in-Chief: Here Are the Trumps’ New Hotels
Two brothers from the Mississippi Delta, who are working with President Trump’s sons on four new hotels, met the president through Gov. Phil Bryant. One of the brothers has been a campaign donor to Bryant since 2011.
