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Shoshana Gordon Joins ProPublica’s Visuals Team

by ProPublica,

Empacados: Retrato de una comunidad de inmigrantes que viven bajo la amenaza de ser deportados

por Melissa Sanchez, fotografía por Benjamin Rasmussen para ProPublica,

“Lucharemos”: Trabajadores humanitarios temen que el cierre de un campamento en la frontera de Arizona ponga en peligro a los migrantes

por Rafael Carranza, Arizona Luminaria, fotografía por Cengiz Yar, ProPublica,

Hoping to “Trump Proof” Students’ Civil Rights, Illinois Lawmakers Aim to End Police Ticketing at School

by Jodi S. Cohen and Jennifer Smith Richards,

Want to Report on Homelessness? Here’s What Our Sources Taught Us About Engaging Responsibly.

by Asia Fields, with Maya Miller, Nicole Santa Cruz and Ruth Talbot,

“We Will Fight Back”: Aid Workers Fear Closing a Camp on the Arizona Border Will Endanger Migrants

by Rafael Carranza, Arizona Luminaria, photography by Cengiz Yar, ProPublica,

How Climate Change Could Upend the American Dream

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid. That’s Not True.

by Brett Murphy and Anna Maria Barry-Jester,

ICE Enforcement Official Tapped to Lead Unaccompanied Migrant Children Office, Triggering Alarms

by Annie Waldman and Mica Rosenberg,

ProPublica’s Coverage of Donald Trump’s Appointments — and How They Could Reshape Federal Agencies

by ProPublica,

Boxed Up: A Portrait of an Immigrant Community Living Under Threat of Deportation

by Melissa Sanchez, photography by Benjamin Rasmussen for ProPublica,

The Rewriting of a Pioneering Female Astronomer’s Legacy Shows How Far Trump’s DEI Purge Will Go

by Lisa Song,

To Pay for Trump Tax Cuts, House GOP Floats Plan to Slash Benefits for the Poor and Working Class

by Robert Faturechi and Justin Elliott,

In the Wild West of School Voucher Expansions, States Rely on Untested Companies, With Mixed Results

by Alec MacGillis,

A Defense Department Directive to Expand Access to Military Courts Falls Short of Federal Law’s Requirements

by Ziva Branstetter,

How Many Students Have Been Expelled Under Tennessee’s School Threats Law? There’s No Clear Answer.

by Aliyya Swaby,

They Followed North Carolina Election Rules When They Cast Their Ballots. Now Their Votes Could Be Tossed Anyway.

by Doug Bock Clark,

Dozens of People Died in Arizona Sober Living Homes as State Officials Fumbled Medicaid Fraud Response

by Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, and Hannah Bassett, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting,

Madison and Nashville School Shooters Appear to Have Crossed Paths in Online Extremist Communities

by Phoebe Petrovic, Wisconsin Watch,

Insurers Failed to Comply With Mental Health Coverage Law, Department of Labor Report Finds

by Duaa Eldeib, Maya Miller, Annie Waldman and Max Blau,

North Dakota Sued the Interior Department at Least Five Times Under Gov. Doug Burgum. Now He’s Set to Run the Agency.

by Mary Steurer, North Dakota Monitor, and Mark Olalde, ProPublica,

Yvonne Wehrmann Joins ProPublica’s Development Team

ProPublica,

This Icebreaker Has Design Problems and a History of Failure. It’s America’s Latest Military Vessel.

by McKenzie Funk,

Is a New Mississippi Law Decreasing Jailings of People Awaiting Mental Health Treatment? The State Doesn’t Know.

by Gwen Dilworth, Mississippi Today,

Donald Trump’s No. 2 Pick for the EPA Represented Companies Accused of Pollution Harm

by Sharon Lerner,

Olivia Walton Joins ProPublica’s Communications Team

ProPublica,

Women Made Electoral Gains in Statehouses Across the Country in 2024. The Southeast Is a Different Story.

by Jennifer Berry Hawes,

Five Big Obstacles to Opening Child Care Facilities in Rural Illinois

by Molly Parker, Capitol News Illinois,

North Carolina Supreme Court Candidate Wants Military Absentee Votes Tossed. Years Earlier, That’s How He Voted.

by Doug Bock Clark,

How Segregated Are Your Local Private Schools? We Made a Tool to Help You Find Out.

by Jennifer Berry Hawes,

Following a Series of Government Hacks, Biden Closes Out His Administration With New Cybersecurity Order

by Renee Dudley,

Lawmakers in at Least Seven States Seek Expanded Abortion Access

by Ziva Branstetter and Cassandra Jaramillo,

A Trump DOJ Could Bring an End to the Yearslong Investigation of His Ally Ken Paxton

by Vianna Davila, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune,

This Storm-Battered Town Voted for Trump. He Has Vowed to Overturn the Law That Could Fix Its Homes.

by Sharon Lerner, photography by Annie Flanagan for ProPublica,

ProPublica Releases New Private School Demographics Lookup

by Sergio Hernández, Nat Lash and Ken Schwencke,

Private School Demographics

by Sergio Hernández, Nat Lash and Brandon Roberts,

Hydroelectric Dams on Oregon’s Willamette River Kill Salmon. Congress Says It’s Time to Consider Shutting Them Down.

by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting,

A Year of Empty Threats and a “Smokescreen” Policy: How the State Department Let Israel Get Away With Horrors in Gaza

by Brett Murphy,

Dan Phiffer Joins ProPublica’s Product Engineering Team

by ProPublica,

New York Attorney General Launches Investigation of Guardianship Providers

by Jake Pearson,

Tribal Lenders Say They Can Charge Over 600% Interest. These States Stopped Them.

by Joel Jacobs and Megan O’Matz,

The Second Trump White House Could Drastically Reshape Infectious Disease Research. Here’s What’s at Stake.

by Anna Maria Barry-Jester,

How Many Cars Have Connecticut Towing Companies Sold? The DMV Can’t Tell Us.

by Dave Altimari, The Connecticut Mirror,

After the Palisades Fire, What Can We Really Rebuild?

by Tim Golden,

ProPublica Hires Peneloppe Serrano as IT Support Specialist

by ProPublica,

On a Mission From God: Inside the Movement to Redirect Billions of Taxpayer Dollars to Private Religious Schools

by Alec MacGillis,

Two Families Sue After 11-Year-Old and 13-Year-Old Students Were Arrested Under Tennessee’s School Threat Law

by Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, and Paige Pfleger, WPLN/Nashville Public Radio,

Pratheek Rebala Joins ProPublica’s Data Team

ProPublica,

El DMV y los principales legisladores de Connecticut prometen revisar las leyes de remolque

por Ginny Monk y Dave Altimari, The Connecticut Mirror,

“All Our Future Money Is Gone”: The Impossible Task of Providing Child Care in Rural Illinois

by Molly Parker, Capitol News Illinois, and Julia Rendleman for ProPublica, photography by Julia Rendleman for ProPublica,

What We’re Watching

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Melissa Sanchez

I report on immigration and labor, and I am based in Chicago.

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    Declining school enrollment has left 30% of Chicago public schools at least half-empty. The city’s failure to address this problem has come at a high cost to the district — and its students.

    by Mila Koumpilova, Chalkbeat, and Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica,

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    by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting,

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    A report from a court-appointed watchdog details “troubling” conduct and “unconstitutional” stops by the Police Department’s Community Response Team — a unit championed by Mayor Eric Adams.

    by Eric Umansky,

    “Delay, Interfere, Undermine”

    President Donald Trump has praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as a crime fighter, but new reporting based on interviews and documents reveals how senior Salvadoran officials have impeded a U.S. investigation of the MS-13 gang.

    by T. Christian Miller and Sebastian Rotella,

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    One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism.

    by Hannah Allam,