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Two Months After Trump’s Funding Cuts, a Nonprofit Struggles to Support Refugees and Itself

by Amy Yurkanin,

“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”

by T. Christian Miller,

N.C. Lawmakers Move to Stop Votes From Being Discarded Based on Postelection Rule Changes

by Doug Bock Clark,

An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.

by Richard A. Webster, Verite News,

North Carolina Lawmakers Ask for Investigation Into Funding Disruptions for Sexual Abuse Survivors

by Doug Bock Clark,

Police Across the U.S. Welcomed Cop Show “The First 48.” Then Relationships Soured.

by Jessica Lussenhop,

A Political Power Grab Redirected Funds for North Carolina’s Sexual Abuse Survivors. Women in Crisis Paid the Price.

by Doug Bock Clark,

He Was Convicted Based on Allegedly Fabricated Bite Mark Analysis. Louisiana Wants to Execute Him Anyway.

by Richard A. Webster, Verite News,

Georgia Won’t Say Who’s Now Serving on Its Maternal Mortality Committee After Dismissing All Members Last Year

by Amy Yurkanin,

Georgia Touts Its Medicaid Experiment as a Success. The Numbers Tell a Different Story.

by Margaret Coker, The Current,

Tennessee Lawmakers Push to Change How the State Disarms Dangerous People to Better Protect Domestic Violence Victims

by Paige Pfleger, WPLN/Nashville Public Radio,

First Came the Warning Signs. Then a Teen Opened Fire on a Nashville School.

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

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,

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

by Gwen Dilworth, Mississippi Today,

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

by Jennifer Berry Hawes,

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,

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,

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,

North Carolina Supreme Court Blocked Certification of a Justice’s Win. Activists Fear It’s “Dangerous for Democracy.”

by Doug Bock Clark,

A North Carolina Supreme Court Candidate’s Bid to Overturn His Loss Is Based on Theory Election Deniers Deemed Extreme

by Doug Bock Clark,

The Story of One Mississippi County Shows How Private Schools Are Exacerbating Segregation

by Jennifer Berry Hawes, data analysis by Nat Lash, with additional reporting by Mollie Simon,

UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism

by Annie Waldman,

Segregation Academies in Mississippi Are Benefiting From Public Dollars, as They Did in the 1960s

by Jennifer Berry Hawes and Mollie Simon,

Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths

by Amy Yurkanin,

Segregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer Dollars

by Jennifer Berry Hawes and Mollie Simon,

A 13-Year-Old With Autism Got Arrested After His Backpack Sparked Fear. Only His Stuffed Bunny Was Inside.

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

A Georgia Election Official’s Months-Long Push to Make It Easier to Challenge the 2024 Results

by Doug Bock Clark and Heather Vogell,

An 11-Year-Old Denied Making a Threat and Was Allowed to Return to School. Tennessee Police Arrested Him Anyway.

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

Un inmigrante murió construyendo un barco para el gobierno de EE. UU. Su familia no recibió nada.

por Nicole Foy,

When a Florida Farmer-Legislator Turned Against Immigration, the Consequences Were Severe. But Not for Him.

by Seth Freed Wessler, photography by Zaydee Sanchez and Kathleen Flynn, with additional reporting by Zaydee Sanchez,

An Immigrant Died Building a Ship for the U.S. Government. His Family Got Nothing.

by Nicole Foy,

Charleston Unveils Historical Marker at the Site of Firm That Held the Largest Known U.S. Slave Trade

by Jennifer Berry Hawes,

Georgia Judge Rules Election Officials Must Count All Votes and Certify Results

by Doug Bock Clark,

Election Skeptics Are Running Some County Election Boards in Georgia. A New Rule Could Allow Them to Exclude Decisive Votes.

by Doug Bock Clark and Heather Vogell,

A Law Was Meant to Target Teen Violence. Instead, 17-Year-Olds Are Being Charged as Adults for Lesser Offenses.

by Richard A. Webster, Verite News,

Did a Georgia Hospital Break Federal Law When It Failed to Save Amber Thurman? A Senate Committee Chair Wants Answers.

by Ziva Branstetter,

Afraid to Seek Care Amid Georgia’s Abortion Ban, She Stayed at Home and Died

by Kavitha Surana,

Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother’s Death Was Preventable.

by Kavitha Surana,

Georgia’s Top GOP Lawmaker Seeks Tougher Action Against Students Who Make Threats. But It May Not Make Schools Safer.

by Aliyya Swaby,

Medical Examiner, Whose Testimony Helped Convict a Man in 2004 of Killing His Baby, Now Says He Was Wrong

by Pamela Colloff,

The Accelerationists’ App: How Telegram Became the “Center of Gravity” for a New Breed of Domestic Terrorists

by James Bandler, ProPublica, A.C. Thompson, ProPublica and FRONTLINE, and Karina Meier, FRONTLINE,

Officials Voted Down a Controversial Georgia Election Rule, Saying It Violated the Law. Then a Similar Version Passed.

by Doug Bock Clark,

A 10-Year-Old Pointed a Finger Gun. The Principal Kicked Him Out of His Tennessee School for a Year.

by Aliyya Swaby,

“Cookie & Zo’e”: A Georgia Family Wrestles With School Choice 60 Years After Desegregation

by Liz Moughon and Almudena Toral,

Cookie & Zo’e: A Georgia Family Wrestles With School Choice 60 Years After the Start of Desegregation

by Liz Moughon,

In a Town Full of Segregation Academies, One Black Family Grapples With the Best School Choice for Their Daughter

by Jennifer Berry Hawes, photography by Sarahbeth Maney,

Election Deniers Secretly Pushed Rule That Would Make It Easier to Delay Certification of Georgia’s Election Results

by Doug Bock Clark,

Decrepit Pipes Put Jackson, Mississippi, on the Edge of Catastrophe. State Regulators Didn’t Act.

by Nick Judin, Mississippi Free Press,

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