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We’ve Heard From Nearly 300 Survivors of Sexual Assault in Alaska. But There Are More of You We’d Like to Reach.
We’re continuing to report on sexual violence and need your help with what’s next.
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Illinois Parents Are Helping Their Children Get College Financial Aid They Wouldn’t Otherwise Qualify For. Help Us Figure Out How They Do It.
Are you a parent, student, school administrator or someone else who has seen this in action? We'd love to hear from you.
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Help Us Investigate: Ask a Member of Congress About Hate Crimes
We’re asking newsrooms to help us survey federal legislators to find out what they think should be done about the increase in hate crimes and white supremacist violence.
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People Are Using Secret Facebook Groups To Spread Hate We Can’t See. We Need Your Help.
We recently uncovered racist, sexist and hateful posts and comments in a secret group for current and former Border Patrol agents. Such groups are only visible to their members.
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Have You Been Sued by a Hospital, Doctor or Other Memphis Institution? Tell Us About It.
ProPublica and MLK50 are spending the year investigating the institutions that profit from people who are poor in Memphis. Share your story with us.
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What to Ask Yourself Before You Start a Crowdsourcing Project
Engagement reporting is a powerful tool for journalism. Don’t take it lightly.
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Have You Experienced Sexual Violence in Alaska? We’d Like To Hear Your Story.
The Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica have teamed up to listen. Do you work with victims, in government or law enforcement? We need to hear from you, too.
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Did You Pay to Use TurboTax? Help Us Hold the Tax Prep Industry Accountable.
Readers have helped us figure out exactly how TurboTax maker Intuit and other companies make money off taxpayers. We want to hear more.
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What’s Really Going On Inside Mississippi’s Prisons? We Need Your Help to Find Out.
ProPublica and the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting are spending this year reporting on what’s happening behind the walls of the state’s prisons.
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Tell Us What You Know About the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. We’re Investigating.
Did you file a complaint with the CFPB? Perhaps you used to work there? ProPublica and WNYC need to hear from you.
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How Do TSA Officers Screen Transgender Passengers? We Want to Talk to You.
We want to hear about issues transgender and nonbinary people have had during interactions with the TSA.
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Have You Worked for Intuit or in a TurboTax Customer Support Role?
We’d like to hear about your experience in the tax prep software industry with companies like Intuit, H&R Block or Jackson Hewitt.
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Sailors Report Enduring Concerns About Navy Readiness and Leadership
Sailors from every active fleet responded to a ProPublica callout, noting a continued lack of training, widespread exhaustion and an acute sense of vulnerability.
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How Have Saudi Students in the U.S. Been Able to Flee Back Home After Being Charged With Crimes Here? Help Us Find Out.
We know of cases in eight states and Canada where Saudi college students, under investigation for serious crimes, have disappeared before going on trial or completing their sentences. We are trying to figure out if there is a pattern.
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What Happens When New Mothers Don’t Have Insurance? Help Us Find Out.
Women are getting kicked off Medicaid quickly after giving birth or aren’t qualifying for care to begin with.
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Have a Complaint About a South Carolina Judge? Help Us Investigate.
A judicial disciplinary office that’s supposed to monitor misconduct on the bench works in secret, shielding its records even from those who filed complaints. You can help bring more information to light.
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Rhode Island, Have You Called 911? Do You Work in Emergency Response? Talk to Us.
We want to hear from Rhode Islanders who’ve called 911 in a medical emergency and those who work in emergency medical response to uncover challenges facing the state’s 911 system.
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Have TSA Agents Searched Your Hair in Airport Security Lines? Tell Us.
In 2015, the Transportation Security Administration agreed to train airport security screeners in hair pat-downs. Help us figure out how it’s going.
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Help Us Find Out Whether Navy Reforms Are Actually Making a Difference
The Navy promised to implement reforms in the wake of two deadly 2017 crashes. We’re trying to find out how it’s doing — and we need to hear from sailors in all six of the numbered fleets that patrol the world’s oceans.
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Investigation of Disasters Sparks Debate Over Navy’s Readiness and Responsibilities
ProPublica’s examination of the causes behind two fatal collisions in the Pacific has set off an intense conversation among current and former Navy sailors and commanders as well as everyday citizens about the state of the U.S. Navy.
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What Do You Know About County Jails in California? Talk to Us.
ProPublica and The Sacramento Bee are spending the year reporting on resources, safety and crowding in California county jails.
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Do You Know Someone Struggling With Video Gambling?
More than 30,000 video gambling machines are scattered across Illinois, and gambling addiction appears to be on the rise.
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How We Found Donald Trump Jr.’s Secret Investment in a Fundraiser’s Business
What do an ice rink in Central Park and a golf course in the Bronx have to do with a greenhouse in Texas? Decoding a Trump mystery.
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Reporting Recipe: How to Investigate Racial Disparities at Your School
We published a trove of education data on more than 96,000 public schools across the country. Here’s how journalists can use our database to find local stories.
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¿Conoces a un estudiante que fue detenido por ICE después de tener problemas en la escuela? Cuéntanos.
Ayúdanos a reportear sobre políticas de disciplina escolar que hayan desencadenado deportaciones.
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Do You Know a Student Who Was Detained by ICE After Getting in Trouble at School? Tell us.
Help us report on school discipline policies that have led to deportations.
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You Don’t Earn Much and You’re Being Audited by the IRS. Now What?
Millions of low-income families rely on the earned income tax credit. We took an IRS audit notice sent to one taxpayer who’d claimed the EITC and annotated it to help explain what it really means.
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How Are Things at the IRS? Help Us Get the Real Story.
ProPublica would like to hear from people who have worked at the Internal Revenue Service or are otherwise knowledgeable about tax enforcement.
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What’s Your Experience With the Americans With Disabilities Act? We Want to Know.
We want to know how the law affects you, whether you’re a person with a disability, caretaker, business owner, architect or contractor.
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Did You Go to a Washington Nationals Game With Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh?
Trump’s pick is a baseball fan who racked up considerable debt buying season tickets. Help us figure out who went with the nominated judge.
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Have You Had Problems Changing Your Name or Gender Marker?
We’re investigating the barriers transgender and gender-nonconforming people face in changing their name or gender marker on government-issued IDs.
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Have You Donated or Helped to Collect Birth Tissue?
ProPublica is seeking your help in finding out how birth tissue donated by mothers is used in research and by industry.
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What Do You Know About Public Housing in the U.S.? Help Us Investigate.
ProPublica is teaming up with The Southern Illinoisan to examine the public housing crisis in small and mid-sized cities around the country.
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¿Conoces a un niño en un centro de detención o refugio?
Ayúdanos a averiguar datos sobre los niños inmigrantes detenidos por el gobierno.
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Do You Know a Child In a Detention Center or Shelter Facility?
Help us find out the facts about immigrant children being held by the government.
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¿Sabes algo de un centro de detención o de un refugio de niños inmigrantes?
Ayúdanos a saber más sobre estos centros y a asegurar que las agencias gubernamentales que supervisan el proceso de detención de menores sean responsables de sus actos.
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Do You Know Something About a Detention Center or Shelter Where the Government is Holding Children?
Help us learn more about these facilities and assure the government agencies overseeing this process are accountable.
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Conhece algo sobre um centro de detenção ou abrigo das crianças imigrantes?
Ajude-nos a assegurar que as agências de governo cuidando do processo de detenção de menores sejam responsáveis pelas suas ações.
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Conhece uma criança num abrigo ou centro de detenção nos EUA?
Precisamos de sua ajuda para saber os fatos sobre as crianças imigrantes detidas pelo governo americano.
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Have You Experienced or Witnessed Civil Rights Violations at a School? Share Your Story.
Do you know something about a civil rights investigation at a school? Have you experienced or witnessed civil rights violations? We want to hear from you.
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Do You Work in the Health Insurance Field? ProPublica Is Investigating the Industry and We’d Like Your Help
We need your perspective on the health insurance hustle.
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Have You Encountered White Supremacists or Neo-Nazis in the Military? Tell Us.
We want to know more about these service members. We want to know what the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines are doing about them.
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Help Us Investigate Care at the Texas Medical Center
If you’re a patient, doctor, administrator, vendor or visitor, we’d like to hear from you about your experience at the largest medical complex in the world.
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Talk to Us About Los Alamos National Laboratory — and Other National Labs Around the Country
ProPublica is teaming up with The Santa Fe New Mexican to investigate health and safety problems at national labs. We want to hear your story.
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Did Your Employer Ask You to Sign Away Your Right to Talk? We Want to Know About It.
We hope to learn more about what effect nondisclosure agreements have on people’s lives and careers.
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Help Us Investigate PTSD in First Responders
ProPublica is teaming up with Orlando public radio station WMFE to examine the toll PTSD has taken on first responders and their relatives. Tell us your story.
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¿Has visto a ICE o a la Patrulla Fronteriza en tu comunidad? Cuéntanos tu historia.
Las agencias federales de inmigración dicen que están tratando de evitar los arrestos e interrogatorios en las que consideran “localizaciones sensibles”. Ayúdanos a monitorear dónde están operando.
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Have You Seen ICE or Border Patrol in Your Community? Tell Us.
Federal immigration agencies say they avoid arresting and questioning people at “sensitive locations.” Help us learn where they are conducting operations.
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Got a Question About Work in the Wake of #MeToo? You’re Not Alone.
There are a lot of problems in the way workplaces are run that enable sexual harassers. The Harvard Business Review wants to hear about your concerns.
