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Segregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer Dollars

North Carolina offers an especially telling window into what is happening across this once legally segregated region where legislatures are now rapidly expanding and adopting controversial voucher-style programs.

by Jennifer Berry Hawes and Mollie Simon

November 18, 2024, 5:00 am EST

School Wars

Arizona Regulators Closed a Failing Charter School. It Reopened as a Private Religious School Funded by Taxpayers.

Arizona’s acclaimed voucher program provides zero transparency into private schools’ history, academic performance or financial sustainability to help parents make informed school choices.

by Eli Hager

December 31, 2024, 6:00 am EST

Segregation Academies

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

ProPublica identified 20 schools in the state that likely opened as segregation academies and have received almost $10 million over the past six years from the state’s tax credit donation program.

by Jennifer Berry Hawes and Mollie Simon

November 22, 2024, 6:00 am EST

Uncovered

Big Insurance Met Its Match When It Turned Down a Top Trial Lawyer’s Request for Cancer Treatment

Blue Cross and Blue Shield denied payment for the proton therapy Robert “Skeeter” Salim’s doctor ordered to fight his throat cancer. But he was no ordinary patient. He was a celebrated litigator. And he was ready to fight.

by T. Christian Miller

November 7, 2023, 5:00 am EST

Unfettered and Unaccountable: How Trump Is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force

Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challenges to their arrests and tactics.

by J. David McSwane and Hannah Allam

October 18, 2025, 5:00 am EDT

America’s Mental Barrier

How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk

United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due to a patchwork of regulation.

by Annie Waldman

November 19, 2024, 5:00 am EST

A Strange Alliance: Oxygen Companies and Their Medicare Patients Want Congress to Pay the Companies More

Some patients who have suffered at the hands of Lincare and Philips Respironics have joined forces with these corporations to lobby for an end to Medicare’s competitive bidding process for oxygen and to make liquid oxygen available.

by Peter Elkind

December 16, 2024, 5:00 am EST

She Supports Trump’s Anti-Immigration Policies. Texas Incorrectly Flagged Her as a “Noncitizen” on Its Voting Rolls.

Mary Howard-Elley is the 10th U.S. citizen identified by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and Votebeat whose registration was canceled after her citizenship was questioned. Her saga shows how tough it can be for eligible voters to get reinstated.

by Lexi Churchill, James Barragán, The Texas Tribune, Vianna Davila, and Natalia Contreras, Votebeat

October 29, 2024, 6:00 am EDT

Unattended

Idaho’s Coroner System Is “Broken and a Joke.” Here Are 5 Ideas From Coroners on How to Fix It.

Lawmakers have been warned for 70 years that the state’s system of elected coroners is broken, yet major reforms haven’t materialized. An anonymous state survey and interviews by ProPublica reveal what coroners say would help.

by Audrey Dutton

August 26, 2025, 5:00 am EDT

How Many of Your State’s Lawmakers Are Women? If You Live in the Southeast, It Could Be Just 1 in 5.

A record number of women were elected to statehouses last year. But in the Southeast, where some legislatures are more than 80% male, representation is lagging as lawmakers pass bills that most impact women, like near-total abortion bans.

by Jennifer Berry Hawes

January 11, 2024, 5:00 am EST

School Wars

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

States are handing multimillion-dollar contracts to a handful of fledgling private companies to manage the rapidly growing, convoluted marketplace of school-choice programs. The process has been bumpy.

by Alec MacGillis

January 30, 2025, 5:00 am EST

Life of the Mother

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

Thurman died after waiting 20 hours for emergency care under the state’s abortion ban. Sen. Ron Wyden demanded records his committee could review to determine whether the hospital violated the law. “It’s not even a question,” one expert said.

by Ziva Branstetter

September 23, 2024, 11:15 am EDT

Newtok, Alaska, Was Supposed to Be a Model for Climate Relocation. Here’s How It Went Wrong.

The project’s challenges highlight how ill-prepared the U.S. is to respond to the way climate change is making some places uninhabitable.

by Emily Schwing, KYUK

May 29, 2025, 6:00 am EDT

Five Newsroom Partners Join ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network

by ProPublica

December 14, 2023, 12:00 pm EST

The Texas Redistricting Fight Has Been the Testing Ground for the Trump Administration’s Latest Legal Strategy

The administration has been testing a strategy of using the courts as leverage to force political outcomes. In Texas, the state’s leaders and conservative activists have been willing, if not eager, collaborators.

by Robert T. Garrett for ProPublica and The Texas Tribune

August 25, 2025, 11:45 am EDT

Louisiana Lawmakers Could Limit Solitary Confinement for Teens Following Alarming Revelations

An investigation by ProPublica, NBC News and The Marshall Project found that youth in a Louisiana lockup were held in solitary around the clock for weeks.

by Annie Waldman, ProPublica, Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project, and Erin Einhorn, NBC News

April 28, 2022, 4:45 pm EDT

Trump’s Pardons and Purges Revive Old Question: Who Counts as a Terrorist?

The president’s sweeping clemency for Capitol rioters and his administration’s ongoing removal of career national security specialists foretell a permissive new climate for extremist movements, say current and former officials and researchers.

by Hannah Allam

February 10, 2025, 5:00 am EST

Sacrifice Zones

A Black Community in West Virginia Sues the EPA to Spur Action on Toxic Air Pollution

Institute, one of two majority-Black communities in the state, was left out of a regulatory effort earlier this year to tighten limits on cancer-causing chemicals.

by Sarah Elbeshbishi, Mountain State Spotlight

September 20, 2023, 3:00 pm EDT

Texas Lawmakers Repeatedly Failed to Pass Legislation That Could Have Protected Residents From Deadly Floods

Dozens of bills were rejected over nearly 60 years, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found. The most consequential measures could have saved lives by prohibiting youth camps and new construction in areas at high risk for flooding.

by Lexi Churchill, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune, and Pratheek Rebala, ProPublica; photography by Brenda Bazán for ProPublica and The Texas Tribune

May 6, 2026, 5:00 am EDT

Life of the Mother

Are Abortion Bans Across America Causing Deaths? The States That Passed Them Are Doing Little to Find Out.

The same political leaders who enacted abortion bans oversee the state committees that review maternal deaths. These committees haven’t tracked the laws’ impacts, and most haven’t finished examining cases from the year the bans went into effect.

by Kavitha Surana, Mariam Elba, Cassandra Jaramillo, Robin Fields and Ziva Branstetter

December 18, 2024, 5:00 am EST

Industry-Backed Legislation Would Bar the Use of Science Behind Hundreds of Environmental Protections

Two bills in Congress would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using hundreds of chemical assessments completed by its IRIS program in environmental regulations or enforcement.

by Sharon Lerner

March 6, 2025, 5:00 am EST

Post-Roe America

Missouri Outlawed Abortion, and Now It’s Funding an Anti-Abortion Group That Works in Other States

With millions in expanded tax credits and direct state funding going to anti-abortion groups, the nonprofit Coalition Life has expanded its operations beyond Missouri and into states where the procedure is still legal.

by Jeremy Kohler

August 19, 2024, 5:00 am EDT

Shackles and Solitary: Inside Louisiana’s Harshest Juvenile Lockup

Teens at Louisiana’s newest juvenile lockup, Acadiana Center for Youth at St. Martinville, were held in solitary confinement around the clock, shackled with leg irons and deprived of an education. “This is child abuse,” one expert said.

by Annie Waldman, ProPublica; Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project; and Erin Einhorn, NBC News

March 10, 2022, 6:00 am EST

Disaster After Disaster

Louisiana Sued Hurricane Katrina Survivors for Misusing Recovery Grants. Now It Has Halted Collection Efforts.

Louisiana sued thousands of homeowners for not following the rules in spending grants after Katrina. After a joint news investigation, the state says it hopes a federal agency will approve a settlement that will allow it to drop the lawsuits.

by Richard A. Webster, The Advocate | The Times-Picayune, and David Hammer, WWL-TV

May 31, 2022, 5:30 pm EDT

“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes.

The Department of Homeland Security pushed out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.

by Jen Fifield, ProPublica, and Zach Despart, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune

February 13, 2026, 5:30 am EST

Sacrifice Zones

EPA Finalizes New Standards for Cancer-Causing Chemicals

The regulation specifically targets ethylene oxide, which a ProPublica analysis found was the single biggest contributor to excess industrial cancer risk from air pollutants nationwide.

by Ava Kofman

April 16, 2024, 5:00 am EDT

Life of the Mother

Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.

With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, raises questions about the role of abortion bans.

by Andrea Suozzo and Agnel Philip

September 9, 2026, 6:00 am EDT

Segregation Academies

These Researchers Study the Legacy of the Segregation Academies They Grew Up Around

Three young academics in Alabama are examining these mostly white private schools through the lenses of economics, education and history to better understand the persistent division of schools in the South.

by Jennifer Berry Hawes

June 25, 2024, 5:00 am EDT

“Not Just Measles”: Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline

While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak, experts warn that whooping cough and other preventable diseases could get much worse with falling vaccination rates and Trump’s slashing of public health infrastructure.

by Duaa Eldeib and Patricia Callahan, and photography by Sarahbeth Maney

April 11, 2025, 6:00 am EDT

Buried Truth

Omaha tiene un sitio Superfund masivo. A la mayoría de los niños que vive allí no se les hacen pruebas de plomo.

Por más de un siglo, las plantas arrojaron 400 millones de libras de polvo de plomo por el este de la ciudad. Ante inquietudes similares, 13 estados aprobaron leyes requiriendo análisis de sangre a todos los niños antes de kínder, pero no Nebraska.

by Chris Bowling, Flatwater Free Press

April 15, 2026, 4:55 am EDT

Post-Roe America

Some Republicans Were Willing to Compromise on Abortion Ban Exceptions. Activists Made Sure They Didn’t.

ProPublica reviewed 12 of the nation’s strictest abortion bans. Few changed in 2023, as state lawmakers caved to pressure from anti-abortion groups opposing exceptions for rape, incest and health risks.

by Kavitha Surana

November 27, 2023, 5:00 am EST

What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic

Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.

by Nat Lash, graphics by Chris Alcantara

November 18, 2025, 5:00 am EST

With Every Breath

Millions of People Used Tainted Breathing Machines. The FDA Failed to Use Its Power to Protect Them.

The FDA’s complaint-tracking system for medical devices allowed Philips to obscure when it knew about dangerous CPAPs. New reporting shows the regulatory lapses extend to many devices and companies.

by Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, and Michael D. Sallah and Michael Korsh, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

December 7, 2023, 5:30 am EST

Voting Maps Throughout the Deep South May Be Redrawn After Surprise Supreme Court Ruling

As many as five House seats could flip in 2024 after the Allen v. Milligan ruling, in which the Supreme Court upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.

by Marilyn W. Thompson

June 13, 2023, 9:30 am EDT

Train Country

Union Pacific Fired Him Rather Than Heed His Warnings of Dangerous Rail Conditions

Time and again, Johnny Taylor’s duty to keep the rails safe from disaster conflicted with his employer’s desire to keep its trains running as fast and as frequently as possible, putting his career and family in peril.

by Danelle Morton and Topher Sanders, with additional reporting by Jessica Lussenhop

November 18, 2023, 5:00 am EST

Unreasonable Risk

How Much Formaldehyde Is in Your Car, Your Kitchen or Your Furniture? Here’s What Our Testing Found.

The chemical can trigger health problems and causes more cancer than any other toxic air pollutant. Our reporters traveled around New York City and New Jersey with equipment to measure its presence. The results proved concerning.

by Topher Sanders, with additional reporting by Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw

December 9, 2024, 5:00 am EST

Executives From a Bank Charged With “Predatory Lending” Moved to a New Lender. Regulators Did Little to Stop Them.

A dozen states that pursued Santander Consumer USA for its high-interest loans have failed to address scores of complaints alleging nearly identical behavior at Exeter Finance. The same team of executives ran both companies, ProPublica has learned.

by Byard Duncan and Ryan Gabrielson

October 17, 2024, 5:00 am EDT

Chinese Organized Crime’s Latest U.S. Target: Gift Cards

Chinese crime rings already dominate the illegal marijuana trade in the U.S. and launder cocaine and heroin profits. Now a federal task force is investigating their role in a burgeoning form of gift card fraud.

by Craig Silverman and Peter Elkind

April 10, 2024, 6:00 am EDT

Mississippi Has Invested Millions of Dollars to Save Its Oysters. They’re Disappearing Anyway.

A string of disasters have decimated oyster populations, with far-reaching impacts on the health of the Mississippi Sound. The state’s yearslong efforts to restore the reefs have fallen short.

by Anita Lee, Sun Herald, photography by Hannah Ruhoff, Sun Herald

March 22, 2023, 8:00 am EDT

Unplugged

How America’s “Most Powerful Lobby” Is Stifling Efforts to Reform Oil Well Cleanup in State After State

In New Mexico, oil companies agreed to work with regulators to find a solution to the state’s more than 70,000 unplugged wells. After months of negotiations, the industry turned against the bill it helped shape.

by Mark Olalde

June 24, 2024, 5:00 am EDT

With Every Breath

People Who Used Recalled Philips Breathing Machines Face Painful Choices

The devices at their bedsides were lifelines, until they learned the foam inside could break down and make them sick. Now, they’re plagued by illness, lost sleep and worry.

by Margaret Fleming, Monica Sager, Nicole Tan, Susanti Sarkar, Evan Robinson-Johnson and Claire Gardner, Medill Investigative Lab; Photography by Liz Moughon, ProPublica

November 1, 2023, 6:00 am EDT

Disaster After Disaster

Thousands of Katrina Survivors Were Freed From Debt to the State. Those Who Already Paid Are Out of Luck.

The state said it was no longer suing residents who had improperly used hurricane recovery money. That doesn’t change anything for the 425 who already paid.

by Richard A. Webster, Verite News, and David Hammer, WWL-TV

April 11, 2023, 6:00 pm EDT

A Supreme Court Justice Warned That a Ruling Would Cause “Large-Scale Disruption.” The Effects Are Already Being Felt.

One recent Supreme Court decision is already rippling through dozens of key lower court cases involving everything from airline fees to gun sales to abortion access, affecting people’s lives in important — and sometimes contradictory — ways.

by Eli Sanders for ProPublica, illustrations by Michael Haddid, special to ProPublica

September 23, 2024, 5:00 am EDT

A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start.

Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks are poised to take their Christian nationalist agenda nationwide.

by Ava Kofman

October 2, 2024, 5:00 am EDT

Committed to Jail

Lawmakers Could Limit When County Officials in Mississippi Can Jail People Awaiting Psychiatric Treatment

The legislation follows reporting by Mississippi Today and ProPublica showing that hundreds of people in the state are jailed every year while awaiting court-ordered treatment simply because public mental health facilities are full or too far away.

by Isabelle Taft, Mississippi Today

March 1, 2024, 5:00 am EST

Collier Prize, Third Place

May 3, 2023, 12:20 pm EDT

New Law Aims to Save Oysters on the Mississippi Coast

As Mississippi’s oyster population continues its freefall, state leaders turn to a model that has helped in Louisiana.

by Anita Lee, Sun Herald

April 21, 2023, 12:30 pm EDT

America’s Dangerous Trucks

How Recent State Laws Are Making It Harder to Sue Trucking Companies After Crashes

Texas, Florida, Iowa and other states have passed new laws backed by trucking industry lobbyists that can limit crash victims’ ability to bring lawsuits or cap the compensation plaintiffs can win.

by James O’Donnell, FRONTLINE

July 12, 2023, 5:00 am EDT

Even When Big Cases Intersect With Their Families’ Interests, Many Judges Choose Not to Recuse

Ambiguous — and unenforced — recusal standards mean few checks and balances for top judges when cases involve their family members.

by Noah Pransky, Brooke Williams and Andrew Botolino for ProPublica

July 16, 2024, 5:00 am EDT

Texas Sends Millions to Crisis Pregnancy Centers. It’s Meant to Help Needy Families, But No One Knows if It Works.

Two years after Roe v. Wade was overturned, Texas leads the nation in funding for crisis pregnancy centers. The system is meant to help growing families, but it’s riddled with waste and lacks oversight, a ProPublica and CBS News investigation found.

by Cassandra Jaramillo, Jeremy Kohler and Sophie Chou, ProPublica, and Jessica Kegu, CBS News

July 9, 2024, 7:00 am EDT

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