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Behind the Key Decision That Left Many Poor Homeowners Without Enough Money to Rebuild After Katrina

National politics spawned a Hurricane Katrina rebuilding program based on pre-storm home values, leading to disparities between rich and poor.

by David Hammer, WWL-TV

December 13, 2022, 4:00 pm EST

Sacrifice Zones

The EPA Has Done Nearly Everything It Can to Clean Up This Town. It Hasn’t Worked.

Despite years of air monitoring, inspections and millions in penalties for petrochemical plants, the air in Calvert City, Kentucky, remains polluted. The EPA’s inability to fix it is an indictment of the laws governing clean air, experts say.

by Lisa Song

April 15, 2024, 5:00 am EDT

A Former NFL Player Persuaded Politicians That His Child ID Kits Help Find Missing Kids. There’s No Evidence They Do.

At least 11 states have agreed to distribute fingerprinting kits sold by Kenny Hansmire’s National Child Identification Program. Some are spending millions even though similar kits are available for free.

by Kiah Collier and Jeremy Schwartz

May 8, 2023, 6:00 am EDT

Selling a Mirage

Plastic, Plastic Everywhere — Even at the UN’s “Plastic Free” Conference

At a conference meant to address the plastic crisis, pro-plastic messaging was inescapable. Meanwhile, industry insiders — some positioned as government delegates — were given access to vital negotiations.

by Lisa Song

May 10, 2024, 5:00 am EDT

EPA Proposes Major Air Pollution Reforms to Lower Residents’ Cancer Risk Near Industrial Facilities

The EPA has proposed tougher air pollution rules for chemical plants and other industrial facilities after ProPublica found an estimated 74 million Americans near those sites faced an elevated risk of cancer.

by Lisa Song, Kiah Collier and Maya Miller

April 13, 2023, 6:00 am EDT

Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.

by Avi Asher-Schapiro, Christopher Bing, Annie Waldman, Brett Murphy, Andy Kroll, Justin Elliott, Kirsten Berg, William Turton, Sebastian Rotella, Alex Mierjeski, Pratheek Rebala and Al Shaw

February 6, 2025, 5:07 pm EST

Unplugged

The Rising Cost of the Oil Industry’s Slow Death

Unplugged oil and gas wells accelerate climate change, threaten public health and risk hitting taxpayers’ pocketbooks. ProPublica and Capital & Main found that the money set aside to fix the problem falls woefully short of the impending cost.

by Mark Olalde, ProPublica, and Nick Bowlin, Capital & Main

February 22, 2024, 5:00 am EST

The Community of Mothers Who Lost Sons to Police Killings

In the wake of Tyre Nichols, a mother discusses the familiar role of grieving with purpose.

by Brett Murphy

February 6, 2023, 5:00 am EST

Post-Roe America

Idaho Banned Abortion. Then It Turned Down Supports for Pregnancies and Births.

Since the overturn of Roe v. Wade, the state’s GOP-led Legislature has disbanded a maternal mortality committee, failed to expand postpartum Medicaid coverage and turned down federal grants for child care.

by Audrey Dutton

October 3, 2023, 6:00 am EDT

Broken Promises

9 Times the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Miscalculated Badly at the Expense of Taxpayers, Wildlife

The agency has a history of diving into big construction projects that exceed projected costs, fall short on projected benefits and, in some cases, create new problems that engineers hadn’t bargained for.

by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting

November 17, 2023, 5:00 am EST

Syphilis Is Killing Babies. The U.S. Government Is Failing to Stop the Disease From Spreading.

The only drug that treats syphilis during pregnancy is in short supply. Untreated, the disease can pass to newborns, killing them or leaving them with disabilities. As cases rise sharply, the government isn’t doing much to prevent shortages.

by Anna Maria Barry-Jester

March 4, 2024, 5:00 am EST

Disaster After Disaster

The Federal Program to Rebuild After Hurricane Katrina Shortchanged the Poor. New Data Proves It.

For years, low-income residents of New Orleans have said the state’s Road Home program paid them less to rebuild their homes compared to wealthier residents. They were right.

by Richard A. Webster and Jeff Adelson, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate, David Hammer, WWL-TV, and Sophie Chou, ProPublica

December 11, 2022, 5:00 am EST

Unwatched

Louisiana Deputy Who Slammed a Black Woman on the Pavement Was Named in Multiple Suits, Records Show

Julio Alvarado, a Jefferson Parish deputy who was seen on video violently dragging a woman by the hair, has been named in nine federal civil rights lawsuits, all involving the use of excessive force. This is the most of any deputy currently employed.

by Richard A. Webster, WRKF and WWNO, and Ramon Antonio Vargas, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate

October 21, 2021, 4:30 pm EDT

Federal Agency Rejects Developer’s Report That Massive Grain Elevator Won’t Harm Black Heritage Sites

For the second time, the Army Corps of Engineers has reprimanded a Louisiana developer for its failure to offer an adequate assessment of the impact that its $400 million project would have on neighboring Black communities and historic sites.

by Seth Freed Wessler

February 8, 2023, 5:00 am EST

Fatal Outages

Feds Advance Portable Generator Safety Rule to Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Saying that manufacturers failed to make generators safer, the Consumer Product Safety Commission is moving forward with proposed regulations to bolster protections. The proposal comes after reporting by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and NBC News.

by Perla Trevizo, and Suzy Khimm, NBC News

April 6, 2023, 6:00 am EDT

Unwatched

Feds Say Jefferson Parish Deputies May Have Violated Law in Death of Autistic Teen

Officers sat on the 16-year-old’s back for nine minutes before he died. They claim they needed to do so because he posed a threat.

by Richard A. Webster, Verite News

May 30, 2023, 5:00 am EDT

How to Use the Updated “Nursing Home Inspect” Database

Our “Nursing Home Inspect” tool is now easier to use. Here’s what you can find when searching our database by state, county or facility.

by Ruth Talbot

July 18, 2023, 5:05 am EDT

Disaster After Disaster

This Hurricane-Ravaged Town Has Waited Years for Long-Term Aid. It Could Happen Again.

Homes and businesses still sit in ruins in a small Louisiana city, left behind by the government’s convoluted and unpredictable system for rebuilding communities devastated by natural disasters.

by Mike Smith, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate

September 18, 2022, 5:00 am EDT

Fatal Outages

A Shut-Off Switch Was Supposed to Prevent 99% of Generator-Related Deaths. It Failed a Family of Three.

The generator industry has touted automatic shut-off switches as a lifesaving fix for carbon monoxide poisoning. But the voluntary standard falls short of what federal regulators say is necessary to eliminate deaths.

by Perla Trevizo, and Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News

September 21, 2022, 6:00 am EDT

Sacrifice Zones

New Air Monitors Among Major Impacts of ProPublica Toxic Air Pollution Reporting

The EPA will start monitoring the air in Verona, Missouri, where a manufacturing plant named BCP Ingredients emits ethylene oxide, a potent carcinogen.

by Lisa Song and Alexandra Zayas

September 29, 2022, 1:20 pm EDT

Disaster After Disaster

An Exodus Unlike Any Other: Why Half the People in This Community Moved Away After Hurricane Katrina

After Hurricane Katrina devastated St. Bernard Parish, many residents didn’t receive enough money from the state to rebuild. Nearly half made the difficult decision to start over somewhere else.

by Richard A. Webster and Jeff Adelson, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate, and Sophie Chou, ProPublica

December 12, 2022, 5:00 am EST

Is It Forensics or Is It Junk Science?

Dubious forensic techniques have spread throughout the criminal justice system for decades. Here’s what ProPublica has learned about junk forensic science techniques and how they proliferate.

by Sophia Kovatch, Pamela Colloff and Brett Murphy

January 31, 2023, 5:00 am EST

ProPublica and Partners Win Seven Online Journalism Awards

by ProPublica

September 26, 2022, 3:52 pm EDT

Veterans Without Assistance

How the VA Fails Veterans on Mental Health

A ProPublica analysis of 313 studies conducted by the agency’s inspector general in recent years shows repeated failures in behavioral care. The breakdowns have had fatal consequences.

by Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi

January 9, 2024, 5:00 am EST

Our Year in Visual Journalism

This year, ProPublica investigated racial disparities in the child welfare system, the “wild west” of unregulated prenatal tests, junk science like 911 call analysis and more. Here are the best visuals from our investigations in 2022.

by ProPublica’s Visual Storytelling Department

December 23, 2022, 5:00 am EST

The GOP’s Secret to Protecting Gerrymandered Electoral Maps? Claim Privilege.

Through new and expansive assertions of privilege, Republican legislatures around the country are shielding their work on allegedly discriminatory voting maps to prevent the public from finding out how and why they made their decisions.

by Marilyn W. Thompson

October 18, 2023, 6:00 am EDT

Five Newsroom Partners Join ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network

by ProPublica

December 22, 2022, 1:00 pm EST

Inside Illinois’ Youth Lockups, Children Go Without Basic Services and Face “Excessive” Punishments

State audits point to troubling conditions in juvenile detention centers, but no agency has strong enough oversight to bring about change.

by Molly Parker, Capitol News Illinois

November 8, 2023, 6:00 am EST

Power Grab

Washington State Is Leaving Tribal Cultural Resources at the Mercy of Solar Developers

The Badger Mountain solar project reveals gaps in the state’s permitting system that tribal nations say perpetuates a legacy of “cultural genocide.”

by B. “Toastie” Oaster, High Country News

January 19, 2024, 6:00 am EST

Utah Bills Itself as “Family-Friendly” Even as Lawmakers Have Long Neglected Child Care

Federal relief had improved access to child care. But when funding expired, the state rejected proposals to replace it. Some advocates say the historical influence of the LDS church has added to the resistance.

by Nicole Santa Cruz, photography by Sarahbeth Maney

January 5, 2024, 5:00 am EST

Online Journalism Awards, Multiple Categories

September 26, 2022, 12:00 am EDT

Overinflated: The Journey of a Humble Tire Reveals Why Prices Are Still So High

From a rubber plantation in Southeast Asia to a repair shop in Mississippi, the story of a tire highlights the turmoil of the post-pandemic economy and its uncertain future.

by Michael Grabell

May 3, 2023, 5:00 am EDT

Sacrifice Zones

Visualizing Toxic Air

Making data public isn’t enough when it’s incomprehensible to the people it affects. ProPublica set out to decode a complex EPA data set to expose hot spots of industrial air pollution across the U.S.

by Lylla Younes and Al Shaw

August 22, 2022, 5:00 am EDT

Army Corps of Engineers to Order New Study of Grain Elevator That Could Harm Black Heritage Sites

Following our reporting, a federal agency says that a proposed grain elevator in Louisiana could harm a historic plantation and asks why a report was changed to minimize discussion of possible damage.

by Seth Freed Wessler

June 28, 2022, 2:30 pm EDT

The Long Burn

The Federal Government Accidentally Burned Down Their Houses, Then Made It Hard to Come Home

FEMA told survivors of the largest wildfire in New Mexico history that it aimed to put temporary housing on their land. But because of its strict, slow-moving bureaucracy, that has happened only twice.

by Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico

April 24, 2023, 5:55 am EDT

The Militia and the Mole

Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.

by Joshua Kaplan

January 4, 2025, 5:00 am EST

Stillbirths

Lawmakers Pledge to Fight for Comprehensive Action on Stillbirths

A ProPublica investigation found the U.S. lagging other developed nations in reducing the number of stillbirths. Lawmakers say increased funding will be key to any improvement.

by Duaa Eldeib

February 2, 2023, 6:00 am EST

How a Grad Student Uncovered the Largest Known Slave Auction in the U.S.

Lauren Davila made a stunning discovery as a graduate student at the College of Charleston: an ad for a slave auction larger than any historian had yet identified. The find yields a new understanding of the enormous harm of such a transaction.

by Jennifer Berry Hawes, photography by Gavin McIntyre for ProPublica

June 16, 2023, 5:00 am EDT

Disaster After Disaster

Katrina Survivors Were Told They Could Use Grant Money to Rebuild. Now They’re Being Sued for It.

After Hurricane Katrina, struggling homeowners said, they were told not to worry about the fine print when they received grants to elevate their homes. Now the state is going after them because they did exactly that.

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

May 12, 2022, 10:00 am EDT

The Inside Edge, The Secret IRS Files

Wealthy Executives Make Millions Trading Competitors’ Stock With Remarkable Timing

Never-before-seen IRS records show that CEOs are sometimes making multimillion-dollar bets on the stocks of direct competitors and partners — and doing so with exquisite timing.

by Robert Faturechi and Ellis Simani

March 16, 2023, 5:00 am EDT

¿El plan secreto del partido republicano para proteger los mapas electorales manipulados? Reclamar privilegios legales.

Las legislaturas republicanas en todo el país están blindando su labor en los mapas electorales presuntamente discriminatorios para que el público no se entere de cómo ni porqué hicieron sus decisiones.

por Marilyn W. Thompson

October 30, 2023, 6:00 am EDT

She Warned the Grain Elevator Would Disrupt Sacred Black History. They Deleted Her Findings.

A whistleblower says a plan to build a grain elevator on an old plantation would disrupt important historic sites, and that her firm tried to bury her findings.

by Seth Freed Wessler

May 20, 2022, 5:00 am EDT

Chaos at the School Board

The Student Protesters Were Arrested. The Man Who Got Violent in the Parking Lot Wasn’t.

College students arrested. A parking lot altercation. A retired teacher waking up to a broken window. Events at a school district in Conway, Arkansas, illustrate the alarming trend of unrest at school board meetings across the country.

by Nicole Carr; Photography by Terra Fondriest for ProPublica

May 13, 2023, 5:00 am EDT

When GOP Attorneys General Embraced Jan. 6, Corporate Funders Fled. Now They’re Back.

Even as the Republican Attorneys General Association has leaned further into promoting Trumpism and sowing doubt about U.S. elections, major sponsors including Amazon, Walmart and Home Depot have resumed their contributions to the group.

by Ilya Marritz

April 20, 2023, 5:00 am EDT

Post-Roe America

How South Carolina Ended Up With an All-Male Supreme Court

An abortion ban struck down. The lone female justice retiring. And a majority-male legislature rallying behind the one male candidate to replace her. This is how South Carolina ended up with an all-male Supreme Court as new abortion legislation looms.

by Jennifer Berry Hawes

April 28, 2023, 5:00 am EDT

Sacrifice Zones

The Polluter Just Got a Million-Dollar Fine. That Won’t Cure This Woman’s Rare Cancer.

Rhonda Fratzke’s oncologist asked if she had ever worked with vinyl chloride, a potent carcinogen. She had not, but she lived near a Westlake Chemical plant that was just fined a million dollars for polluting the air with the dangerous chemical.

by Lisa Song

June 27, 2022, 5:00 am EDT

ProPublica Hires Three New Reporters to Join National Staff

by ProPublica

April 12, 2022, 11:00 am EDT

Toxic Burden

The U.S. Never Banned Asbestos. These Workers Are Paying the Price.

As other countries outlawed asbestos, workers in a New York plant were “swimming” in it. Now, in a fight against the chemical industry, the United States may finally ban the potent carcinogen. But help may come too late.

by Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi, photography by Rich-Joseph Facun, graphics by Haisam Hussein

October 20, 2022, 5:00 am EDT