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Where Things Stand: Gulf Oil Spill Claims

by Sasha Chavkin,

Worked with disabled borrowers with student debt?

by Sasha Chavkin,

Struggling to Pay Off Student Loans Because a Disability Prevents You From Working?

by Amanda Michel and Sasha Chavkin,

Gulf Spill Paymaster Acknowledges Transparency Problems and Outlines Fixes

by Sasha Chavkin,

Read Gulf Spill Paymaster's Just-Released Protocol for Final Claims

by Sasha Chavkin,

Read Justice Dept.'s Letter Criticizing Gulf Spill Czar's Final Claims Guidelines

by Sasha Chavkin,

Some Gulf Spill Claimants Waiting for Months: Feinberg Blames Tricky Policy Decisions

by Sasha Chavkin,

A New Partnership: American Public Media’s Public Insight Network

by Amanda Michel,

Frequently Asked Questions

by Amanda Michel,

ProPublica’s Guide to Mechanical Turk

by Srinivas Rao and Amanda Michel,

Reporting Recipe: Using Amazon's Mechanical Turk for Data Projects

by Amanda Michel,

Example HIT Template

by Srinivas Rao,

Gulf Spill Fund Offers Little Information to Claimants

by Sasha Chavkin,

Distributed Reporting and Social Media Spring Intern

by Amanda Michel,

Gulf Compensation Czar Says Claims Will No Longer Face Geographic Test

by Sasha Chavkin,

Gulf Spill Paymaster Says He Has Eliminated Claims Backlog – While Claimants Disagree

by Sasha Chavkin,

Obama Administration Criticizes Slow Payments by Gulf Spill Claims Czar

by Sasha Chavkin,

Frustrated Oil Spill Claimants Consider Alternative Compensation Fund

by Sasha Chavkin,

Gulf Compensation Chief Retreats From Promises to Speed Claims Process

by Sasha Chavkin,

Have You Worked Processing Gulf Spill Damage Claims?

by Sasha Chavkin,

New Gulf Compensation Chief Lags in Processing Claims

by Sasha Chavkin,

BP's Claims Reporting Leaves a Fuzzy Picture

by Sasha Chavkin,

Incoming Paymaster for Spill Claims Outlines Changes to BP's System

by Sasha Chavkin,

MSNBC.com, Time and Others Join Our BP Claims Project

by Amanda Michel,

In Shakeup, Incoming Spill Claims Czar Will Drop BP's Contractor

by Sasha Chavkin,

Newsrooms Join ProPublica in Examining BP Claims Process: More Welcome

by Amanda Michel and Sasha Chavkin,

BP Confirms That Thousands of Claims Decisions Will Be Deferred

by Sasha Chavkin,

BP Leaves Many Damage Claims Waiting in Limbo

by Sasha Chavkin,

Tell Us About Your BP Claim

by Amanda Michel and Sasha Chavkin,

ProPublica’s Unofficial Guide to BP Spill Claims

by Sasha Chavkin,

¿Usted ha registrado una demanda con BP?

by Amanda Michel and Sasha Chavkin,

Đang khiếu nại về dầu tràn với BP?

by Amanda Michel and Sasha Chavkin,

Have You Filed a Claim With BP?

by Amanda Michel and Sasha Chavkin,

Reporting Network Doc Squad

by Amanda Michel,

Have You Received Marketing Materials in the Mail Offering to Refinance Your Mortgage?

by ProPublica,

Congressional Fundraising Stays Out of the Limelight at Super Bowl

by Marcus Stern and Sebastian Jones,

Super Bowl Fun: Snap Your Congress Member

by Robin Fields,

Which Pols Are Heading to the Super Bowl and Other Results of ProPublica's Super Bowl Blitz

by Amanda Michel and Marcus Stern,

What's Next for the Super Bowl Blitz

by Amanda Michel,

Where the Game's At: Super Bowl Blitz

by Amanda Michel,

Hear Our Reporters Interviewed About Our Super Bowl Blitz

by Mike Webb,

Finishing up the Buckeye State

by Amanda Michel,

Super Bowl Blitz: What You Should Do When Congressmen Give Vague Answers

by Amanda Michel,

Where are the Wolverines?

by Amanda Michel,

Lotsa Help

by Amanda Michel,

Tune In

by Mike Webb,

Super Bowl Blitz Focuses on Members of the Taxing and Spending Committees

by Marcus Stern,

More Help

by Amanda Michel,

Our Super Bowl Blitz Update -- We've Got a Quarter of Congress Covered

by Amanda Michel,

Mahalo

by Amanda Michel,

What We’re Watching

During Donald Trump’s second presidency, ProPublica will focus on the areas most in need of scrutiny. Here are some of the issues our reporters will be watching — and how to get in touch with them securely.

Learn more about our reporting team. We will continue to share our areas of interest as the news develops.

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Sharon Lerner

I cover health and the environment and the agencies that govern them, including the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Andy Kroll

I cover justice and the rule of law, including the Justice Department, U.S. attorneys and the courts.

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Melissa Sanchez

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

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Jesse Coburn

I cover housing and transportation, including the companies working in those fields and the regulators overseeing them.

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    The Trump administration canceled a deal, signed under President Joe Biden, that would have enabled the removal of four hydroelectric dams along the Columbia River that are considered harmful to salmon.

    by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting,

    Local Reporting Network

    100 Students in a School Meant for 1,000: Inside Chicago’s Refusal to Deal With Its Nearly Empty Schools

    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,

    “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,

    “The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention

    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,

    Portland Said It Was Investing in Homeless People’s Safety. Deaths Have Quadrupled.

    The city responded to an increase in homeless deaths by intensifying encampment sweeps and adding emergency shelter at the expense of permanent housing. Experts say this has perpetuated the problem.

    by K. Rambo, Street Roots,

    Local Reporting Network