Topics

Abortion

• Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
• Missouri Republicans Are Trying to Repeal Abortion Rights by Leaning Into Anti-Trans Sentiment
• These Republican Lawmakers Challenged Abortion Bans. Then They Faced Backlash.

Biden Administration

The 46th President and His Administration

• A Year of Empty Threats and a “Smokescreen” Policy: How the State Department Let Israel Get Away With Horrors in Gaza
• The Biden Administration Is Separating Families at the Border. It Doesn’t Always Say Why.
• Microsoft’s “Free” Plan to Upgrade Government Cybersecurity Was Designed to Box Out Competitors and Drive Profits, Insiders Say

Civil Rights

• At 17, He Was Tear-Gassed at Selma. At 78, He’s Watching Kids Tear-Gassed During Trump’s Deportation Campaign.
• She Was in Labor at a Florida Hospital. Then She Was in Zoom Court for Refusing a C-Section.
• A Mississippi Synagogue Was Attacked in 1967 and 2026. The Antisemitic Rhetoric Looked the Same Then and Now.

Climate and Environment

Documenting the Causes of a Planetary Crisis

• New Mexico and El Paso Spent Millions on Climate Plans. Three New Data Centers Could Undo Them.
• Oklahoma Oil Company Plugs Disposal Well That Posed Threat to City’s Drinking Water
• Two Years After Hurricane Helene, People Are Still Allowed to Live in Harm’s Way

Courts

An Eye on the American Judicial System

• “Devoid of Any Factual Basis”: Again and Again, Judges Have Dismissed Trump’s Voter Data Lawsuits
• Frustrated by Losses in the Courts, Missouri Republicans Want to Change How Top Judges Are Selected
• He Waited Nine Years in Prison for His Lawyer to File a Single Brief. In This State, There’s No Rule Against It.

Criminal Justice

Accountability in Crime and Law

• He Waited Nine Years in Prison for His Lawyer to File a Single Brief. In This State, There’s No Rule Against It.
• I’ve Covered Death Row Cases for Nearly a Decade. What Happened to Christa Pike Wasn’t an Anomaly.
• Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.

Debt

What Americans Owe and Why

• “A Slap in the Face”: Trump’s DOJ Plans to Settle Predatory Lending Case Without Compensating Victims
• New Portland Trail Blazers Owner Played Key Role at Company Oregon Accused of Predatory Lending
• These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills.

Democracy

Inside Voting in America

• “Devoid of Any Factual Basis”: Again and Again, Judges Have Dismissed Trump’s Voter Data Lawsuits
• What to Know About Mail-In Voting for the 2026 Midterms
• U.S. Postal Service Failed to Properly Handle Some Ballots During This Year’s Primary Elections, Audit Finds

DOGE

How Elon Musk and His Associates Are Remaking the Federal Bureaucracy

• The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security
• Getting “DOGED”: DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
• Senators Demand Investigation Into Canceled VA Contracts, Citing “Damning Reporting From ProPublica”

Education

Inside Our Schools

• How ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours
• We’re Reporters, Not Teachers. We Were Able to Start Private Schools Anyway.
• It’s Easy to Start a Private School. Take Our Quiz to Find Out Where You Can Open Yours.

Health Care

Pulling Back the Curtain on the Health Industry and Regulation

• We’re Investigating Prior Authorization. Help ProPublica Understand Your Health Insurance Denial.
• American Academy of Pediatrics Renews Call for Ban on Raw Milk
• Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.

Health Insurance

• We’re Investigating Prior Authorization. Help ProPublica Understand Your Health Insurance Denial.
• Do You Administer SNAP or Medicaid Benefits? Help ProPublica Report on America’s Safety Net.
• How to Fight a Health Insurance Denial With a Little-Known Tool

Immigration

How Policy Impacts Migrants

• Trump Says the Border Is Secure. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Keeps Declaring an Emergency.
• Estas mujeres intentaban escaparse del abuso doméstico. Sin embargo, ICE las detuvo.
• These Women Were Trying to Escape Domestic Abuse. ICE Detained Them Instead.

Jan. 6

The Aftermath of the Capitol Riot

• Memory-Holing Jan. 6: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish?
• “This Political Climate Got My Brother Killed”: Officer Brian Sicknick Died Defending the Capitol. His Family Waits for Answers.
• Domestic Terrorism: A More Urgent Threat, but Weaker Laws

Labor

What Work Is Like in the U.S.

• How the Government’s Obligation to Keep Foreign Workers Safe Collided With Its Efforts to Keep Farms Afloat
• My Maddening Quest to Find Out if Blueberries Come From Farms Where Workers Were Harmed
• Nike Wants Factory Workers to Earn a Decent Living. In Indonesia, It’s Moved Into Areas Where Workers Don’t.

Mental Health

• Founder of Kentucky Drug Rehab Center Indicted on Fraud and Money Laundering Charges
• Insurer Agrees to Pay Millions for Failing to Fix Errors That Made It Harder for Customers to Get Mental Health Care
• They Couldn’t Access Mental Health Care When They Needed It. Now They’re Suing Their Insurer.

Military

Accountability for the Armed Forces

• The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official
• Empty Seat: U.S. Absent as Western Powers Meet on Wartime Protections for Civilians
• The Costly Blunders in the Army’s $533 Million Fiasco

Nonprofits

• An Arizona County’s “Housing Hub” Is a Dead End for Many Homeless Families
• Homeless Shelters Around Phoenix Are Full. His Phone Is the Unofficial Hotline for Struggling Families.
• Wall Street’s Nonprofits Use Selective, Opaque Logic to Defund Charities

Police

• Judge Denies Efforts to End Oversight of Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office as Racial Profiling of Latinos Persists
• What We Uncovered About the Sexual Assault of Alice Sebold and a City’s Buried Rape Crisis
• Trump’s DOJ Said Police Reform Was “Factually Unjustified.” A New Report Shows Otherwise.

Politics

Holding Political Actors Accountable

• “Devoid of Any Factual Basis”: Again and Again, Judges Have Dismissed Trump’s Voter Data Lawsuits
• Susan Collins and the Case of the Disappearing FBI Probe
• Frustrated by Losses in the Courts, Missouri Republicans Want to Change How Top Judges Are Selected

Pollution

• New Mexico and El Paso Spent Millions on Climate Plans. Three New Data Centers Could Undo Them.
• Oklahoma Oil Company Plugs Disposal Well That Posed Threat to City’s Drinking Water
• EPA to Loosen Methane Rules, Boosting Pollution From Oil and Gas Wells

Pregnancy

• His Research on Pregnant Opioid Users Was Widely Celebrated. Auditors and Experts Found Major Flaws.
• Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care That Led to the Deaths of Two Pregnant Women
• She Was in Labor at a Florida Hospital. Then She Was in Zoom Court for Refusing a C-Section.

Prison

• He Waited Nine Years in Prison for His Lawyer to File a Single Brief. In This State, There’s No Rule Against It.
• I’ve Covered Death Row Cases for Nearly a Decade. What Happened to Christa Pike Wasn’t an Anomaly.
• I Wrote About His Wrongful Conviction. He Got Only 13 Years of Freedom Before Cancer Took His Life.

Real Estate

• Oregon Lawmakers Seek to Open Up Affordable Housing Records Following ProPublica’s Reporting
• Oregon Is Spending More Than Ever on Low-Income Housing. A State Law Keeps the Details Secret.
• Jury Finds Home Financing Scheme That Targeted Muslims in Minnesota Violated State Law

Regulation

The Efforts to Keep Industry in Check

• New Mexico and El Paso Spent Millions on Climate Plans. Three New Data Centers Could Undo Them.
• Scammers Are Stealing Millions From Food Stamp Recipients. Congress Could Fix It — but Won’t.
• An Arizona County’s “Housing Hub” Is a Dead End for Many Homeless Families

Sex and Gender

• New York Attorney General Is Investigating Columbia for Allowing Predatory Doctor to See Patients Despite Warnings
• She Begged for Help. This State’s Probation Gap May Have Put Her in Danger.
• The Trump Administration Is Promoting Its Anti-Trans Agenda Globally at the United Nations

Sports

Beyond the Box Score

• Watch: Inside Our $22K Sports Betting Experiment
• New York Plans Stronger Sports Betting Regulation to Curb Gambling Addiction
• U.S. Lawmakers Launch Sexual Abuse Probe of Youth Sports Giant AAU

Stock

• How to Check In on Your 401(k) Fees
• Wall Street Wants to Change the Rules for Your 401(k). It Could Put Your Retirement at Risk.
• Have a 401(k)? Help ProPublica Investigate What’s Really Happening to Your Money.

Taxes

• A Low-Income Housing Program Is Pouring Billions Into Housing Many People Can’t Afford
• How “Bitcoin Jesus” Avoided Prison, Thanks to One of the “Friends of Trump”
• Wave of Tax Cuts Has Left Many States Vulnerable to Trump SNAP and Medicaid Crisis

Technology

How Big Tech Impacts Our Lives

• Club Med, a Disney Cruise and an Exploding Starship: SpaceX Used Bystander Videos to Track Falling Debris
• Anthropic’s New AI Model Can Identify More Software Bugs Than Ever. Microsoft Is Struggling to Fix Them Fast Enough.
• How Microsoft’s “Little Workaround” Created a Major Pentagon Threat

Trump Administration

The President and His Administration

• “Devoid of Any Factual Basis”: Again and Again, Judges Have Dismissed Trump’s Voter Data Lawsuits
• Susan Collins and the Case of the Disappearing FBI Probe
• Who’s the Shadow President?

USAID

Inside the Destruction of the Aid Agency

• “A Huge Grab of Power”: Trump Is Defying Congress on Foreign Aid
• Inside the Trump Administration’s Man-Made Hunger Crisis
• Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.