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Lawmaker Calls for Stronger Mandatory Reporting Rules Following Our Investigation Into Church Abuse Case

by Andy Mannix, Minnesota Star Tribune, and Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, photography by Leila Navidi, Minnesota Star Tribune

December 23, 2025, 5:30 am EST
A County’s Move to Protect Domestic Violence Victims Is Spreading Across Tennessee After Legislative Delay

by Paige Pfleger, WPLN

December 20, 2025, 5:30 am EST
A Death Row Inmate Was Released on Bail After His Conviction Was Overturned. Louisiana Still Wants to Execute Him.

by Richard A. Webster, Verite News

December 3, 2025, 2:00 pm EST

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536 stories published since 2008

Someone Is Getting Away With Eunice Whitman’s Killing. Alaska’s Slow Justice System Let It Happen.

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News

December 24, 2025, 5:00 am EST
Lawmaker Calls for Stronger Mandatory Reporting Rules Following Our Investigation Into Church Abuse Case

by Andy Mannix, Minnesota Star Tribune, and Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, photography by Leila Navidi, Minnesota Star Tribune

December 23, 2025, 5:30 am EST
Bad Evidence Got Him Indicted for Murder. He Waited 7 Years to Walk Free.

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News

December 21, 2025, 5:00 am EST
A County’s Move to Protect Domestic Violence Victims Is Spreading Across Tennessee After Legislative Delay

by Paige Pfleger, WPLN

December 20, 2025, 5:30 am EST
Immigrants in Alabama Can Face Harsher Sentences Than Citizens for the Same Crimes

by Amy Yurkanin

December 15, 2025, 5:00 am EST
What a Recorded Interview Between Police and Preachers Reveals About How a Minnesota Church Handled Sexual Abuse

by Jessica Lussenhop

December 5, 2025, 5:30 am EST
Chicago Promoted Two Police Officers After Investigators Found They Engaged in Sexual Misconduct

by María Inés Zamudio, Isabelle Senechal and Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Invisible Institute

December 4, 2025, 5:00 am EST
A Death Row Inmate Was Released on Bail After His Conviction Was Overturned. Louisiana Still Wants to Execute Him.

by Richard A. Webster, Verite News

December 3, 2025, 2:00 pm EST
Do You Work at a Federal Prison? Help ProPublica Investigate the Federal Prison System

by Keri Blakinger

November 26, 2025, 5:30 am EST
Louisiana Made It Nearly Impossible to Get Parole. Now It’s Releasing Prisoners to Deport Them.

by Richard A. Webster and Bobbi-Jeanne Misick, Verite News

November 24, 2025, 5:00 am EST
5 Takeaways From Our Investigation Into How Leaders of a Minnesota Church Community Enabled a Child Abuser

by Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, and Andy Mannix, Minnesota Star Tribune

November 23, 2025, 6:00 am EST
Senators Launch Inquiry After a White House Official Intervened on Behalf of Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation

by Avi Asher-Schapiro and Robert Faturechi

November 21, 2025, 5:55 pm EST
“We’re Broken”: As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Are Leaving in Droves for ICE

by Keri Blakinger

November 21, 2025, 5:30 am EST
Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.

by Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, and Andy Mannix, Minnesota Star Tribune, photography by Leila Navidi, Minnesota Star Tribune

November 20, 2025, 6:00 am EST
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation

by Robert Faturechi and Avi Asher-Schapiro

November 18, 2025, 5:30 am EST
She Begged for Help. This State’s Probation Gap May Have Put Her in Danger.

by Paige Pfleger, WPLN, and Mariam Elba, ProPublica

November 11, 2025, 5:00 am EST
What Really Happened in Portland Before Trump Deployed the National Guard

by Rob Davis and Steve Suo

November 5, 2025, 5:00 am EST
Appeals Court Upholds Shaken Baby Conviction Despite Medical Examiner Recanting Testimony

by Pamela Colloff

November 3, 2025, 4:10 pm EST
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force

by Wendi C. Thomas and Katherine Burgess, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

November 3, 2025, 5:00 am EST
A Year Before Trump’s Crime Rhetoric, Dallas Voted to Increase Police. The City Is Wrestling With the Consequences.

by Rebecca Lopez and Jason Trahan, WFAA

October 14, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
The Complicated Case of Jorge Ruiz

by Amy Yurkanin

October 9, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
Chicago Cop Who Falsely Blamed an Ex-Girlfriend for Dozens of Traffic Tickets Pleads Guilty but Avoids Prison

by Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen

October 2, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
DNA Finally Tied a Man to Her Rape. It Didn’t Matter.

by Willoughby Mariano, WBUR, with additional reporting by Todd Wallack, WBUR

September 11, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
What One Man’s 45-Year-Old Case Tells Us About the “Jim Crow Juries” Haunting Louisiana

by Richard A. Webster, Verite News

September 2, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Alaska Vowed to Resolve Murders of Indigenous People. Now It Refuses to Provide Their Names.

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News

August 29, 2025, 9:00 am EDT
Sept. 11 Victims’ Lawsuit Against Saudi Government Can Go to Trial, Judge Rules

by Tim Golden

August 28, 2025, 9:30 pm EDT
An Unconstitutional “Jim Crow Jury” Sent Him to Prison for Life. A New Law Aims to Keep Him There.

by Richard A. Webster, Verite News

August 25, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
New Uvalde Records Reveal Details About School Safety Concerns and Shooter’s Behavioral Issues

by Lomi Kriel, and Alex Nguyen and Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune

August 12, 2025, 8:30 pm EDT
Appeals Court Overturns Murder and Kidnapping Conviction in Etan Patz Disappearance

by Joaquin Sapien

July 28, 2025, 4:25 pm EDT
Four Years After Cop Was Filmed Slamming Black Woman to the Ground, Louisiana Passes Accountability Law

by Richard A. Webster, Verite News

July 23, 2025, 10:15 am EDT
Former NYPD Commissioner Accuses Mayor Adams of Running “Criminal Enterprise” and Cites ProPublica Investigation

by Eric Umansky

July 17, 2025, 12:30 pm EDT
He Was Accused of Killing His Wife. Idaho’s Coroner System Let Clues Vanish After a Previous Wife’s Death.

by Audrey Dutton

July 16, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Anchorage Rebuilds Its Prosecutor’s Office After Our Reporting Revealed Hundreds of Criminal Case Dismissals

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News

July 11, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Federal Monitor Slams NYPD Unit Whose Aggressive Policing ProPublica Exposed

by Eric Umansky

June 16, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Former Chicago Cop Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Battery of Two Female Colleagues

by María Inés Zamudio, Invisible Institute

June 10, 2025, 6:05 pm EDT
Arizona’s Largest County Frequently Pursues the Death Penalty. It Rarely Secures That Sentence.

by Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, and Dave Biscobing, ABC15 Arizona

June 9, 2025, 7:00 am EDT
How the Head of an Embattled Tennessee Youth Detention Center Held on to Power for Decades

by Paige Pfleger, WPLN/Nashville Public Radio, and Mariam Elba, ProPublica

June 7, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
The Head of a Tennessee Youth Detention Center Will Step Down After “Loss of Confidence” in His Leadership

by Paige Pfleger, WPLN/Nashville Public Radio

June 2, 2025, 3:00 pm EDT
Former “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Owner to Plead Guilty in Fraud Scheme That Cost Investors $40 Million

by Anjeanette Damon and Mollie Simon

May 30, 2025, 3:30 pm EDT
Help Us Report on Sexual Assault and Misconduct by the Chicago Police Department

by Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Isabelle Senechal and María Inés Zamudio, Invisible Institute

May 22, 2025, 5:05 am EDT
Chicago Police Dismissed a Recruit’s Claims That a Colleague Sexually Assaulted Her. Then He was Accused Again and Again.

by María Inés Zamudio and Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Invisible Institute

May 22, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Columbia Will Pay Survivors of Abusive Doctor $750 Million After ProPublica Revealed University’s Failures

by Bianca Fortis

May 8, 2025, 3:35 pm EDT
Louisiana Judge Nullifies Death Row Inmate’s Murder Conviction That Was Based on Junk Science

by Richard A. Webster, Verite News

April 25, 2025, 4:15 pm EDT
An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.

by Richard A. Webster, Verite News

April 10, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
What Reality TV Gets Wrong About Criminal Investigations. (Spoiler: So Much.)

by Taylor Kate Brown

April 9, 2025, 10:30 am EDT
We Detailed Mayor Adams’ Embrace of an Abuse-Ridden NYPD Unit. Now Lawmakers and Advocates Demand Change.

by Eric Umansky

March 31, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
“A Wholly Inaccurate Picture”: Reality Cop Show “The First 48” and the Wrongly Convicted Man

by Jessica Lussenhop, photography by Sarahbeth Maney

March 29, 2025, 8:00 am EDT
Police Across the U.S. Welcomed Cop Show “The First 48.” Then Relationships Soured.

by Jessica Lussenhop

March 29, 2025, 7:55 am EDT
Alaska Supreme Court Places New Limits on Pretrial Delays

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News

March 27, 2025, 7:00 am EDT
How Eric Adams Has Backed a Secretive NYPD Unit Ridden With Abuses

by Eric Umansky

March 11, 2025, 6:00 am EDT