January 2018 Archive

ProPublica, NPR ‘Lost Mothers’ Series is a Finalist for Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting

by ProPublica,

Jan. 31, 2018, 11:26 a.m. EST

Facebook’s Experiment in Ad Transparency Is Like Playing Hide And Seek

by Jennifer Valentino-DeVries,

Jan. 31, 2018, 5 a.m. EST

New Details Alleged in Scheme to Make Millions Off First Border Wall in Texas

by Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune, and T. Christian Miller, ProPublica,

Jan. 30, 2018, 1:01 a.m. EST

What Happened to All the Jobs Trump Promised?

by Isaac Arnsdorf and Lena V. Groeger,

Jan. 29, 2018, 11:09 a.m. EST

California Murder Suspect Said to Have Trained With Extremist Hate Group

by A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, Ali Winston, special to ProPublica, and Jake Hanrahan, special to ProPublica,

Jan. 26, 2018, 7:46 p.m. EST

Judge: Kushner Company Must Reveal Identities of Real Estate Partners

by Alec MacGillis,

Jan. 26, 2018, 6:43 p.m. EST

A Chicago Cop’s Facebook Posts and a City’s Struggle With Racism

by Jodi S. Cohen,

Jan. 26, 2018, 4 a.m. CST

The Red Cross Helped an Executive Get a Job at Save the Children After Forcing Him Out for Sexual Harassment

by Justin Elliott and Ariana Tobin,

Jan. 25, 2018, 5 a.m. EST

Chicago Cop Under Investigation Again Over Social Media Posts

by Jodi S. Cohen,

Jan. 25, 2018, 4 a.m. CST

ProPublica, Audible Present ‘The Making of a Massacre’ Event Remembering Casualties of the Drug War

by ProPublica,

Jan. 24, 2018, 11:30 a.m. EST

Trump NLRB Appointee Finds a Way Around Conflict of Interest Rules

by Ian MacDougall,

Jan. 23, 2018, 7:05 p.m. EST

Newly Defanged, Top Consumer Protection Agency Drops Investigation of High-Cost Lender

by Paul Kiel,

Jan. 23, 2018, 6:12 p.m. EST

Manhattan District Attorney Says He’ll No Longer Accept Contributions From Lawyers With Cases Before Him

by Jesse Eisinger,

Jan. 23, 2018, 12:04 p.m. EST

Rauner Takes Aim at State Lawmakers Who Appeal Property Taxes

by Jason Grotto, ProPublica, and Ray Long, Chicago Tribune,

Jan. 23, 2018, 5 a.m. CST

Meet Column Setter

by Rob Weychert,

Jan. 23, 2018, 5 a.m. EST

Reinventing Represent

by Allison McCartney and Derek Willis,

Jan. 22, 2018, 10:53 a.m. EST

Russian Politician Who Reportedly Sent Millions to NRA Has Long History in Spain

by Sebastian Rotella,

Jan. 19, 2018, 5:01 p.m. EST

Watchdogging a Nonprofit Watchdog

by Mick Dumke and Logan Jaffe,

Jan. 19, 2018, 6 a.m. CST

Trump’s Chosen: Who Made It Through A Year In The Whirlwind?

by Jessica Huseman, Ian MacDougall and Rob Weychert,

Jan. 19, 2018, 5 a.m. EST

Baltimore Judge Tosses Alford Plea, Rebuking Prosecutor

by Megan Rose,

Jan. 18, 2018, 7:32 p.m. EST

‘Independent’ Watchdog’s Secret Funder: Conservative Small-Government Group

by Mick Dumke, ProPublica, and Dan Mihalopoulos, Chicago Sun-Times,

Jan. 18, 2018, 6 a.m. CST

Sheriff’s Officers Working Black Section of Jacksonville to Get Bias Training

by Benjamin Conarck, The Florida Times-Union [Jacksonville], and Topher Sanders, ProPublica,

Jan. 17, 2018, 4 p.m. EST

Innocent But Still Guilty

by Megan Rose,

Jan. 17, 2018, 3 p.m. EST

In New York, Crime Falls Along With Police Stops

by Joe Sexton,

Jan. 16, 2018, 3:26 p.m. EST

Jacksonville Sheriff Criticizes Our Reporting. We Respond.

by ProPublica,

Jan. 12, 2018, 8:40 p.m. EST

Help Us Figure Out Where in Illinois to Take Our Theater-Journalism Project

by Logan Jaffe,

Jan. 12, 2018, 6 a.m. CST

Jacksonville City Council President and Local Public Defender Call for Suspension of Pedestrian Ticket Writing

by Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, The Florida Times-Union [Jacksonville],

Jan. 11, 2018, 7:15 p.m. EST

Join ProPublica to Report on the Technology Platforms Dominating Our Lives

by ProPublica,

Jan. 11, 2018, 2:49 p.m. EST

How the Public Fueled Our Investigations in 2017

by Terry Parris Jr.,

Jan. 11, 2018, 12:56 p.m. EST

After a Sweet Deal With Dad, Eric Trump Assembles a Valuable Penthouse

by Derek Kravitz, ProPublica, and Will Parker, The Real Deal,

Jan. 10, 2018, 8 a.m. EST

Ethics Board Fines Cook County Assessor Over Campaign Contributions

by Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, and Jason Grotto, ProPublica,

Jan. 10, 2018, 5 a.m. CST

Canadian Research Adds to Worry Over an Environmental Threat the Pentagon Has Downplayed for Decades

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

Jan. 9, 2018, 2:40 p.m. EST

AARP and Key Senators Urge Companies to End Age Bias in Recruiting on Facebook

by Jennifer Valentino-DeVries,

Jan. 8, 2018, 8 a.m. EST

Cómo se cometen estafas de bancarrotas con impunidad en Los Ángeles

por Paul Kiel,

Jan. 5, 2018, 11 a.m. EST

How Does Journalism Work? Ask Us Questions. We Can Explain.

by Logan Jaffe,

Jan. 5, 2018, 6 a.m. CST

A Short History of the Brief and Bumpy Life of the Voting Fraud Commission

by Jessica Huseman,

Jan. 4, 2018, 2:31 p.m. EST

Trump’s Voter Fraud Commission Is Gone, But Scrutiny Will Continue

by Jessica Huseman,

Jan. 4, 2018, 2:31 p.m. EST

Maternal Deaths Are Increasing in Texas, But Probably Not as Much as We Thought

by Robin Fields,

Jan. 4, 2018, 11:30 a.m. EST

Trashed: Inside the Deadly World of Private Garbage Collection

by Kiera Feldman, The Investigative Fund,

Jan. 4, 2018, 8 a.m. EST

One Night on a Private Garbage Truck in New York City

by Al Shaw and Kiera Feldman, The Investigative Fund,

Jan. 4, 2018, 8 a.m. EST

I’ve Sent Out 1,018 Open Records Requests, and This Is What I’ve Learned

by Sandhya Kambhampati,

Jan. 4, 2018, 6 a.m. CST

Baltimore Prosecutor Admits He Was Wrong to Block Request to Alter Alford Plea

by Megan Rose,

Jan. 3, 2018, 8 a.m. EST

How Harvey Hurt Houston, in 10 Maps

by Al Shaw and Lisa Song, ProPublica, and Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune, and Neena Satija, The Texas Tribune and Reveal,

Jan. 3, 2018, 8 a.m. EST

Legal Footnote: You Have to Look Hard to See the Supreme Court Correct Its Mistakes

by Ryan Gabrielson,

Jan. 2, 2018, 1:20 p.m. EST

What We’re Watching

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