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April 2021

Florida Lawmakers Send Lifeline to Families With Brain-Damaged Children

by Daniel Chang and Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald,

Counties at Highest Risk for COVID Harm Often Have Lowest Vaccination Rates

by Ryan Gabrielson,

Texas Enabled the Worst Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Catastrophe in Recent U.S. History

by Perla Trevizo, Ren Larson, Lexi Churchill, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune; Mike Hixenbaugh and Suzy Khimm, NBC News,

Texas no exige alarmas de monóxido de carbono. Sus residentes más vulnerables pagaron el precio

por Perla Trevizo, Ren Larson, Lexi Churchill, ProPublica y The Texas Tribune; Mike Hixenbaugh y Suzy Khimm, NBC News,

How to Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Your Home

by Suzy Khimm, NBC News, and Perla Trevizo, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune,

Cómo prevenir la intoxicación por monóxido de carbono en su vivienda

por Suzy Khimm, NBC News y Perla Trevizo, ProPublica y The Texas Tribune,

The Climate Solution Actually Adding Millions of Tons of CO2 Into the Atmosphere

by Lisa Song, ProPublica, and James Temple, MIT Technology Review,

“They’re Trying to Make It So We Walk Away”: It’s About to Get Harder to File Lawsuits Saying Sugar Harvesters Poisoned the Air

by Lulu Ramadan, The Palm Beach Post,

How the Federal Reserve Is Increasing Wealth Inequality

by Allan Sloan and Cezary Podkul,

ProPublica Hires Craig Silverman to Cover Voting, Platforms and Disinformation

ProPublica,

Parents Want Justice for Birth Injuries. Hospitals Want to Strip Them of the Right to Make That Decision.

by Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald,

State-Supported “Clean Energy” Loans Are Putting Borrowers at Risk of Losing Their Homes

by Jeremy Kohler and Haru Coryne,

Are Unemployment Benefits Taxed?

by Karim Doumar,

How Josh Hawley and Marjorie Taylor Greene Juiced Their Fundraising Numbers

by Isaac Arnsdorf and Derek Willis,

“Sentí más odio que nada”. La historia de un miembro activo de la Fuerza Aérea de Estados Unidos que quiso iniciar una guerra civil

por Gisela Pérez de Acha, Kathryn Hurd y Ellie Lightfoot, Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program,

Florida Lawmakers Endorse Wide-Ranging Reforms in Program to Aid Brain-Damaged Babies

by Carol Marbin Miller, Daniel Chang and Mary Ellen Klas, Miami Herald,

ProPublica Wins NIHCM Award in Journalism and Research

by ProPublica,

What Police Impunity Looks Like: “There Was No Discipline as No Wrongdoing Was Found”

by Eric Umansky,

The Federal Government Will Now Give PPP Loans to Borrowers in Bankruptcy

by Lydia DePillis,

Hershey Profits Fund $17 Billion Endowment for Nonprofit School, but Board Member Says It Won’t Let Him See Financial Records

by Bob Fernandez, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Charlotte Keith, Spotlight PA,

ProPublica Reporting Projects Recognized by Education Writers Association

by ProPublica,

Inspecting the NYPD “Puzzle Palace”

by Topher Sanders,

A Tiny Number of People Will Be Hospitalized Despite Being Vaccinated. We Have to Learn Why.

by Caroline Chen,

ProPublica Wins Meyer “Mike” Berger Award for Best Human-Interest Reporting

ProPublica,

What Forms Do I Need to File My Taxes and Where Can I Get Them?

by Kristen Doerer for ProPublica and Karim Doumar,

Lessons From Bessemer: What Amazon’s Union Defeat Means for the American Labor Movement

by Alec MacGillis,

“I Felt Hate More Than Anything”: How an Active Duty Airman Tried to Start a Civil War

by Gisela Pérez de Acha, Kathryn Hurd and Ellie Lightfoot, Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program,

When Are Taxes Due?

by Kristen Doerer for ProPublica and Karim Doumar,

“We Are Not Here or Funded to ‘Promote the Best Interest’ of the Children,” Wrote the Head of a Program for Brain-Damaged Infants

by Daniel Chang and Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald,

ProPublica Wins Three AHCJ Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism

ProPublica,

Florida Plans Audit of Program That Blocks Parents of Brain-Damaged Newborns From Suing

by Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald,

She Can’t Sue Her Doctor Over Her Baby’s Death. When She Spoke Out, She Was Silenced Again.

by Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald,

New York City Kills COVID Rule That Led to Repeated School Closings Despite No Evidence of Outbreaks

by Eric Umansky,

“NYPD Files” Wins Al Nakkula Award for Police Reporting

by ProPublica,

When Births Go Horribly Wrong, Florida Protects Doctors and Forces Families to Pay the Price

by Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald,

The Broken Front Line

by Ava Kofman, photography by Kendrick Brinson and David Walter Banks, special to ProPublica,

The Emergency 911 System Where Callers Still Don’t Always Get Proper CPR Instructions

by Lynn Arditi, The Public’s Radio,

I Received Tips to Look Into How a Hospital Treated Premature Babies. Getting Data Was Nearly Impossible.

by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth,

My Kids’ School Closed Again. So I Started Calling Experts.

by Eric Umansky,

Cómo investigamos las tasas de mortalidad de los bebés extremadamente prematuros en los hospitales de maternidad más grandes de este estado

por Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth,

Los dos hospitales tienen tasas de mortalidad infantil similares, hasta que se observa a los bebés extremadamente prematuros

por Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth,

Barreras falsas: estas cosas no deberían impedirle vacunarse contra COVID-19

por Caroline Chen y Maryam Jameel,

“No Good Choices”: HHS Is Cutting Safety Corners to Move Migrant Kids Out of Overcrowded Facilities

by Dara Lind,

False Barriers: These Things Should Not Prevent You From Getting a COVID Vaccine

by Caroline Chen and Maryam Jameel,

What We’re Watching

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