Midwest Archive

On the Front Line of the Fluoride Wars, Debate Over Drinking Water Treatment Turns Raucous

Oct. 13, 2025, 5 a.m. EDT

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

by Melissa Sanchez and Mariam Elba,

Oct. 10, 2025, 7 a.m. EDT

“No quiero estar más acá”: intentaron autodeportarse y quedaron atrapados en la América de Trump

por Melissa Sanchez y Mariam Elba,

Oct. 10, 2025, 6:55 a.m. 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,

Oct. 2, 2025, 5 a.m. EDT

“His Audience Was Really Trump”: How New FBI Lead Used His Missouri AG Role to Wage a Culture War

by Jeremy Kohler,

Sept. 24, 2025, 5 a.m. EDT

Amid Rise of RFK Jr., Officials Waver on Drinking Water Fluoridation — Even in the State Where It Started

Sept. 18, 2025, 6 a.m. EDT

“Just Let Me Die”: After Insurance Repeatedly Denied a Couple’s Claims, One Psychiatrist Was Their Last Hope

by Duaa Eldeib, photography by Sarah Blesener for ProPublica,

Sept. 10, 2025, 6:30 a.m. EDT

Three Chicago Schools Get Expensive STEAM Makeovers. Can the Effort Reverse Declining Enrollment?

by Mila Koumpilova, Chalkbeat, and Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica,

Sept. 9, 2025, 6 a.m. EDT

The Floods Kept Coming. He Needed to Grow a Crop That Would Thrive in Water — or to Quit.

by Julia Rendleman for ProPublica, Molly Parker, Capitol News Illinois, and Lylee Gibbs, Saluki Local Reporting Lab,

Sept. 5, 2025, 7 a.m. EDT

The Federal Farm Policy Trap: Why Some Farmers Are Stuck Raising Crops That No Longer Thrive

by Molly Parker, Capitol News Illinois, Julia Rendleman for ProPublica and Lylee Gibbs, Saluki Local Reporting Lab,

Sept. 4, 2025, 7 a.m. EDT

Trump’s Pick to Help Run the FBI Has a History of Prosecuting Influential Democrats

by Jeremy Kohler,

Aug. 27, 2025, 6 a.m. EDT

This Doctor Specializes in Diagnosing Child Abuse. Some of Her Conclusions Have Been Called Into Question.

by Jessica Lussenhop, and photography by Sarahbeth Maney,

July 1, 2025, 6 a.m. EDT

A Doctor Challenged the Opinion of a Powerful Child Abuse Specialist. Then He Lost His Job.

by Jessica Lussenhop, and photography by Sarahbeth Maney,

June 30, 2025, 6 a.m. EDT

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

by Mila Koumpilova, Chalkbeat, and Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica,

June 13, 2025, 5 a.m. EDT

Former Chicago Cop Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Battery of Two Female Colleagues

by María Inés Zamudio, Invisible Institute,

June 10, 2025, 6:05 p.m. EDT

Red State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.

by Jeremy Kohler,

May 30, 2025, 5 a.m. EDT

“The Federal Government Is Gone”: Under Trump, the Fight Against Extremist Violence Is Left Up to the States

by Hannah Allam,

May 29, 2025, 7 a.m. EDT

Illinois Lawmakers Ban Police From Ticketing and Fining Students for Minor Infractions in School

by Jodi S. Cohen and Jennifer Smith Richards,

May 28, 2025, 9:45 p.m. 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 a.m. 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 a.m. EDT

A Teacher Dragged a 6-Year-Old With Autism by His Ankle. Federal Civil Rights Officials Might Not Do Anything.

by Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen,

May 20, 2025, 5 a.m. EDT

Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.

May 6, 2025, 6 a.m. EDT

The Untold Story of How Ed Martin Ghostwrote Online Attacks Against a Judge — and Still Became a Top Trump Prosecutor

by Jeremy Kohler and Andy Kroll,

April 24, 2025, 5 a.m. EDT

White Supremacist Terrorgram Network Allegedly Inspired Teen Accused of Killing Parents and Plotting Trump Assassination

by A.C. Thompson, ProPublica and FRONTLINE, and James Bandler, ProPublica,

April 17, 2025, 11:30 a.m. EDT

What Reality TV Gets Wrong About Criminal Investigations. (Spoiler: So Much.)

by Taylor Kate Brown,

April 9, 2025, 10:30 a.m. EDT

Will Extreme Spending and Partisanship Undermine Trust in State Supreme Courts?

by Megan O’Matz,

April 6, 2025, 5 a.m. EDT

In An Era of Big Money, the University of Illinois Shrugs Off Rules on Athletes’ NIL Deals

by Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune, and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica,

April 4, 2025, 6 a.m. EDT

The Art Institute of Chicago Returned a Sculpture to Nepal But Obscured Its Connection to a Wealthy Donor

by Steve Mills,

April 1, 2025, 5 a.m. 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 a.m. EDT

Police Across the U.S. Welcomed Cop Show “The First 48.” Then Relationships Soured.

by Jessica Lussenhop,

March 29, 2025, 7:55 a.m. EDT

How Elon Musk, George Soros and Other Billionaires Are Shaping the Most Expensive Court Race in U.S. History

by Megan O’Matz,

March 28, 2025, 6 a.m. EDT

A University, a Rural Town and Their Fight to Survive Trump’s War on Higher Education

by Molly Parker, Capitol News Illinois,

March 27, 2025, 6 a.m. EDT

Under Pressure From Trump, ICE Is Pushing Legal Boundaries

by Vernal Coleman,

March 25, 2025, 6 a.m. EDT

We Found Widespread Abuse of Disabled Patients at an Illinois Facility. The DOJ Is Investigating.

by Beth Hundsdorfer and Molly Parker, Capitol News Illinois,

March 24, 2025, 6 a.m. EDT

Illinois Has Virtually No Homeschooling Rules. A New Bill Aims to Change That.

by Molly Parker and Beth Hundsdorfer, Capitol News Illinois,

March 3, 2025, 7 a.m. EST

Missouri GOP’s Effort to Take Over St. Louis Police Hearkens Back to Civil War

by Jeremy Kohler,

Feb. 27, 2025, 6 a.m. EST

Amid Increasing Domestic Violence, Illinois Struggles to Review Fatalities

by Vernal Coleman,

Feb. 26, 2025, 5 a.m. EST

The One That Got Away: This Small Town Is Left in Limbo After Betting Big on GMO Salmon

Feb. 18, 2025, 5 a.m. EST

Three Months After Missouri Voted to Make Abortion Legal, Access Is Still Being Blocked

by Jeremy Kohler,

Feb. 5, 2025, 4:40 p.m. EST

Empacados: Retrato de una comunidad de inmigrantes que viven bajo la amenaza de ser deportados

por Melissa Sanchez, fotografía por Benjamin Rasmussen para ProPublica,

Feb. 4, 2025, 10:28 a.m. EST

Hoping to “Trump Proof” Students’ Civil Rights, Illinois Lawmakers Aim to End Police Ticketing at School

by Jodi S. Cohen and Jennifer Smith Richards,

Feb. 4, 2025, 6 a.m. EST

Boxed Up: A Portrait of an Immigrant Community Living Under Threat of Deportation

by Melissa Sanchez, photography by Benjamin Rasmussen for ProPublica,

Jan. 31, 2025, 5 a.m. EST

Madison and Nashville School Shooters Appear to Have Crossed Paths in Online Extremist Communities

by Phoebe Petrovic, Wisconsin Watch,

Jan. 24, 2025, 7:45 p.m. EST

Five Big Obstacles to Opening Child Care Facilities in Rural Illinois

by Molly Parker, Capitol News Illinois,

Jan. 21, 2025, 9 a.m. EST

On a Mission From God: Inside the Movement to Redirect Billions of Taxpayer Dollars to Private Religious Schools

by Alec MacGillis,

Jan. 13, 2025, 6 a.m. EST

“All Our Future Money Is Gone”: The Impossible Task of Providing Child Care in Rural Illinois

by Molly Parker, Capitol News Illinois, and Julia Rendleman for ProPublica, photography by Julia Rendleman for ProPublica,

Jan. 10, 2025, 7 a.m. EST

Gretchen Whitmer’s Chance for Wide-Ranging Legacy Derailed by Botched Legislative Session

Jan. 10, 2025, 5 a.m. EST

Feds Fine Baker College $2.5 Million for Deceptive Marketing That Left Students With Debts and Regrets

by Anna Clark, ProPublica, and David Jesse, The Chronicle of Higher Education,

Jan. 7, 2025, 5:10 p.m. EST

He Frantically Called 911 to Revive His Infant Son. Now He Could Face 12 Years in Prison.

by Pamela Colloff,

Dec. 29, 2024, 5 a.m. EST

Billy Long, Trump’s Nominee to Lead the IRS, Touts a Credential That Tax Experts Say Is Dubious

by Jeremy Kohler and Alex Mierjeski,

Dec. 20, 2024, 12:30 p.m. EST