NEW: In Alabama, politicians and prosecutors have long proclaimed their mission to defend the unborn.
But it’s easier to punish women who take drugs while pregnant than abusers who endanger a fetus.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alabama-fetal-personhood-laws-punishment?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
NEW: Our reporter deliberately bet like a problem gambler on DraftKings to investigate its guardrails.
The story went viral. The company’s CEO downplayed it.
Then, DraftKings shut down our reporter’s account with no explanation.
https://www.propublica.org/article/draftkings-investigation-closed-account?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Sports #Gambling #Regulation #DraftKings #Journalism #Investigation
NEW: HHS official Alicia Jackson publicly endorsed a federal health policy change on hormone therapies while owning stock in a company that provides access to menopause treatments.
After our reporting, a watchdog group is urging an investigation.
https://www.propublica.org/article/hhs-alicia-jackson-ethics-complaint?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
WATCH: Marshall Phillips was a sixth-generation member of a faith-healing sect. When his son became gravely ill, he had to decide: defy his faith and seek medical care or let him die.
That choice eventually put him at the center of another family’s tragedy.
https://www.propublica.org/article/followers-of-christ-faith-healing-documentary?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Documentary #Video #Journalism #Oregon #Idaho #Religion #Health #Medicine #Children #Family
NEW: Massachusetts and Connecticut invested millions into offshore wind in the hopes the once-blossoming industry would jump-start local economies.
But amid Trump’s multifront war on the industry, workers say they’re watching opportunity dry up.
https://www.propublica.org/article/offshore-wind-trump-connecticut-massachussetts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Massachusetts #Connecticut #Wind #Environment #Economy #Trump
NEW: Recordings of calls and events reviewed by ProPublica show members of the Georgia State Election Board working with Cleta Mitchell’s Election Integrity Network, which was born out of an effort to overturn the 2020 election.
https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-election-board-cleta-mitchell-midterms?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Georgia #Election #Midterms #Vote #Voting #Democracy #USPolitics #Law
NEW on “Paper Trail”: Taxpayers funded a $500M artillery factory that should have been churning out shells.
Instead, robots caught on fire. Workers had to unjam machines by hitting them with sledgehammers.
Even our reporter kept going, “Wait, what?”
🎧 Listen to this episode: https://www.propublica.org/podcast/general-dynamics-mesquite-texas-artillery-factory?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Defense #Army #Pentagon #Government #Technology #Tech #Podcast #Texas
NEW: Over the past year, ProPublica has photographed some of the more than 500 U.S. citizens who have been held against their will by immigration agents and learned of the lingering impact the experience has had on their lives.
These are their stories.
https://projects.propublica.org/us-citizens-detained-immigration-photo-essay/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Photography #Photos #Immigration #Immigrants #ICE #Journalism
NEW: A Republican member of the election board in Forsyth County, Georgia, challenged dozens of midterm ballots, claiming four were cast by dead people.
ProPublica found all four are alive.
https://www.propublica.org/article/election-challenge-forsyth-county-georgia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Georgia #Election #Vote #Voting #Midterms #USPolitics #Law
NEW: Walter White, who helped start an Oregon faith-healing sect nearly a century ago, taught followers to reject medicine.
The consequences of his beliefs still reverberate: Multiple children have died, many from treatable or preventable conditions.
https://www.propublica.org/article/walter-white-faith-healing-oregon?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Oregon #Religion #Children #Family #Medicine #Health #Cult
NEW: Ginnifer died the day she was born because her faith-healing parents wouldn’t take her to the doctor.
When the medical examiner arrived, they discovered Ginnifer had a twin, who was struggling for breath.
This is the story of what happened next.
https://www.propublica.org/article/followers-of-christ-oregon-city-evelyn-marshall-phillips?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Oregon #Idaho #Religion #Children #Health #Medicine #Family #Cult
NEW: A veteran who couldn’t get cancer treatment.
Another unable to get surgery for a burst appendix.
Trump officials claim their VA overhaul hasn’t harmed veterans, but our reporting in New Jersey reveals a healthcare system stretched thin and falling short.
https://www.propublica.org/article/east-orange-va-hospital-veterans-decline-new-jersey?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Veterans #Hospital #NewJersey #VeteransDay #Health #Medicine #Trump
NEW: A Natural Gas Project Off Alaska’s Coast May Be a Russian Ploy for Intel on the Arctic
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American contractors have been gathering data in the frigid Beaufort Sea for a natural gas project off Alaska’s coast. But the CEO of the firm resigned, claiming it’s all a Russian ploy.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-prudhoe-lng-polar-novatek?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Bill Gates Wants to Stop Global Warming. He’s Earned Billions From Climate-Polluting Landfills.
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Gates owns a dominant stake in America's second-largest landfill operator, but he's failed to make the company live up to his own climate principles. Inspectors have repeatedly found excess methane escaping from its landfills.
https://www.propublica.org/article/bill-gates-republic-landfill-methane-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Climate #ClimateChange #Environment #Pollution #Billionaires #Business
We uncovered a secret practice within the FDA, one that affects the prescription drugs millions of Americans take every day.
And then we built a tool to tell you what this powerful government agency wouldn’t.
Watch how we did it: https://www.propublica.org/article/generic-prescription-drug-supply-fda-explained?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Video #Explainer #FDA #Health #Medicine #Government #Regulation
NEW: Samantha Melamed reported at length on how Pennsylvania’s post-conviction legal system leaves those fighting wrongful convictions waiting years for lawyers to advance their cases.
It left her wondering: Why didn’t judges hold lawyers accountable?
https://www.propublica.org/article/post-conviction-legal-system-finley-judges-pennsylvania?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Pennsylvania #Law #Legal #Judge #CriminalJustice #Crime #Justice
NEW: XpresTest, a company linked to Trump’s sons, got nearly $40 million in government contracts.
It has years of experience conducting disease screening in U.S. airports but has never worked with Ebola or provided biosecurity services abroad.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-sons-xwell-xprestest-government-contracts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Health #PublicHealth #Ebola #Trump #Government #Business
NEW: As more parents reject a long-standard shot for babies, hospitals are seeing cases of vitamin K deficiency bleeding — once considered virtually eliminated.
Doctors don’t always recognize or know how to treat the life-threatening condition.
https://www.propublica.org/article/vitamin-k-shot-texas-lonestar-emergency-room-nicole-malouf?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Hospital #Medicine #Parenting #Health #PublicHealth #Texas #Emergency
NEW: Gov. Greg Abbott spent years trying to make school vouchers a reality in Texas, even pushing to unseat rural Republicans who stood in the way.
Some lawmakers believe the effort contributed to his party's historic demise in the midterms.
#News #Texas #TX #Education #Congress #TXPol #USPolitics #Schools #Teaching #Parenting
NEW: On the Ground in the Final Days Before Trump’s Midterm Debacle
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From rallies in Ohio to a Pennsylvania voting site on Election Day, the tone had noticeably changed among voters in some of the regions that were crucial to electing Donald Trump.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-movement-rally-voters-appeal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Midterms #Election #Elections #Vote #Voting #Trump #Ohio #Pennsylvania