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Walkway Over Dangerous Train Crossing Is Dead After Norfolk Southern Backtracks on Funds, Mayor Says
1+ week, 1+ day ago (759+ words) The mayor of Hammond, Indiana, says train company Norfolk Southern is reneging on a promise to partly finance the construction of a pedestrian overpass at a dangerous rail crossing that was the subject of a ProPublica investigation. And without the…...
Peter Finn Joins ProPublica, Spearheading Washington Bureau Expansion
3+ week, 1+ day ago (226+ words) ProPublica announced Wednesday that Peter Finn will serve as an assistant managing editor in Washington, D.C. He's bringing a formidable track record of leading high-impact, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigations and decades of experience navigating the complexities of national security and global affairs…...
ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network Selects Five New Partners for Its 50 State Initiative
9+ mon, 6+ day ago (170+ words) ProPublica has selected five new partner newsrooms and local journalists for its Local Reporting Network. This is the third group selected as part of the organization's 50 State Initiative, a ... ProPublica has selected five new partner newsrooms and local journalists for…...
How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (647+ words) This week, ProPublica published a story I wrote based in part on interviews with parents and children being held at the nation's only operating detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas. I had asked some of the parents to…...
ProPublica Narrated Podcast
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (72+ words) Listen to narrated versions of ProPublica's important new investigations alongside the most compelling journalism from our archives. Follow the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen. Listen to our best long-form investigations, read aloud. On this podcast, you…...
Salty, Oily Drinking Water Left Sores in Their Mouths. Oklahoma Refused to Find Out Why.
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1784+ words) Co-published with The Frontier In the summer of 2022, months after Tammy Boarman and her husband, Chris, moved into their newly built "forever home" 30 miles from Oklahoma City, the plants in their yard began to turn yellow. The shrubs wilted, though…...
As Helene Survivors Wait for State Help, Some Victims of Earlier Hurricanes Are Still Out of Their Homes
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1738+ words) Co-published with The Assembly In the 459 days that Willa Mae James spent living in a Fairfield Inn in Eastern North Carolina, her footsteps wore down paths in the carpet: from the door to the desk, from the bed to the…...
FAA Warns Airlines About Safety Risks From Rocket Launches, Urges “Extreme Caution”
2+ mon, 12+ hour ago (903+ words) The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a sharp warning that rocket launches could "significantly reduce safety" for airplanes, urging pilots to prepare for the possibility that "catastrophic failures" could create dangerous debris fields. In the last two decades, the agency…...
Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (363+ words) The Trump administration is planning to use artificial intelligence to write federal transportation regulations, according to U.S. Department of Transportation records and interviews with six agency staffers. The plan was presented to DOT staff last month at a demonstration of AI's…...
Our Year in Visual Journalism
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (639+ words) Paul Windle for "Inside the AI Prompts DOGE Used to "Munch" Contracts Related to Veterans" Health." Art direction by Lisa Larson-Walker. Design and development by Anna Donlan for "Sick in a Hospital Town." Visual editing by Alex Bandoni. Videos by…...