U.S. must stop syphilis killing babies The government isn’t doing much to prevent shortages of the only drug that treats syphilis during pregnancy Salon · Mar 6, 2024
Secret GOP assault on Voting Rights Act A redistricting commissioner quietly worked with the GOP to bring a lawsuit against voting maps he created Salon · Mar 1, 2024
Inside a hospital abortion committee “I don’t want to have a patient die and be responsible for it,” one Tennessee doctor said Salon · Feb 27, 2024
Biden officials play down report of US investigation into Mexican president US looked into claims that Andrés Manuel López Obrador allies took money from cartels, according to a New York Times report The Guardian - US · Feb 23, 2024
NYT Reveals U.S. Examination of Allegations Surrounding Drug Cartel Money Handovers to AMLO's Allies Mexico's president previously downplayed the information saying the New York Times is a "filthy rag" Latin Times · Feb 22, 2024
The Rising Cost of the Oil Industry’s Slow Death Unplugged oil and gas wells accelerate climate change, threaten public health and risk hitting taxpayers’ pocketbooks. ProPublica and Capital & Main found that the money set aside to fix the problem falls woefully short of the impending cost. Capital & Main · Feb 22, 2024
A year after Ohio derailment, U.S. freight trains remain largely unregulated ProPublica reporter Topher Sanders has spent the last two years investigating America's aging freight train system. He says the FRA monitors "less than 1% of what's happening on the rails." WEKU · Feb 8, 2024
Probe finds evidence against Harlan Crow Evidence suggests Clarence Thomas benefactor misrepresented his yacht as business to score tax break Salon · Feb 6, 2024
Nevada GOP caucus adds chaos to primary The party’s decision to host a competing contest to the Feb. 6 primary election has angered GOP voters Salon · Feb 5, 2024
Philips to stop selling apnea machines The breathing machine manufacturer has faced relentless criticism over its handling of the 2021 recall of millions Salon · Jan 31, 2024
Ex-IRS contractor sentenced to 5 years in prison for leaking Trump's tax records Charles Edward Littlejohn of Washington, D.C., gave data to The New York Times and ProPublica between 2018 and 2020 in leaks that appeared to be "unparalleled in the IRS's history," prosecutors said. WEKU · Jan 30, 2024
Former IRS contractor sentenced to prison for tax records leaks - Roll Call A federal judge sentenced a man to five years in prison Monday for the leak of tax documents of Donald Trump and others. Roll Call · Jan 29, 2024
DOJ rips botched Uvalde police response AG Merrick Garland said that had responding officers followed general procedures, some victims would have survived Salon · Jan 18, 2024
Secret tape: NRA plot to hide expenses Gun group plotted to conceal payments for fancy hotels, limousines and other luxury expenses Salon · Jan 11, 2024
The Texas Tribune · Dec 26, 2023 Looking back at some of the best Texas Tribune reads of 2023 Our journalists brought life to the experiences of everyday Texans, held powerful institutions accountable and surfaced stories that went beyond the daily news cycles.
The Guardian - US · Dec 24, 2023 ‘Did you just hear John Roberts scream?’: US supreme court to have outsized influence in 2024 election Court temporarily waved off request from special counsel prosecuting Trump, but it’ll likely soon have to wade into fray
Capital & Main · Dec 21, 2023 Los Angeles Orders More Residential Hotels to Stop Renting to Tourists Twenty-one hotels have been cited so far. If the citations are enforced and upheld in court, hundreds of rooms could be turned back into low-cost permanent housing for the city’s poorest residents.
Salon · Dec 19, 2023 Prof: Thomas corruption likely unlawful But there are few tools available to hold the justice accountable, says Pace University Law Prof. Bennett Gershman
Reason · Dec 18, 2023 A Tennessee Youth Detention Center Has Been Illegally Throwing Kids in Solitary Confinement An investigation from ProPublica shows that one Knoxville-area facility is putting kids in solitary but skirting scrutiny by classifying the seclusion as "voluntary."
Reason · Dec 18, 2023 The 6/13/2000 Memorandum to Chief Justice Rehnquist: "Compensation Increase for Justices—Response to Justice Thomas—Guidance Needed" Some actual reporting by ProPublica.
The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2023 Clarence Thomas reportedly raised prospect of resigning from Supreme Court over salary Years before Clarence Thomas accepted lavish gifts, he suggested lawmakers raise Supreme Court justices’ salaries
Salon · Dec 18, 2023 Clarence Thomas' money woes revealed Thomas pushed for higher salary — and to allow Supreme Court justices to take speaking fees
The Guardian - US · Dec 18, 2023 Clarence Thomas’s salary complaints sparked rightwing fears he would resign Supreme court justice’s comment to Republican congressman in 2000 worried conservatives, according to ProPublica report
Salon · Dec 5, 2023 Activists block abortion ban exceptions Lawmakers caved to pressure from anti-abortion groups opposing exceptions for rape, incest and health risks
The Texas Tribune · Nov 30, 2023 Texas judge orders release of Uvalde shooting records, but DPS could still delay The Department of Public Safety for 18 months has blocked the release of its investigation of the shooting, and it could choose to appeal this latest ruling, too.