"How Habitat for Humanity Went to Brooklyn and Poor Families Lost Their Homes" by Marcelo Rochabrun, ProPublica 4/1/2016ExcerptIn 2010, the New York City affiliate of Habitat for Humanity re… Read More
Over the past couple decades, Google has established itself as the biggest baddest repository of information on the interwebs. This abundant access to info has sometimes allowed people over… Read More
In a blow to Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, a U.S. Judge on Thursday upheld a Pennsylvania State law that could make it difficult for his supporters to monitor Election Day… Read More
A group that gave more money to one of President-Elect Trump’s fundraising efforts than any other Political Action Committee (PAC) failed to disclose its donors before Election Day and… Read More
"Why Trump Would Almost Certainly Be Violating the Constitution If He Continues to Own His Businesses" by Richard Tofel, ProPublica 12/2/2016The meaning of the Emoluments Clause is fairly c… Read More
"Emoluments Clause: Could Overturning 185 Years of Precedent Let Trump Off the Hook?" by Richard Tofel, ProPublica 12/13/2016Another view of the clause in the Constitution regarding payments… Read More
A 'The Resistance' file."Endangered Species Under GOP? Climate Change Information on the Web" by Andrew Revkin, ProPublica 1/4/2017A recent reworking of language concerning climate cha… Read More
"Trump Then: 'I Would Have No Problem' Banning Lobbyists. Trump Now: You're Hired!" by Justin Elliott, ProPublica 2/14/2017During his campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly welcomed the ide… Read More
When Trump was Elected, most people probably weren't concerned about the future of Data. But for some groups, that was top of mind.
Data Refuge was founded after the Election, with a goal o… Read More
"Fact-Checking Elected Officials on the Affordable Care Act Repeal" by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica 3/10/2017ProPublica is working with other news organizations to collect and analyze letter… Read More
"ProPublica, New York Daily News Win Pulitzer Gold Medal" ProPublica 4/10/2017ProPublica and the New York Daily News today won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, honoring their… Read More
My pro-Free Press, Anti-Trump post."2017 Pulitzer Prize Winners" by New York Times 4/10/2017The Pulitzer Prizes awarded Monday encompassed, among other topics, reporting done on the presiden… Read More
From the Alternate Universe"Trump Administration Says It Isn't Anti-Science As It Seeks to Slash EPA Science Office" by Lisa Song, ProPublica 5/24/2017The Office of Research and Development… Read More
"Three Strategies to Defend GOP Health Bill: Euphemisms, False Statements and Deleted Comments" by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica 5/25/2017Since the passage of the American Health Care Act, Re… Read More
Texans faced long lines in the 2016 Election and Confusion over their Polling Place, Registration Status, and the Documentation required to Vote, a Report from a Texas Civil Rights Group fin… Read More
"A New Generation of White Supremacists Emerges in Charlottesville" by A.C. Thompson and Karim Hajj, ProPublica 8/13/2017The white supremacist forces arrayed in Charlottesville, Virginia, ov… Read More
"Why are more American women dying after childbirth?" PBS NewsHour 8/17/2017ExcerptSUMMARY: Doctors and nurses have worked hard to reduce the U.S. infant mortality rate, and yet there'… Read More
"Despite Disavowals, Leading Tech Companies Help Extremist Sites Monetize Hate" by Julia Angwin, Jeff Larson, Madeleine Varner, and Lauren Kirchner - ProPublica 8/19/2017Update, Aug. 19, 201… Read More
aka "Trump's We Don't Care About People Government""Is Anybody Home at HUD?" by Alec MacGillis, ProPublica 8/22/2017This story was co-published with New York magazine.In mid-May, Steve Prest… Read More
"Pro-Russian Bots Take Up the Right-Wing Cause After Charlottesville" by Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublica 8/23/2017Analysts tracking Russian influence operations find a feedback loop between Kreml… Read More
Trump's steady march to have a federal government run by corporations, aka 'filling the swamp.'Government is NOT a Business (reminder)"Lifting the Veil on Another Batch of Shadowy Trump Appo… Read More
President Trump’s Voter Fraud Commission came under fire earlier this month when a Lawsuit and Media Reports revealed that the Commissioners were using Private Emails to conduct Public… Read More
Dear Silicon Valley,
You used to be the envy of the world. Over the last decade I’ve seen countless cities try to become you, from the Silicon Savannah to the Silicon Bayou.
At l… Read More
"Some U.S. Hospitals Don’t Put Americans First for Liver Transplants" by Charles Ornstein (ProPublica) and Lee Zurik (Fox 8 WVUE New Orleans), ProPublica 11/20/2017At a time when there… Read More
"The Taking" by T. Christian Miller (ProPublica), Kiah Collier and Julián Aguilar (Texas Tribune) - ProPublica 12/14/2017The federal government's boldest land grab in a generation pro… Read More
"How Twitter bots are recycling Cold War techniques to sow political division" PBS NewsHour 2/5/2018ExcerptSUMMARY: In the days leading up to the release of the disputed Nunes memo, th… Read More
IMHO: The purpose of the census is ONLY to count how many people live in the United States of America, citizen OR non-citizen."Wilbur Ross Overruled Career Officials at Census Bureau t… Read More
"American Voting Machines Are Old and Vulnerable, But Who Will Pay for New Ones?" by Mac Schneider (Vox) and Kate Rabinowitz (ProPublica), ProPublica 3/29/2018The main threat to American vot… Read More
"Here’s How You Can Use Trump Town" by Derek Kravitz, and Al Shaw + Alex Mierjeski (ProPublica), ProPublica 4/4/2018We’ve assembled thousands of records of Trump administration a… Read More
"How Do You Identify Fake News?" by Vignesh Ramachandran, ProPublica 4/4/2018At the beginning of the year, we asked ProPublica Illinois readers what they wanted to know about how we do our w… Read More
"Police Are Mislabeling Anti-LGBTQ and Other Crimes as Anti-Heterosexual" by Rachel Glickhouse and Rahima Nasa, ProPublica 5/15/2018ProPublica sent public-records requests to more than 50 po… Read More
"The Shadow Rulers of the VA" by Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublica 8/7/2018How Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter and two other Mar-a-Lago cronies are secretly shaping the Trump administr… Read More
"‘Shadow leadership’ is wielding vast influence at Veterans Affairs, report says" PBS NewsHour 8/8/2018ExcerptSUMMARY: A new report questions how the Veterans Affairs Depar… Read More
I am a Disabled Air Force Veteran who has been in the VA system since 1974.
A Veterans group filed a Lawsuit Thursday aimed at Preventing Three Wealthy Members of President Trump’s Pr… Read More
More than One-Third of Counties that are Overseeing Elections in some of the most Contested Congressional Races this November run Email Systems that could make it easy for Hackers to Log-In… Read More
In June 2018, the North Carolina General Assembly passed Legislation mandating that All Early Voting Sites in the State remain Open for Uniform Hours on Weekdays from 7am to 7pm, a move Supp… Read More
"Groups Mask Partisan Attacks Behind Neutral-Sounding Names in Facebook Ads" by Jeremy B. Merrill, and Alex Samuels (The Texas Tribune) ProPublica 10/29/2018Names like “The Voter Aware… Read More
"How Congress Stopped Working" by Derek Willis (ProPublica) and Paul Kane (The Washington Post), ProPublica 11/5/2018Today’s legislative branch, far from the model envisioned by the fo… Read More
"A Hog Waste Agreement Lacked Teeth, and Some North Carolinians Say They’re Left to Suffer" by Talia Buford, ProPublica 11/23/2018Today, many farmers continue to store the waste in ope… Read More
"How Illinois Bet on Video Gambling and Lost" by Jason Grotto and Sandhya Kambhampati (ProPublica Illinois) and Dan Mihalopoulos (WBEZ), ProPublica 1/16/2019Legalizing video poker and slots… Read More
"Can mayor’s resignation offer corruption-plagued Baltimore a chance to rebuild?" PBS NewsHour 5/2/2019ExcerptSUMMARY: Baltimore [Maryland] has acquired a reputation for corrupti… Read More
The New York City Mayor de Blasio Administration has Referred Findings from a Review of the Trump Organization's Property Tax Filings to the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.
In October… Read More
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said the Agency "Canceled” an Order for 45,000 Face Masks for Deportation Agents, while Medical Professionals Nationwide have been Experiencin… Read More
Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves. That’s from Proverbs. However, it still applies to Christians today. We may not want to acknowledge it, but, Jesus did say, Mt 5:… Read More
Under New York's Climate Law, the Climate Action Council (CAC) is Tasked with Devising a Plan to Zero-Out Emissions. Environmentalists on the Council say it's Not on Track.
In 2019, New Yo… Read More
Many dating sites if they have not already are adding new safety features to help protect their members, namely photo verification, in-app safety check-ins during dates, and a built-in panic… Read More
The Inspector General (IG) for the Federal Election Commission (FEC) is calling on the Agency to Review its Ethics Policies and Internal Controls, after a ProPublica Investigation, last year… Read More
Following the Failed Jan. 6th Insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, New York City Mayor, Bill de Blasio (D) announced that he would Terminate All of the City’s Contracts with the Trump Org… Read More
ProPublica-verkkosivuston mukaan konservatiivinen tuomari Clarence Thomas on saattanut saada yli puolen miljoonan dollarin edestä matkoja ja lahjoja. Jutun tarjoaa Ilta-Sanomat Read More
ProPublica-verkkosivuston mukaan konservatiivinen tuomari Clarence Thomas on saattanut saada jopa yli puolen miljoonan dollarin edestä matkoja ja lahjoja. Tästä aiheesta kerto… Read More
In 2021, all states redrew their congressional district lines based on the 2020 census results. However, two years later, lawsuits have been filed in many states claiming that these maps unf… Read More