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August 2020

Illinois Has Promised to “Infuse Love” in Its Juvenile Justice System, but What Will Actually Change?

by Duaa Eldeib,

The Federal Government Gives Native Students an Inadequate Education, and Gets Away With It

by Alden Woods, Arizona Republic,

How Hotel Chains Got a Slice of Government Aid for Small Businesses

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

“Polluter’s Paradise” Wins SEJ Award for Outstanding Investigative Reporting

ProPublica,

ProPublica Wins Six Malofiej Awards

ProPublica,

After a Year of Investigation, the Border Patrol Has Little to Say About Agents’ Misogynistic and Racist Facebook Group

by A.C. Thompson,

Her Rapist Threatened to Make Her “Disappear.” Instead of Asylum, ICE Put Her in a Hotel and Sent Her Back.

by Lomi Kriel,

What Happened When a Public Institute Became a De Facto Lobbying Arm of the Timber Industry

by Rob Davis, The Oregonian/OregonLive, and Tony Schick, OPB,

Justice Department Is Scrutinizing Takeover of Credit Karma by Intuit, Maker of TurboTax

by Justin Elliott and Paul Kiel,

Cannabis, Lies and Foreign Cash: A Mother and Daughter’s Journey Through the Underground Mask Trade

by J. David McSwane,

Nobody Accurately Tracks Health Care Workers Lost to COVID-19. So She Stays Up At Night Cataloging the Dead.

by Nina Martin,

Demandaron a miles de prestatarios durante la pandemia, hasta que comenzamos a hacer preguntas

por Kiah Collier y Ren Larson,

Un muro fronterizo financiado con fondos privados ya estaba en riesgo de colapsarse si no se reparaba. El huracán Hanna empeoró la situación.

por Perla Trevizo y Jeremy Schwartz,

Construyó un muro en la frontera con fondos privados. Ahora está en riesgo de desplomarse si no lo reparan.

por Jeremy Schwartz y Perla Trevizo,

How a $175 COVID-19 Test Led to $2,479 in Charges

by Marshall Allen,

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    Trump Team Eyes Politically Connected Startup to Overhaul $700 Billion Government Payments Program

    A little-known firm with investors linked to JD Vance, Elon Musk and Trump could get a piece of the federal expense card system — and its hundreds of millions in fees. “This goes against all the normal contracting safeguards,” one expert said.

    by Christopher Bing and Avi Asher-Schapiro,

    Wisconsin’s Name-Change Law Raises Safety Risks for Transgender People

    A 167-year-old statute requires trans people to publish their old and new names in a newspaper. Families and advocates worry the requirement now poses a risk as President Donald Trump has attacked transgender rights.

    by Phoebe Petrovic, Wisconsin Watch,

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    An Indian Drugmaker, Investigated by ProPublica Last Year, Has Recalled Two Dozen Medications Sold to U.S. Patients

    FDA inspectors found serious problems at a Glenmark factory in India that manufactured the recalled drugs. Another medication made there has been tied to deaths of U.S. patients.

    by Patricia Callahan,

    Congress Has Demanded Answers to ICE Detaining Americans. The Administration Has Responded With Silence.

    Amid increasing reports that U.S. citizens have been caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration dragnet, a dozen members of Congress have written to the government with pointed questions. None has received a reply.

    by Nicole Foy,

    Inside Terrorgram

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

    Court documents reveal that Nikita Casap’s alleged manifesto calling for Trump’s assassination cited multiple Terrorgram publications and urged people to read the writings of a network member who murdered two people outside an LGTBQ+ bar in 2022.

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