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January 2022

What Germany’s Effort to Leave Coal Behind Can Teach the U.S.

by Alec MacGillis,

EPA Rejects Texas’ More Lenient Standard for Highly Toxic Air Pollutant

by Kiah Collier, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, and Maya Miller, ProPublica,

Baker College Threatens Legal Action Against Former Teacher Who Talked to Reporters

by Anna Clark, ProPublica, and David Jesse, Detroit Free Press,

A Former Hacker’s Guide to Boosting Your Online Security

by Cezary Podkul,

ProPublica Local Reporting Network Projects Win Second and Third Place in Philip Meyer Journalism Awards

by ProPublica,

EPA Takes Action to Combat Industrial Air Pollution

by Ava Kofman and Lisa Song,

Kathleen McGrory Joins ProPublica’s Reporting Team

by ProPublica,

Despite Decades of Hacking Attacks, Companies Leave Vast Amounts of Sensitive Data Unprotected

by Cezary Podkul,

Toxic PCBs Festered at This Public School for Eight Years as Students and Teachers Grew Sicker

by Lulu Ramadan, The Seattle Times,

Report: U.S. Marines Returned Fire After Suicide Bombing, but No Enemies Were Shooting at Them

by Brian J. Conley and Mohammad J. Alizada, Alive in Afghanistan, and Joshua Kaplan and Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica,

New Legal Filing Reveals Startling Details of Possible Fraud by Trump Organization

by Heather Vogell,

How to Pitch Photography Projects to ProPublica

by ProPublica’s Visuals Team,

Lawmakers Propose $600 Million to Fix Housing Program for Native Hawaiians

by Rob Perez, Honolulu Star-Advertiser,

D.C. Attorney General Sues Customer Service Firm Arise for Stiffing Workers on Pay

by Justin Elliott,

华裔科学家钱卓：无国可归的才情

by Daniel Golden and Jeff Kao,

A Visionary Without a Country

by Daniel Golden and Jeff Kao,

Kidney Failure, Emergency Rooms and Medical Debt. The Unseen Costs of Food Poisoning.

by Maryam Jameel,

Tennessee Judge Who Illegally Jailed Children Plans to Retire, Will Not Seek Reelection

by Alexis Marshall and Meribah Knight, WPLN/Nashville Public Radio, and Ken Armstrong, ProPublica,

How a Powerful Company Convinced Georgia to Let It Bury Toxic Waste in Groundwater

by Max Blau,

They Promised Quick and Easy PPP Loans. Often, They Only Delivered Hassle and Heartache.

by Lydia DePillis and Derek Willis,

Reps for Casino Developer Defend the Destruction of Nearly 600 Housing Units in Reno

by Anjeanette Damon,

Senate Finance Chair to Billionaire Developers: Explain How Opportunity Zone Tax Break Is Helping the Poor

by Justin Elliott and Jeff Ernsthausen,

Child Porn Probe of Billionaire Businessman Denny Sanford Continues at State and Federal Level, Court Records Show

by Isaac Arnsdorf and Robert Faturechi,

The Nonprofit College That Spends More on Marketing Than Financial Aid

by Anna Clark, ProPublica, and David Jesse, Detroit Free Press,

Chicago’s “Race-Neutral” Traffic Cameras Ticket Black and Latino Drivers the Most

by Emily Hopkins and Melissa Sanchez,

Our Year in Visual Journalism

by ProPublica’s Visuals Team,

We Are Seeking New Applicants for Our Local Reporting Network

by ProPublica,

A High-Risk Medical Device Didn’t Meet Federal Standards. The Government Paid Millions for More.

by Neil Bedi,

I Saw Firsthand What It Takes to Keep COVID Out of Hong Kong. It Felt Like a Different Planet.

by Caroline Chen,

Rui Kaneya Joins ProPublica as a Senior Editor for Its Local Reporting Network

by ProPublica,

A Return to Robo-Signing: JPMorgan Chase Has Unleashed a Lawsuit Blitz on Credit Card Customers

by Patrick Rucker, The Capitol Forum,

Facebook Hosted Surge of Misinformation and Insurrection Threats in Months Leading Up to Jan. 6 Attack, Records Show

by Craig Silverman, ProPublica, Craig Timberg, The Washington Post, Jeff Kao, ProPublica, and Jeremy B. Merrill, The Washington Post,

Recent Interviews Shed New Light on Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol

by ProPublica,

California’s Forever Fire

by Elizabeth Weil, ProPublica, photography by Meridith Kohut for The New York Times Magazine,

What We’re Watching

During Donald Trump’s second presidency, ProPublica will focus on the areas most in need of scrutiny. Here are some of the issues our reporters will be watching — and how to get in touch with them securely.

Learn more about our reporting team. We will continue to share our areas of interest as the news develops.

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Melissa Sanchez

I report on immigration and labor, and I am based in Chicago.

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Jesse Coburn

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    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,

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    Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.

    by T. Christian Miller,

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    The privately held company Deployed Resources has made billions running tent detention facilities to hold immigrants entering the U.S. at the border. Now it is cashing in again on Trump’s plan to hold immigrants before deportation.

    by Jeff Ernsthausen, Mica Rosenberg and Avi Asher-Schapiro,

    Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”

    Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and to keep them safe.

    by McKenzie Funk,

    American Rendition: Rümeysa Öztürk’s Journey From Ph.D. Scholar to Trump Target Languishing in Louisiana Cell

    “So horrifying and so heartbreaking”: Öztürk’s close friend provides an intimate look into one of the hundreds of foreign students who have had their visas revoked — and in dozens of instances have been detained without criminal charges.

    by Hannah Allam,