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Election 2016 Gets a Report Card
A report out today by the MIT Election Lab finds signs of progress and evidence of protest.
What’s the City of Chicago Doing About Its Problem With Duplicate Sticker Tickets?
Seven weeks after the city pledged to address the issue, drivers are still on the hook — and now Chicago’s ticketing practices are becoming an issue in the mayor’s race.
Democrats Vow Investigation of VA’s Shadow Rulers After ProPublica Story
“This situation reeks of corruption and cronyism,” said the top Democrat on the House veterans committee.
Have You Donated or Helped to Collect Birth Tissue?
ProPublica is seeking your help in finding out how birth tissue donated by mothers is used in research and by industry.
We Are Expanding Our Local Reporting Network. Submit Your Best Project Ideas for Investigating State Government.
The influence of state government is far-reaching, yet elected officials and state bureaucrats are getting ever less scrutiny. Send us ideas for accountability projects by Sept. 14.
Top Official at U.S. Embassy in Israel Is Owed Money From Israel Advocacy Group
An ethics expert questions why the State Department has cleared the arrangement.
Ben Carson Declared Mission Accomplished in East St. Louis — Where Public Housing Is Still a Disaster
The HUD secretary came to town last year and declared residents were no longer at risk, three decades after the federal government took over public housing here. In fact, the complexes are falling apart and a woman was killed in the weeks before his visit.
What Do You Know About Public Housing in the U.S.? Help Us Investigate.
ProPublica is teaming up with The Southern Illinoisan to examine the public housing crisis in small and mid-sized cities around the country.
48 Hours in Charlottesville: Fear, Nausea, and a Sad Lack of Surprise
The violence didn’t shock me; the inaction in the face of it did.
The Shadow Rulers of the VA
How Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter and two other Mar-a-Lago cronies are secretly shaping the Trump administration’s veterans policies.
Illinois House Candidate Will Walk for Votes — And Has To
Challenger Amanda Biela takes on the “Madigan machine,” and copes with a divided Republican Party.
For Charlottesville Authorities, a Painful Post-Mortem on Preparedness
Inadequate human intelligence, poor communication and unheeded warnings contributed to the deadly debacle a year ago.
Using the Power of the Crowd to Document Hate
We’ve been asking the public to tell us their hate crime stories for about 18 months. Here’s what we’ve found in our second year.
Trabajador acusado de abusar sexualmente a ocho menores de edad en albergue para inmigrantes
Alegatos en contra de un cuidador de menores son lo último en una serie de acusaciones serias de abuso sexual en los albergues del gobierno para jóvenes inmigrantes.
Informes revelan supervisión “laxa,” actividad sexual en centros de acogida de niños inmigrantes en Chicago
Documentos recientemente obtenidos aportan detalles sobre incidentes preocupantes, incluyendo a menores teniendo relaciones sexuales en una sala de televisión y la huida de dos niñas durante una excursión a un museo.
Flood Thy Neighbor: Who Stays Dry and Who Decides?
One Missouri town’s levee saga captures what's wrong with America's approach to controlling rivers.
To See How Levees Increase Flooding, We Built Our Own
We ran water through a room-sized river model to show how levees can make flooding worse. Try it yourself.
How “Levee Wars” Are Making Floods Worse
High levees come at a high cost, often pushing water into communities that can’t afford the same protection. To demonstrate, we built a giant, scientific model of a river with levees — complete with adorable tiny houses.
