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Teen Who Faced Deportation After He Informed on MS-13 Gets Temporary Reprieve
A judge postponed an asylum decision until May, asking for more evidence of Henry’s cooperation with police and the FBI.
In Small-Town America, the Public Housing Crisis Nobody’s Talking About
The shuttering of public housing complexes in two small Midwestern towns raises big questions for residents, HUD and Congress. To tell the story, I could use your help.
HUD Long Neglected These Residents. Now As They Move Out, Some Feel HUD Let Them Down Again.
A scramble for housing in southern Illinois has exposed mixed messages and false hope. “It’s betrayal, really,” one resident said of the way she’s been treated by HUD.
Four Ways to Fix Facebook
For years, Congress and federal regulators have allowed the world’s largest social network to police itself — with disastrous results. Here are four promising reforms under discussion in Washington.
Teenage MS-13 Gang Informant Heads Into Final Asylum Hearing
Among those who will testify on Henry’s behalf: his former principal, an expert witness working for free and his FBI Gang Task Force handler, who had originally refused.
How Do You Identify Fake News?
Solid sources and some healthy skepticism can help.
How You Can Use Trump Town
Look through thousands of records on Trump administration appointees. Here’s how you can use them in your research.
Help Us Dive Into the Swamp — ‘Trump, Inc.’ Podcast
On this week’s “Trump, Inc.,” we’re digging into business interests in the Trump administration.
Addiction Drug’s Side Effect: More Overdoses?
Researchers suggest people getting Vivitrol shots may be more susceptible to a fatal overdose if they halt the regimen early and resume using opiates.
ProPublica and NPR Win Investigative Reporters and Editors Award
The winning project explored how Florida employers got out of paying workers compensation benefits by using a state law to ensure injured undocumented workers were arrested or deported.
A Betrayal
The teenager told police all about his gang, MS-13. In return, he was slated for deportation and marked for death.
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A teenager told police all about his gang, MS-13. In return, he was slated for deportation and marked for death.
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan Builds Power From the Ground Up — And Sometimes From the Basement
A polling place in a Chicago home offers a view of the operation run by the state’s most powerful politician.
John Bolton Skewed Intelligence, Say People Who Worked With Him
Former colleagues say the next national security adviser — whose job is to marshal information and present it to the president fairly — resists input that doesn’t fit his biases and retaliates against people he disagrees with.
Takeaways From Our First Free Street Theater Journalism Workshop
Here’s what we learned from our kickoff event in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood.
New Model Shows Towns on the Wrong Side of an Illinois Levee District Are Treading Water
By building up their own flood protections, some communities have ensured they would be less affected by future floods, while their neighbors would fare worse.
Inside a Secretive Lobbying Effort to Deregulate Federal Levees
The effort seeks to undermine federal rules meant to prevent “levee wars” — where communities race to boost their own flood protection at the expense of their neighbors.
How Overbuilt Levees Along the Upper Mississippi River Push Floods Onto Others
A new analysis of government data shows how levee districts that have raised their levees without federal permits would be better protected against future flooding, while those that follow the rules would see extra flooding.
Trump’s Labor Department Eviscerates Workplace Safety Panels
Five expert committees advised the federal government on ways to improve workplace safety and enhance whistleblower protections. Under President Donald Trump, their work has stopped and their recommendations are now stalled.
ProPublica’s ‘Too Broke for Bankruptcy’ Wins ASNE Award
The series showed that the bankruptcy system routinely fails those it is meant to aid.
