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A new GAO report details “millions of dollars of waste” and several serious incidents at an ICE tent detention camp in El Paso, Texas: a detainee who died after an officer used force, a detainee suicide, and a detainee with tuberculosis housed with the general population
www.gao.gov/prerelease/d...
Last year, we @propublica.org reported extensively on irregularities around the contracting for the tent facility, now known as Camp East Montana, which was originally awarded to one contractor for nearly double the price and then cancelled
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
TikTok investor Jeff Yass avoided paying $1 billion in taxes while largely escaping public scrutiny.
He then poured that money into campaigns to cut taxes and support election deniers.
(Published 2022)
One family watched oily black liquid bubble up through their home’s foundation; another saw their well water contaminated.
This new documentary tracks their fight against a powerful industry and the state regulators that looked the other way.
w/ @readfrontier.bsky.social
Last year, Eric Murphy, a Republican state rep from North Dakota, tried to expand the window in which women could access abortion.
“I might lose an election over this,” he said, “but would I rather win an election by not doing the right thing?”
Congratulations to ProPublica's @g-dvalle.bsky.social, a winner of the 2026 Livingston Award for international reporting for the documentaries “Nightmare at CECOT” and “Surviving CECOT,” made w/ @texastribune.org, Alianza Rebelde Investiga & @cazadoresdefakenews.info: https://propub.li/43UI2W2
A mother, a daughter, a granddaughter: For the Peldo family, three generations of women have been victims of sexual abuse.
Each woman was told by church leaders to forgive her abuser instead of reporting him to police.
w/ @startribune.com
ProPublica is currently reporting on school voucher programs that allow private schools to receive public money, which lawmakers said would give families more options.
Message us on WhatsApp by texting “schools” to 917-207-6447. wa.me/19172076447?...
Despite the risks raw milk poses to consumers, more than 10 million Americans drink it.
National weekly sales rose by 65% from 2023 to 2024 alone—and a growing number of states are making it easier to access.
@anniewaldman.bsky.social reports for @propublica.org
