propublica.orgadded August 2026
ProPublicaby Sarah Blesener1d ago
Reporting Highlights - “Permanently Ineligible”: An oversight group found that Texas girls’ volleyball coach Ryan Richardson engaged in sexual misconduct with a minor, among other allegations, and...
ProPublicaby Emily.Goldstein@propublica.org1d ago
As a reporter for The Washington Post and now ProPublica, I’ve investigated how youth sports organizations have failed to protect kids from sexual predators. I’ve spoken to dozens of parents.
ProPublicaby Anna Maria Barry-Jester2d ago
What Happened: Citing reporting by ProPublica, eight Democratic U.S. senators have criticized the Trump administration’s demands to access the health data of millions of people as a condition of...
ProPublicaby Emily.Goldstein@propublica.org2d ago
ProPublica is examining U.S. military budgeting, spending and contracting, and we’re asking for your help.
ProPublicaby Ruth Talbot2d ago
The sums are vast, but the explanations for the spending range from vague to inscrutable. Consider these items in the law that funded the Department of Defense this year: For “Other Procurement...
ProPublicaby Patricia Callahan3d ago
The U.S. recently reached a grim milestone: As of July 23, more measles cases have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention than in any year since 1991.
ProPublicaby Megan O’Matz4d ago
At some point, my reporting colleagues and I began referring to them as the “100% schools.” We were following the money that flows from states’ public coffers into private schools through vouchers...
ProPublicaby Andy Mannix7d ago
Reporting Highlights - Inflated Claims: HSI deployed its tech platform to find noncitizens on voter rolls, despite warnings from agency insiders that it would lead to an “ungodly” number of false...
ProPublicaby Ellis Simani7d ago
Reporting Highlights - Philanthropy’s Gatekeepers: Donor-advised fund sponsors control $327 billion in giving, granting them vast power to decide which charities can receive donor dollars.
ProPublicaby Sarah Blesener8d ago
Reporting Highlights - Promised Reforms: The Amateur Athletic Union said it would implement “historic” reforms after a child sex abuse scandal in 2011, including mandatory training.
ProPublicaby Jesse Coburn9d ago
Reporting Highlights - Ready, Fire, Aim: In a rushed process exempted from normal rules, the Army hired General Dynamics, which brought on a Turkish subcontractor with little vetting, to make...
ProPublicaby Aliyya Swaby9d ago
Reporting Highlights - Locked Down: Interviews with dozens of former staff and youth reveal how Wayne Halfway House failed to report suspected abuse to state officials across youth prisons in...
ProPublicaby Al Shaw10d ago
I file a lot of Freedom of Information Act requests. I’ve been requesting staff lists from both Trump administrations, and I have tracked thousands of federal political appointees in order to...
ProPublicaby Chris Bowling11d ago
Despite hundreds of millions of dollars spent on environmental cleanup, more than half the yards in a section of Omaha, Nebraska, that used to surround a lead smelter still have enough...
ProPublicaby Eric Umansky14d ago
What Happened: More than 60 House Democrats are pressing Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins for answers about how the agency’s mental healthcare has been increasingly strained...
ProPublicaby Sharon Lerner14d ago
Since he returned to office, President Donald Trump’s administration has upended foreign aid. It’s labeled well-established, long-running programs as “not aligned with American interests” and...
ProPublicaby Richard A. Webster15d ago
Reporting Highlights - Hard Line on Payments: In her two years in the role, Louisiana attorney general Liz Murrill has opposed almost all compensation claims by wrongfully convicted people.
ProPublicaby Zach Despart16d ago
Texas state Rep. James Talarico voted in five elections using his parents’ address after purchasing a home for himself nearby, a practice that may have violated state voting laws, ProPublica and...
ProPublicaby Chris Bowling16d ago
In the last 10 months, residents in neighborhoods across Omaha, Nebraska, have contacted the city and federal government after tests by the Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica showed they had...
ProPublicaby Rachel Denny Clow17d ago
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott responded with fury after Corpus Christi officials announced in March that this Gulf Coast region of more than 500,000 people could face unprecedented restrictions as its...
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