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Data reporter
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Joel Jacobs
ProPublica
7 days ago
NEW: Elizabeth Warren and other U.S. senators sent letters grilling the nationâs major credit bureaus after a ProPublica investigation revealed two of the companies were fixing fewer consumersâ credit reports under the Trump administration.
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Lawmakers Demand Answers About Growing Number of Unfixed Mistakes on Credit Reports
Four senators wrote letters to Experian and TransUnion, requesting information on the companiesâ dispute handling processes after ProPublica revealed they have been dismissing more consumer complaints...
https://www.propublica.org/article/credit-report-mistakes-lawmakers-letter?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky
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Joel Jacobs
ProPublica Guild
about 1 month ago
Our unit members are ON STRIKE and not participating in this event. DONâT CROSS THE PICKET LINE!
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Melissa Sanchez
about 1 month ago
I hate that contract negotiations are not going better, but this is where we are. Today my colleagues and I
@propublica.org
are walking out. We need management to come to the table with more serious contract proposals that address our real concerns about discipline, job protections and fair wages.
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Joel Jacobs
ProPublica Guild
about 1 month ago
Our members are on the picket line today demanding a fair contract now! We want a fair disciplinary process, layoff protections & guardrails on artificial intelligence. Support us by donating to our strike fund:
www.gofundme.com/f/support-pr...
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ProPublica Guild
about 1 month ago
Weâre on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the
@propublica.org
website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublicaâs management you wonât cross the picket line:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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Eric Umansky
2 months ago
NEW: Under Trump, mental health care for vets is getting squeezed VA is bleeding shrinks & *not replacing them* One told me she's so overloaded her sessions can be *16 mins* She's had to online sessions w/ 35 vets How is that therapeutic? It's not, she said
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Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump
Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff âat a breaking pointâ and some veterans waiting as long as ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/veterans-affairs-mental-health-therapists-quit-trump
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Joel Jacobs
ProPublica
2 months ago
NEW: TransUnion and Experian, two of the three major credit bureaus, have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help since the Trump administration began dismantling the CFPB.
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Credit Bureaus Are Leaving More Mistakes on Frustrated Consumersâ Reports Under Trumpâs CFPB
TransUnion and Experian, two of the three major credit bureaus, have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help since the Trump administration began dismantling the CFPB.
https://www.propublica.org/article/credit-report-mistakes-cfpb-experian-transunion?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky
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Joel Jacobs
ProPublica Guild
8 months ago
We canât produce fearless investigative journalism without job security and a fair contract. After almost two years of bargaining, we need your help. Show your support for
@propublica.org
workers by adding your name to our petition:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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Fair Contract Now for ProPublica Guild
We, the workers of ProPublica, provide our readers with deeply researched, unbiased news that holds power to account. This work is more important now than ever, but our staff canât properly contribute...
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-propublica-agree-to-real-job-protections-now
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Joel Jacobs
ProPublica Guild
9 months ago
Weâre holding a lunch-out today to demand that @propublica management agree to a fair discipline and performance evaluation system. Just today, a member of our Bargaining Committee and Unit Council was fired as a result of ProPublica's flawed system.
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Molly Redden
9 months ago
Do you have information about Big Law spurning clients who might incur Trump's anger? Get in touch:
[email protected]
or on Signal at mollyredden.14
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NEW from me: The CFPB's consumer complaint system is more popular than ever, fielding over 2.7M complaints last year. But Republican lawmakers still voted to slash the CFPB's budget, even after referring thousands of their own constituents' issues to the agency.
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These GOP Lawmakers Referred Constituents to the CFPB for Help. Then They Voted to Gut the Agency.
Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituentsâ complaints about banks, credit cards, lo...
https://www.propublica.org/article/cfpb-budget-cuts-gop-darrell-issa-john-cornyn
9 months ago
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Joel Jacobs
ProPublica
9 months ago
NEW: Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituentsâ complaints about banks, credit cards, loans and other products to the agency. By
@joeljacobs.bsky.social
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These GOP Lawmakers Referred Constituents to the CFPB for Help. Then They Voted to Gut the Agency.
Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituentsâ complaints about banks, credit cards,âŠ
https://www.propublica.org/article/cfpb-budget-cuts-gop-darrell-issa-john-cornyn?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=8-6
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Charles Ornstein
12 months ago
NEW: A 700% APR Lending Business Tied to Dr. Philâs Son Is Dividing an Alaska Tribe
@kylehopkinsak.bsky.social
@megomatz.bsky.social
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A 700% APR Lending Business Tied to Dr. Philâs Son Is Dividing an Alaska Tribe
Tribal lender Minto Money has boosted the economy of its Alaska town. But some tribal members are appalled by the millions itâs made off desperate borrowers â much of which, lawsuits allege, has gone ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/minto-money-dr-phil-son-payday-lending-alaska?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=charlesornstein
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Joel Jacobs
ProPublica Guild
about 1 year ago
1/ đš Yesterday,
@propublica.org
management confirmed that it will again deny steward representation at disciplinary meetings. Our full statement đ
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Joel Jacobs
Eric Umansky
about 1 year ago
Trump says he loves vets. He's promised to "put veterans first." He's also planning to cut the agency that cares for more than nine million of them. If you're a vet who gets care at VA -- or you work there -- *we want to hear from you.*
www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
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Have You Been Affected by Changes at the Department of Veterans Affairs? Tell Us About It.
Have you experienced setbacks in your care or benefits amid the changes at the Department of Veterans Affairs? ProPublica wants to hear from you.
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/department-of-veterans-affairs-layoffs-benefits-impact-trump
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Joel Jacobs
Eric Umansky
about 1 year ago
NEW INVESTIGATION from me and
@vernalcoleman.bsky.social
: Internal emails show doctors and others at VA hospitals around the country begging for help as cuts hurt veterans' care, including "live-saving cancer trials."
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Internal VA Emails Reveal How Trump Cuts Jeopardize Veteransâ Care, Including To âLife-Saving Cancer Trialsâ
Despite a congressional mandate to expand care for veterans, internal Veterans Affairs messages obtained by ProPublica paint a stark portrait of how chaotic cost cutting has already imperiled tests of...
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-veterans-affairs-budget-staff-cuts-jeopardize-cancer-research
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Joel Jacobs
ProPublica
about 1 year ago
NEW: The closure effectively hobbles the VAâs efforts to investigate and eliminate long-standing racial inequities that the department itself has acknowledged. âThe consequences will be dire, wide-reaching and deadly,â an advocate for Black veterans said. By
@vernalcoleman.bsky.social
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The Office That Investigates Disparities in Veteransâ Care Is Being âLiquidatedâ
The closure effectively hobbles the VAâs efforts to investigate and eliminate long-standing racial inequities that the department itself has acknowledged. âThe consequences will be dire, wide-reaching...
https://propub.li/3XM6XID
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Joel Jacobs
Lisa Song
about 1 year ago
âWe are really trying very, very hard ... to move our world forward" through "foundational, sometimes groundbreaking research, and then you get flagged and blacklisted because there is a word like âfemaleâ in your project.â My latest, w/the brilliant Agnel Philip
www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
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A Study of Mint Plants. A Device to Stop Bleeding. This Is the Scientific Research Ted Cruz Calls âWoke.â
The senator flagged thousands of National Science Foundation grants for using words like âfemaleâ and âdiversify.â A ProPublica analysis found numerous examples of projects caught up in his crude meth...
https://www.propublica.org/article/ted-cruz-woke-grants-national-science-foundation
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Joel Jacobs
Alejandro Alvarez
about 1 year ago
Strategically parked around the corner âŠ
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Joel Jacobs
Megan O'Matz
about 1 year ago
Take a listen to my colleague
@joeljacobs.bsky.social
talk about our @ProPublica tribal lending series on Oregon public radio
www.ijpr.org/economy-and-...
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⏠â tribal lenders offering 600%+ APR loans online argue that sovereign immunity allows them to skirt state lending laws, but we found they backed away from six states where attorneys have acted forcefully to protect consumers:
www.propublica.org/article/stat...
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Tribal Lenders Say They Can Charge Over 600% Interest. These States Stopped Them.
Online lenders tied to Native American tribes argue that they arenât subject to state lending laws, but they backed away from operating in six states where attorneys have acted forcefully to protect c...
https://www.propublica.org/article/states-tribal-lenders-high-interest-rates
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Joel Jacobs
Megan O'Matz
over 1 year ago
Federal authorities havenât shown much interest lately in addressing payday-like lenders tied to Native American tribes, which offer quick cash online at astronomical interest rates. But we found that some states have effectively shut down such lending.
www.propublica.org/article/stat...
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Tribal Lenders Say They Can Charge Over 600% Interest. These States Stopped Them.
Online lenders tied to Native American tribes argue that they arenât subject to state lending laws, but they backed away from operating in six states where attorneys have acted forcefully to protect c...
https://www.propublica.org/article/states-tribal-lenders-high-interest-rates
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Joel Jacobs
ProPublica
over 1 year ago
NEW: Federal authorities have struggled to regulate tribal lending operations that offer short-term loans at crushing interest rates. But six states have shown that tribal immunity doesnât prevent state officials from acting to protect consumers. By
@joeljacobs.bsky.social
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@megomatz.bsky.social
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Tribal Lenders Say They Can Charge Over 600% Interest. These States Stopped Them.
Online lenders tied to Native American tribes argue that they arenât subject to state lending laws, but they backed away from operating in six states where attorneys have acted forcefully to protectâŠ
https://propub.li/3PDgUne
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Joel Jacobs
Josh Kaplan
over 1 year ago
THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files. It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didnât tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
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Joel Jacobs
Ken Schwencke
over 1 year ago
For the past year,
@propublica.org
has been reporting on the toll when a city "sweeps" an encampment. We handed out cards so folks could write in their own words what it meant to have their belongings trashed. We're publishing dozens of those stories here:
projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...
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âI Have Lost Everythingâ: The Toll of Citiesâ Homeless Sweeps
Cities often take belongings â including important documents and irreplaceable mementos â when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so th...
https://projects.propublica.org/impact-of-homeless-sweeps-lost-belongings/
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ICYMI: Last week
@megomatz.bsky.social
and I reported on how the tribal lending industry has survived and thrived offering exorbitant online loans to millions of borrowers â with APRs that can exceed 600%.
www.propublica.org/article/trib...
Weâve been investigating this opaque industry for months:đ§”
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The Tribal Lending Industry Offers Quick Cash Online at Outrageous Interest Rates. Hereâs How Itâs Survived.
Despite lawsuits, prosecutions and federal crackdown attempts, the tribal lending industry has adapted for over a decade, providing exorbitant loans to millions of financially vulnerable consumers.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tribal-lending-industry-federal-oversight
over 1 year ago
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