🫶 Minnesota forever. Thank you, @peterdicampo.bsky.social, for capturing your neighbors’ voices so beautifully on why they continue to stand up against ICE. To protect each other. Even as national media coverage has largely moved on, @propublica.org is there.

He secured the conviction of a Black 16 y.o., comparing the boy to a dog & telling the jury to “get rid of it.” And withheld evidence in at least three death penalty cases. Now Hugo Holland is running for judge in Louisiana. @richardawebster.bsky.social for @veritenews.org + @propublica.org

Noem's one-minute $220 million ad cost more than nearly every film nominated for Best Picture at the upcoming 2026 Academy Awards: * Frankenstein * Marty Supreme * Sinners * Bugonia * Hamnet * Train Dreams * Sentimental Value * The Secret Agent

The deadline is MARCH 30!!!! (Not today! Apologies for the typo.)

Are you an editor who wants to up your game guiding investigative stories and projects? Apply to @propublica.org’s investigative editing program, which includes a weeklong bootcamp in New York to kick off a year of virtual training. Deadline: March 3 www.propublica.org/article/prop...

A warm welcome to @gsealey.bsky.social! Excited you're joining @propublica.org's Local Reporting Network editing team!

So happy that @williamturton.bsky.social is officially joining @propublica.org! His work is vital. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Happy 100th birthday to Mits Yamamoto, a living legend! I had the privilege of meeting Mits when he was 93 and learning about the years he spent imprisoned by the U.S. government, along with 120,000 other Japanese Americans, during World War II. Happy to see him looking so well on local TV!

hello minnesota and beyond! thank you for your kind messages. it is very weird to be the news when you cover the news. i love this beautiful state and journalism, and i am hopeful for better days. but we will be forever changed bc of the last two months.

The family’s water was undrinkable: It corroded taps. It withered plants. Their ice maker expelled clumps of salt. Why? For 2 yrs, Oklahoma oil regulators delayed basic tests that could help them find out. Read @nickbowlin.bsky.social latest for @propublica.org + @readfrontier.bsky.social!

You need to read this heartbreaking @propublica.org account from inside Dilley Detention Center, where hundreds of children are being held.

“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter,” Jefferson wrote. A Lament for the Washington Post, by Peggy Noonan

Saluting Marty, a WaPo legend who walked through the newsroom every day before the pandemic greeting everyone by name. By the time he got to me, in the far reaches of the financial section, it would be close to 6 pm and I’d know it was about time to leave to pick up my son from daycare.

Fuck yeah, @sallyjenx.bsky.social !!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 “At the heart of the institution is something that no one can ever own: the Wilbonian core trained into all of us, an impulse to run to the riverbank that these bumbling strangers who have hobbled the publication will never grasp.”

SCOOP by @davidmcswane.bsky.social: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

For Some Americans, the End of Obamacare Subsidies Means Falling Off a Financial Cliff

MUST READ this powerful, intimate dispatch from Minneapolis by @propublica.org visual journalists @peterdicampo.bsky.social (who lives there) & @cengizyar.com This is America.

1--Louisiana’s parole board freed 185 prisoners during Gov. Jeff Landry’s tenure, down from 858 in the two years before he took office, according to an analysis by @veritenews.org and @propublica.org . THREAD

IMPACT by @nickbowlin.bsky.social: An OK lawmaker files legislation to curb industrial pollution after @readfrontier.bsky.social + @propublica.org found over 150 incidents where oilfield wastewater has gushed from the earth, releasing toxic chemicals near homes & into drinking water sources

@richardawebster.bsky.social's latest on the impact of Landry's "tough on crime" policies: Parole in Louisiana has dropped to its lowest number in 20 yrs. Hundreds who would have been paroled under previous administrations now remain in state prisons with little chance of earning early release.

As we decide which high school to send our son to, I’m tired of hearing about career preparation and even college prep. I want schools to teach students to think critically about what they see, hear & read, to develop their identities and to CHALLENGE AUTHORITY. Not to create more worker drones.

As the gun emerges from the melee, another agent aims his own firearm at Mr. Pretti’s back and appears to fire one shot at close range. He then appears to continue firing at Mr. Pretti, who collapses.

Dry January may have to be aborted this weekend. 😑

3,000+ local newspapers have closed in 20 years. Fewer watchdogs = less accountability. Tracy Jan explores the rise of news deserts and why local reporting is crucial for democracy. Read here: https://bit.ly/4aWMZSS #LocalNews #JournalismMatters

Such an honor to be back at @umwallacehouse.bsky.social speaking to this year’s Knight Wallace Class, a decade after my own memorable year in Ann Arbor. Application deadline for next year’s class close Feb 1: wallacehouse.umich.edu/knight-walla... To all mid-career journalists, DO IT!

Jan. 16, 2025: A SpaceX Starship rocket explodes over the Caribbean. Suddenly, dozens of planes in the area must scramble to get out of a newly designated FAA "debris zone." Their passengers are now unwitting participants in a test run gone wrong. (THREAD)

Come work with me! And one of the best teams in investigative journalism!

New year! New opportunities for local newsrooms to collaborate with @propublica.org! Applications are open for 15 yearlong Local Reporting Network partnerships for 2026. We will review project proposals on a ROLLING basis, with Feb 5 as the 1st deadline. job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...

ICE wants to hold 80,000 people in warehouses. ICE's acting director in April: "We need to get better at treating this like a business ... Like Prime, but with human beings." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... @douglasmac.bsky.social

Before Bari Weiss pulled the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, @propublica.org @texastribune.org & a team of Venezuelan journalists compiled a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador. Read their stories here: projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...

NEW: As the Trump administration ordered agencies to eradicate “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, we identified more than 1,000 nonprofits that removed such language from the mission statements in their tax filings.

A story that should shock our collective conscience: After Trump Cuts to Kenya Food Aid, Children Died of Starvation

When vaccine skeptics who dismiss scientific evidence run the country amid a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases... MUST READ @jessicamiller.bsky.social's timely reporting for @propublica.org + @sltrib.com amid a pivotal political moment in public health

Reiner’s greatest contribution to the LGBTQ+ community was as cofounder of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which funded the legal fight against Proposition 8, the California ballot measure that revoked marriage equality in the state. h

A 21 y.o. TA keeping it together for the freshmen he was preparing for finals when a gunman burst into the lecture hall. One had been shot twice in the leg. The TA gave her his hand & told her to squeeze it. “I told her to put all the pain on me. I just kept telling her, ‘You’re going to be okay.’”

“They just threw us in the trash, you know. They hurt us a lot to be honest,” he said. “It broke my heart. Why they left us like that?” 
The senior commander knew of about a dozen Afghans who’d killed themselves after fleeing to the U.S. during the withdrawal, including former Zero Unit fighters.

The destruction of the enterprise of US academic science has been one of the most confounding aspects of a hugely confounding year. My @statnews.com colleagues are writing about the consequences for individuals & the country. You want to read this series. www.statnews.com/american-sci...

So much vital journalism published this week. Don't miss @bostonglobe.com columnist @yabraham.bsky.social's series about what justice looks like when a mother murders her children. Brutal, important read. PART 1: The Crime

EXCLUSIVE by @mariasacchetti.bsky.social & @twallack.bsky.social! “I asked Karoline to be godmother over my only sister,” she said Thursday in a video interview with @washingtonpost.com. “I made a mistake there, in trusting. … Why they’re creating this narrative is beyond my wildest imagination.”

This is America. Harassment, assault, arrests of Americans. Black and brown Americans. By their own government. Endorsed by the U.S. Supreme Court. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Jimmie Duncan, who was on death row in Louisiana for 27 years for the murder of his former girlfriend's toddler, is free on bail following a @propublica.org + @veritenews.org investigation that examined the reliability of the key forensic evidence used to convict him.

Join me at @propublica.org in one of the most rewarding jobs in journalism, guiding collaborative investigative projects in local newsrooms around the country as a senior editor with our Local Reporting Network! We’d love to see your application by Dec 8.

Gov. Jeff Landry eliminated parole for prisoners arrested after Aug. 1, 2024, and tightened eligibility rules for those already in prison. Then he set all of that aside for one group: undocumented immigrants. Why? To have them deported. By @richardawebster.bsky.social & Bobbi-Jeanne Misick

In a stunning and lightning-fast reversal of policy, the U.S. Coast Guard late Thursday said the swastika and noose were indeed hate symbols that are prohibited and have no place in the military branch.

The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the confederate flag as hate symbols — policy changes that one Coast Guard official called chilling. “We don’t deserve the trust of the nation if we’re unclear about the divisiveness of swastikas.”

NEW: In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant. She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency. Then she died. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

It’s always a thrill visiting @propublica.org’s Local Reporting Partners, especially when it’s @kqednews.kqed.org, my hometown public radio station that I grew up listening to while sitting in hours of Bay Area traffic on the way to and from school.

They were sleeping, driving, walking in Memphis. Then Trump’s police task force came. Law enforcement surge established to focus on violent crimes has ensnared innocent residents going about their everyday lives. @wendicthomas.bsky.social @kathsburgess.bsky.social for @propublica.org @mlk50.com

North Carolina GOP spox tried to get @dougbockclark.bsky.social to kill a story, citing “connections” to the Trump administration. It’s unclear how Trump would retaliate against @propublica.org, a nonprofit newsroom that does not receive government funding & relies on private grants & donations.