Grand Rapids was the first city to add fluoride to drinking water. There’s even a sculpture commemorating its role in what was long seen as a public health success story. Now, communities in Michigan and elsewhere are turning back the clock. By @annaleighclark.bsky.social

Ed Martin was reportedly a key figure in this week's ouster of a US Attorney who wouldn't bring baseless charges against Trump enemies. In April @propublica.org detailed Martin's role in an online smear campaign of a judge handling a case involving Martin:

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With the appointment of Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, “DHS now appears poised to become a primary amplifier of false election conspiracies pushed by our enemies,” ‪said David Becker, executive director of @electioninnov.bsky.social.

‪After watching and reading comments about the horrific Minnesota shooting, it appears most Americans people missed our stories about the secret roots to the madness. I pray this repost helps. www.propublica.org/article/gunm...

Me to my husband: can we go to a patio tonight for dinner. It feels like fall. Him: Cass, it’s 90 degrees.

“One ought to be extremely disturbed by this thoroughly authoritarian administration,” said Levinson, who has taught constitutional law for 45 years. Important news analysis by Bob Garrett www.propublica.org/article/texa...

Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.

“My friend told me to be careful because they are squarely picking up everyone, simply for having a Hispanic face.” Immigrant workers in DC say they find themselves at the center of two crackdowns: one on crime, another on illegal immigration. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/u...

“THIS IS ABOUT RACISM. If you can’t hear it from them, hear it from me.” 🔥 Texas Rep. @voteannjohnson.bsky.social didn’t hold back about the racist Trump/Republican election-stealing maps.

This story is absolutely wild. www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...

The Trump administration has refused to say how many workers have been lost. My @propublica.org colleagues did the analysis & here, in unprecedented detail, is what they found: In total, 20,500+ workers — 18% of the Department of Health and Human Services’ workforce — have left or been pushed out.

NEW: For years, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pushed discredited theories linking vaccines to autism. Now, scientists studying the condition fear he has preconceived notions that will harm the field and taint new funding for research. propub.li/41JYl7o

James Baldwin didn’t believe in reform; he believed in revolution. “Anything less than a total social reckoning—a complete psychological makeover of white America—was worthless,” Louis Menand writes.

NEW: An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public. By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social

We took a collective lunch break today to protest @propublica.org management’s continued use of a flawed performance management system. Just this morning, a member of our Bargaining Committee was fired as a result of this system. Read more: www.propublicaguild.org/updates/we-d...

Members in Chicago, Seattle, Berkeley and across the country are lunching out to show support for Just Cause protections that apply to every ProPublica Guild worker, every time.

I work remotely in the South for ProPublica and took part in a work walk out to call out management’s unfair dismissal of a bargaining committee member today and our stalled contract negotiations. (737 days!) Grateful for the solidarity from retired Dallas News Guild member Dave Tarrant today ❤️

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At least five states rely entirely on federal dollars to pay for their maternal mortality reviews. Committee members expressed alarm that this money may evaporate. “If we get defunded, I suspect it would be devastating,” one said. By @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social

NEW: The Preventing Maternal Deaths Act pumped tens of millions of dollars a year into a program to help fund state committees that review maternal deaths and identify their causes. It’s now at risk of being cut. By @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social

Federal funding for a program that helps states investigate pregnant and post partum deaths runs out next month. The president’s budget proposal cut the program, too. My latest: www.propublica.org/article/mate...

Colleague @perla-trevizo.bsky.social on @democracynow.org, explaining a bit of the behind the scenes to our @propublica.org project looking into the 230+ men sent to CECOT in El Salvador by the Trump Administration. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMqz...

The Voting Rights Act turned 60 yesterday, which is an important reminder that multiracial democracy in the United States is younger - and tbh more unstable today - than a millennial's grandparent. Jusst sayin'

After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners--and a barrage of conspiracy theories--escalated quickly. @robwdavis.bsky.social

U.S. delegates have objected to use of the word “gender” in U.N. documents during forums on topics as varied as women’s rights, science and technology, global health, toxic pollution and chemical waste. By @lisalsong.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Thanks to @theweekendmsnbc.bsky.social for featuring @propublica.org reporting from @mckenziefunk.com and me about immigration officers breaking car windows around the country, and having me on to answer questions! Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX1d...

The White House has no plan to fulfill Trump’s campaign promise to require health insurers to cover IVF, sources tell the Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Shocking reporting by @nicolefoy.bsky.social and McKenzie Funk. Immigration officers are using escalating tactics to make arrest quotas. projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...

Previously, the DOJ's Civil Rights Division accused Louisiana of keeping prisoners longer. In South Carolina, the feds sued the state for its treatment of mentally ill people in restrictive group homes. But now Trump's DOJ has halted those cases. Scoop by @coreygjohnson.bsky.social

Welker to Lindsey Graham as he pushes baseless conspiracy theories in an effort to gin up a scandal about Obama: "Are you trying to rewrite history to distract from the Epstein matter, senator?"

Being Latina and in Texas right now is like are you staring at me because you want me deported or because my outfit is cute.

Julio González Jr., released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said he was beaten, robbed of thousands of dollars and denied a lawyer. “I practically felt like an animal,” González told The Post.

NEW: Over the years, Texas legislators have declined to pass at least three bills that would create siren or alert systems, a tool that Kerr County officials tried to secure for years before the July 4 flooding. By Lexi Churchill & @lomikriel.bsky.social, w/ @texastribune.org

We learned the Trump admin is moving to slash regs on launch companies — like Elon Musk’s SpaceX — that aim to protect people and the enviro. The changes come despite explosions that sent debris raining on the Caribbean and Gulf. www.propublica.org/article/trum... w/ @tophersanders.bsky.social

Several election officials, including Republicans, have criticized the DOJ’s move as federal overreach. Federal law does not expressly give the agency the authority to review the voter rolls themselves. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

We intentionally did not put Rosie in the headline because this is not about Rosie O’Donnell it’s about everyone

Had me weeping throughout. I can't imagine the pain and trauma.

What a haunting and brave story for Texas Monthly editor Aaron Parsely to write and share. It left me in tears. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

Texas health officials are overhauling a program designed to steer people away from abortion following a ProPublica and CBS News investigation that found that the state had little oversight of the spending. www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-o...

Among the waste uncovered by ProPublica and @cbsnews.com: Texas reimbursed anti-abortion groups $14 each time they handed out donated goods or materials, regardless of cost. Thus, handing out one pamphlet reaped the same payment as a pack of diapers. (Published July 2024)

BREAKING NEWS: State Sen. Angela Paxton files for divorce from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, according to court records. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege

@lmcgaughy.bsky.social with a scoop that made me go "OH SHIT." Texas State Sen. Angela Paxton files for divorce from AG Ken Paxton. www.kut.org/politics/202...

My colleague Kate McQuarrie traveled to Latvia and did this important story on LGBTQ equality as the small Baltic country became the first in the European Union to elect an openly gay head of state in 2023. Also Kate will soon be applying to journalism jobs. Hire her. She's amazing!

A ProPublica & CBS News investigation revealed that Texas’ funding for anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers was riddled with waste. Now nonprofits must provide a detailed accounting of their expenses. / News tip? Contact: @jeremykohler.bsky.social or @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social

After our investigation uncovered waste in Texas’ anti-abortion program, state officials will now require providers to submit receipts before getting reimbursed with taxpayer dollars. Follow-up by @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social and me for @propublica. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

A year ago we investigated an anti-abortion contractor in Texas whose payment model lacked oversight and yet the millions kept coming. Now state officials are overhauling it in response. Impact reporting with @jeremykohler.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/texa...

After Texas made performing abortions a felony in August 2022, ProPublica found, the number of blood transfusions during emergency room visits for first-trimester miscarriage shot up by 54%. Reporting by Kavitha Surana, Lizzie Presser and Andrea Suozzo www.propublica.org/article/texa...

The FDA banned an Indian factory run by Intas Pharmaceuticals from exporting to the U.S. but exempted certain drugs, including the transplant medication tacrolimus. Independent testing, solicited by ProPublica, found quality concerns.