Our FIRST episode of Paper Trail dropped yesterday — you can listen here BUT be sure to subscribe as well! We'll be back next week with a NEW episode about a different, jaw-dropping investigation. Every episode, a new hunt for the truth 🕵️‍♀️ www.propublica.org/podcast/what...

The administration's quotes are something in this story. Give it a read. @nicolefoy.bsky.social @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/immi...

Absolute banger of a first episode. Multiple jaw-drop, skin-crawl moments.

Our first episode is here. It will not disappoint!

🎧 It's launch day! 🚀 Our VERY FIRST EPISODE of "Paper Trail" is now live. You can listen at the link below or subscribe in all the normal podcast places: www.propublica.org/podcast/what...

The latest on that midnight immigration raid in Chicago: 17 men, women and children detail what they say was a violent, warrantless raid in the middle of the night in a new lawsuit: “It is about holding the federal government accountable for their unlawful actions” www.propublica.org/article/chic...

We asked @propublica.org's board to agree to a fair contract. Chair Paul Sagan replied that they support management, whose last offer includes weak job security, minimal guardrails on AI & wages that don’t keep up w/ rising costs. We know you stand with us. Tell Mr. Sagan: shorturl.at/MkUbQ

I'm going to start calling the podcast "the pod," aren't I

I am also close friends with failure, in case you can't tell.

You know what I like about this story? Larry David failed at something. But he made friends while he was failing. And those friendships wound up being really important. I think I made basically all my best friends while I was failing at something. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/a...

You may have heard that ProPublica's new podcast is launching this Thursday, but did you know that we got JULIA FREAKIN' LONGORIA to be the senior producer? I've been a fan for so long and its surreal to now work with her everyday. Follow Julia below:

DEK: "...signaling a retreat from a 'golden age of benefits.'" Photo caption: "The U.S. is the only industrialized nation not to have paid family leave as a federal benefit." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/u...

hello! i've been working on a thing (behind the scenes this time) that I'm very excited for you all to hear. Paper Trail - a new podcast hosted by @jlussenhop.bsky.social showcasing @propublica.org's badass investigations. it's going to be really good. come along with us?

These weapons are toxic, especially to children, who breathe more rapidly, pulling in more contaminated air than adults relative to their body weight. --> my latest, with @mayatmiller.bsky.social @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social @mariamelba.bsky.social

👋Hi! I’m Jessica Lussenhop, and for the last 4 years, I served as ProPublica’s first Minnesota-based reporter. But now I’ve got big news: On May 14, ProPublica is launching a brand new podcast! It’s called “Paper Trail,” and I’ll be your host. Thread 🧵

ICYMI we took coast-to-coast action this week to win a fair contract. In Berkeley, we handed out flyers at the Logan Symposium. In NYC, we delivered management a petition with 4,300+ signatures demanding they agree to a fair contract NOW! Join us: www.propublicaguild.org

@deldeib.bsky.social "spoke with 5 of those families, but none of them wanted to be identified publicly. The obituaries, social media posts and GoFundMe pages capture the utter despair... though none of them reckon with the decision not to get the vitamin K shot." www.propublica.org/article/more...

Yesterday, our members chanted and marched through @propublica.org’s NYC office demanding a fair contract now. We delivered a stack of more than 4,000 petition signatures and 300 comments from our supporters to management.

Hear ye, hear ye, ProPublica's got a FRESH new lewk: www.propublica.org

Couldn't be prouder of my Pulitzer Prize-winning and finalist colleagues at ProPublica and at the @ctmirror.org — we'll have more to share about these remarkable investigations soon! www.propublica.org/article/prop...

Girl, don't go on a hike with him www.thecut.com/article/apin...

Our Southwest regional bureau is HIRING job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...

A May Day reminder that since our one-day strike, we still haven't been able to close our contract. I believe that our contract will be used as a reference point by other outlets, so I want it to be as strong as possible on AI and job protections not just for ProPublica, but for the entire industry

"In his work as an organizer around the state, he often hears of people getting towed soon after asking for repairs or reporting problems with housing conditions at their properties. 'They’re still using these tow trucks like hired hitmen to go after tenants'" www.propublica.org/article/conn...

"Nearly two dozen were held in custody for more than 20 days...Teens who were detained alone were sent to Christian youth shelters in Michigan, which made it hard for their families to find them. And nearly half of the children detained have since left the country." sahanjournal.com/immigration/...

I did not want to be cured

NEW: “We see, just, use of excessive force after use of excess force,” said Christy Lopez, who spent years investigating law enforcement misconduct at the DOJ. “In no scenario is it OK to be pepper-spraying people as you're leaving the scene.” w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social

"Our reporting uncovered previously undisclosed aspects of a federal effort to safeguard the results of the 2020 vote, which involved at least 75 people across several agencies. Today, nearly all of those people are gone" www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Thank you to everyone who supported us on our 1-day strike yesterday! Our picket is now over and supporters can return to reading ProPublica stories. Sign our petition to stay up-to-date on our campaign: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Happy to be back at my desk (like, for real, I love my job) but we still need a contract! Help us out, click the link below:

New: 150 unionized ProPublica workers are on strike TODAY over AI, layoff protections, wages, and more. They're asking readers to not visit ProPublica or engage with content on other platforms. It's the first work stoppage of its kind at the newsroom. www.theverge.com/news/908401/...

It’s not that complicated. Ethical journalism depends on ethical protections.

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.

Good morning! All day today my colleagues and I will be on STRIKE. You can help us send a message! Please do not visit ProPublica's website and tell management to give us a fair contract so we can get back to work: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

This looks kewl

"As we got back into our rental SUV, Perla and I wondered: If we, as reporters who investigate things for a living, couldn’t get a straight answer on where these military zones were, how did the government expect people crossing the border to do better?" www.propublica.org/article/mili...

"Footage conflicts in several ways with the encounter initially described by federal officials, who said the ICE agent fired his weapon after three residents attacked him with a shovel and broom for several minutes. A shovel was tossed aside before the struggle began" www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/u...

I often share ProPublica work by picking one quote that stood out to me. But I can't narrow it down with this jaw-dropping piece by @kbmorales.bsky.social and @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social so, uh, 🧵I guess: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

“State prosecutors across the country are going to be watching what happens in Minnesota really closely” www.propublica.org/article/minn...

Who deserves justice and who deserves mercy under this administration? My colleague @jeremykohler.bsky.social has a disturbing case study: www.propublica.org/article/jose...

"'There is something particularly craven about transferring a nursing refugee mother out-of-state,' U.S. District Judge Michael J. Davis wrote in a particularly sharp rebuke ordering Lah’s release." Another tough but important story by the Strib's Susan Du www.startribune.com/how-ice-deta...

"...money for body cameras for immigration enforcement officers — but no requirement that they be worn." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...

@propublica.org is still tracking U.S. citizens who are detained by immigration agents. Do you have info about how immigration agents are treating U.S. citizens and children during enforcement operations? Send tips: [email protected] or Signal nicolefoy.27 www.propublica.org/article/amer...

Just had this thought: as a reporter, you lose a lot of sleep wondering if you're wrong about something. As an investigative reporter, if you're doing the job correctly, you lose a lot of sleep wondering if you're right.

Just because Dilley is emptying of families and children, don't think for a second that that is the end of the impact of this administration's immigration enforcement on kids

Journalism at work: "...they were unable to explain the reason for the sharp decline. However, they said the shift followed weeks of mounting public pressure generated in part by the widespread publication of letters written by several of the detained children" www.propublica.org/article/fami...

The kind of anxiety I have is: I just got worried that I’m not worrying enough … So

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these are the best reporters in the country, give them whatever the fuck they want www.status.news/p/cbs-news-l...

ProPublica’s work has never been more important. We don’t want to strike but we need a FAIR CONTRACT