Imagine for a moment yr car is towed (facepalm). But then 15 days later the tower SELLS your car (what?!) And THEN 2 local reporters get wind of it & report on it for YEARS. That's the latest Paper Trail ep (produced by me!) @propublica.org. A satisfying listen. www.propublica.org/podcast/conn...

The federal government circulated a "Be on the Lookout" alert to law enforcement across the country targeting comedian Ben Palmer. He didn't know about it until I told him. New story with @injusticewatch.org, co-published with @us.theguardian.com:

Delighted and shocked to learn last night that we won a National Magazine Award for some of our immigration reporting - including our story on how the Venezuelan men Trump sent to a Salvadoran prison were tortured, and on the dramatic midnight raid in Chicago. 😃 www.propublica.org/atpropublica...

We’re in our third year of fighting for a fair contract. After we held a one-day walkout in April, ProPublica’s Board Chairman Paul Sagan said management has “the Board’s full and undivided support.” But is that true? We think board members should speak for themselves… 🧵

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota prosecutor on Monday announced charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in the nonfatal shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Trump administration’s crackdown in Minnesota.

This is BIG. These are the first charges relating to an incident that occurred during an enforcement operation.* The officers involved were accused of lying under oath about this shooting, as the Trump admin admitted. *the previous indictment involved an ICE agent who road raged while on duty.

"As they rushed into his apartment...he felt the jaws of a large dog biting into his ankle, knocking him to the floor. He screamed as the dog tore the flesh from his thighs, hip and wrist. Down the hall, agents took a mother and her 16-yr-old son at gunpoint..." www.propublica.org/article/chic...

Meses después de ser atacado por un perro durante un operativo de ICE, Akinsulie se siente agradecido de estar vivo. Pero sufrió tantas pesadillas que necesitó atención psiquiátrica. Soñaba con perros ladrándole. Persiguiéndolo. Hablándole. Lean su historia. www.propublica.org/article/chic...

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...

🎧 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...

Fantastic new podcast dropped today, featuring my friends and colleagues at ProPublica dissecting a disturbing investigation about the stuff in your medicine cabinet

BREAKING: Immigrants detained in the notorious Chicago apartment raid last fall have filed claims against the federal government for trauma, injuries and lost property. The 18 tenants, including children, are seeking $5 million each. www.propublica.org/article/chic...

DHS officials have insisted children were not zip-tied during the midnight raid in Chicago. But a 16-year-old boy says he and his mom were zip-tied outside the apartment building. DHS called that an “abject lie.” www.propublica.org/article/chic...

I'm proud to be representing the tenants of the South Shore apartment building to seek justice for what happened to them last fall.

1/ Last fall, as we were interviewing immigrants detained during a dramatic immigration raid at an apartment complex in Chicago, we kept hearing about a Nigerian man whose leg was mauled by a police dog. 🧵:

As of publication, it’s been two months since Block Club or M.G.’s lawyer have been able to reach him. blockclubchicago.org/2026/05/12/t...

7/ Two girls, ages 6 and 10, started wearing surgical masks indoors last fall after tear gas seeped into their home. Their mother said the younger girl has gone to urgent care repeatedly for her throat. “It gets to the point she can’t breathe.”

1/ Tear gas was created to incapacitate grown men. So when I started seeing reports of kids hurt by tear gas deployed by federal immigration agents, I wondered how often it was happening. My colleagues and I started to count:

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

Reminder when reading this ProPublica investigation by @lisalsong.bsky.social @mayatmiller.bsky.social @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social @mariamelba.bsky.social: We don't know the longterm effects of tear gas or pepper spray on kids. Because it was meant for adults www.propublica.org/article/kids...

painful but so important story from @lisalsong.bsky.social @mayatmiller.bsky.social and @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social today www.propublica.org/article/kids...

During President Trump’s historic immigration crackdown, at least 79 children have been left screaming, unable to breathe or hurt by tear gas. / Reporting by @mariamelba.bsky.social @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social @lisalsong.bsky.social +

79 kids hurt, left screaming or struggling to breathe after being tear gassed during Trump's immigration crackdown. Was it worth it? @lisalsong.bsky.social @mayatmiller.bsky.social @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social @mariamelba.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/kids...

NEW: At Least 79 Kids Have Been Harmed by Tear Gas or Pepper Spray During Trump’s Immigration Crackdown, by @lisalsong.bsky.social @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 🧵

Babies in America dying preventable deaths

This was a hard story to report. Newborns who don’t get a vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop a condition where they bleed uncontrollably. But more and more families are declining the shot. And babies are dying. www.propublica.org/article/more...

What a happy day! www.propublica.org/article/prop...

“We're not asking for the moon here, despite what management keeps trying to tell us. We need a fair and transparent disciplinary system that we can trust so that we can keep speaking truth to power, whether in the Oval Office or inside our newsroom.” — Jeff Ernsthausen, senior data reporter

“We're fighting for fair pay because people deserve to be able to afford to stay in the jobs that they love. We're fighting for protections around AI because this work is done by humans. We love this place. We believe in this work, and we are not backing down.” — Katie Campbell, video journalist

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.

Excellent reporting here, by @awinston.bsky.social & @regret.bsky.social

This week, the average daily population at Dilley dropped to 100 people, compared with over 900 in January. The shift follows weeks of mounting public pressure generated in part by the widespread publication of letters written by detained children. @micarosenberg.bsky.social @mckenziefunk.com

I love working at @propublica.org and i don't want there to be a strike. But i still voted in favor of authorizing one because the looming risk of an imminent walkout may be the only way to get management to take our demand for a fair contract seriously. Read more 👇

Grammarly's AI-fueled edits -- using my name - suggested making up sources and writing vague insinuations. In my latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com (gift link) I describe Grammarly's terrible edits in my name -- and call for a federal right of publicity. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/o...

Replacing a factual sentence with an imagined story about a person who doesn’t exist is not only bad editing. It’s a deception that could end my career as a journalist (or the career of any journalist who took that terrible advice).

I’m still reporting on how immigration officials detain U.S. citizens. Send me tips [email protected] or signal nicolefoy.27 www.propublica.org/people/nicol...

I'm so happy to share that our reporting on the Venezuelan men sent to a prison in El Salvador was just named a finalist for one most special awards in journalism -- the Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics. And congrats to all of the other finalists who produced such important work last year!

We’re delighted to announce five finalists for the 2026 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics. These finalists distinguished themselves in a competitive and impressive field of nominations, telling stories with outstanding ethics, integrity and impact. ethics.sjmc.wisc.edu/shadid-award...

1/ Our members are practicing picketing @propublica.org offices in multiple cities right now to demand job security protections and guardrails around AI. We are ready to do what it takes to get a fair contract.

Investigative journalism with a moral force is a public service that we take seriously, and we need a strong contract to do our jobs effectively. That’s why we are ready to strike! Our GoFundMe will help offset the cost of missed pay: www.gofundme.com/f/support-pr...

NEW: Chicago's top cop said he backed an effort to give the agency charged with probing police misconduct the authority to investigate whether officers have violated city law by helping ICE agents because no one would “trust” internal affairs probes. @wttw.bsky.social

Last night, @repbonamici.bsky.social and 70 other House members sent a letter to Linda McMahon and Kimberly Richey, the head of the Office for Civil Rights, urging them to address the backlog of discrimination complaints. "We are deeply troubled by these reports, and so is the public," it said.

Journalism job opportunity with Borderless Magazine in Chicago 📍

As the crisis in Minneapolis unfolded and we saw the feds thwart local efforts to independently investigate the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens, it was hard not to think about the Mexican man killed by ICE agents a few miles from my house in Chicago. www.propublica.org/article/why-...

1/ Federal records show how a dramatic raid in Chicago was facilitated by a landlord who was apparently concerned about immigrants squatting in the building. The government claimed a Venezuelan gang had taken over the apt complex, but that’s not what docs say. 🧵 www.propublica.org/article/chic...

Even a small contribution goes a long way: www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...

I love this organization and hope management can come to the table with a real willingness to reach a deal. Like all of us at ProPublica, I would much rather be focused on doing the journalism than negotiating our first contract.

You remember the big flashy raid on a Chicago apartment complex? The one where DHS claimed Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. @jodiscohen.bsky.social and I got records showing that's not what the government said in its own arrest reports from that night.

BREAKING: 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.