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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Reporting Highlights Trump vs. Maine: After an exchange between Maine’s governor and President Donald Trump over transgender girls competing in girls’ sports, several federal…
Donald Trump’s cruel and chaotic second term is just getting started. In his first month back in office, Trump and his lackey Elon Musk (or is it the other way around?) have proven that nothing is safe from sacrifice at the altar of unchecked power and riches. Only robust independent journalism can cut through the…
Activism / March 11, 2025 Schools across America have a choice: Defend their students against Trump or be complicit in his crimes. Ad Policy Protesters gather in Manhattan’s Foley Square on March 10, 2025, to protest the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil. (Barry Williams / New York Daily News / Tribune News Service via Getty…
Politics / StudentNation / March 11, 2025 With Senate Bill 1, the state would ban universities from taking a stand on “controversial beliefs”—including climate change, immigration, gay marriage, and abortion. Ad Policy A student holds a sign during a pro-DEI protest at the University of Cincinnati’s Bearcat Commons on March 4, 2025. (Brooklyn Noe)…
Politics / March 11, 2025 The socialist New York City mayoral candidate has galvanized support with an energetic, creative campaign. Will it be enough? Ad Policy New York City’s next mayor?(Kara McCurdy) There is one question everyone who runs for New York City mayor should be able to answer with finesse: What’s your bodega…
Town Called Malice / March 11, 2025 The Capitol insurrection is now Trump’s model for how to carry out his authoritarian agenda in Washington. Ad Policy Sandy Weir a Trump supporter who was released from prison in February, holds a placard outside the DC Central Detention Facility where some defendants from the January 6,…
Come gather ’round, people… Constitutional machinations… Executive removal (online only)… Ad Policy This article appears in the April 2025 issue. Come Gather ’Round, People Thank you for Daniel Bessner’s thoughtful review of Noam Chomsky and Nathan Robinson’s The Myth of American Idealism [“Empire’s Critic,” February 2025]. Bessner’s main criticism is not analytical but strategic:…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Reporting Highlights Mayoral Protection: New York City Mayor Eric Adams has embraced a problematic NYPD unit led by longtime allies. NYPD Alarms: When department insiders raised red flags about the unit, the team’s…
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Verite News. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Reporting Highlights Discredited Testimony: Nine prisoners who were convicted in part on inaccurate evidence presented by dentist Michael West and pathologist Dr. Steven Hayne have…
Politics / March 10, 2025 While the billionaire messes, illegally, with our federal agencies, no one seems to be minding his store. Ad Policy Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk leaves a meeting with House Republicans in the basement of the US Capitol on March 5, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Samuel Corum / Getty…
