Hi Reader, 

All year, you’ve seen ProPublica reporters expose one injustice after another. 

• In January, we reported on how school voucher expansions have unleashed a flood of additional taxpayer dollars to the benefit of families already enrolled in private schools. In Ohio, some schools are now “strongly encouraging” parents to apply for vouchers, regardless of need or income.
  
• In June, we exposed the delusion of “advanced” plastic recycling. The plastics industry heralds it as a solution to a crisis — but we found not much is being recycled at all
  
• In September, we published accounts of two women in Georgia who died after they couldn’t access legal abortions and timely medical care in their state.
  
• And just last month, we explored how President-elect Donald Trump may try to seize the power of the purse from Congress.
  

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