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April 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM

The looming black hole in federal data

The government is losing its capacity to measure how American society is functioning. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story April 18, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: …
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April 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM

Trump team eyes Thiel-backed startup for $700b payments program

A little-known firm could be given a piece of the federal expense card system and its hundreds of millions in fees. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story April 17, 2025 · View in b…
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April 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM

As Trump spends on border security, border residents’ basic needs go unmet

Despite billions in border investment, areas nearby remain among the poorest places in the nation. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story April 16, 2025 · View in browser In today’s…
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April 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM

A scholar’s arrest and detention reveal what Trump’s deportation campaign looks like on the street level

To piece together what happened to Rümeysa Öztürk in the weeks since the Ph.D. student was arrested by masked officers, we examined court filings and interviewed attorneys and Öztürk’s close friend, who regularly speaks to her in detention. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to ho…
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April 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM

A $421M verdict against Blue Cross exposes how insurers try to control doctors

The insurer authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story April 12, 202…
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April 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM

Whooping cough cases are soaring as vaccine rates decline

It’s not just measles; vaccine rates for other childhood diseases have fallen, too. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story April 11, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: Me…
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April 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM

BREAKING: The U.S. plans to stop reporting greenhouse gas emissions for most polluters

The move would impact thousands of industrial facilities across the country, according to documents reviewed by ProPublica. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story April 10, 2025 · V…
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April 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM

“Speeding to complete authoritarianism.”

Trump shutters oversight arm of the Department of Homeland Security Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story April 08, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: “One of the very f…
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April 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM

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How our journalism spurred impact Donate Dear Reader,  Every time you read, share or support our work, you become part of something bigger — a mission to shine a light on injustice and hold power to account. Because of your actions, we’ve been able to pursue the toughest stories, challenge those in …
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April 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM

Unsanitary practices persist at baby formula factory whose shutdown led to mass shortages, workers say

“I can’t have this on my conscience,” one worker told ProPublica. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story April 04, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: Consumer-focused sto…