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In a Post-Roe America, Expect More Births in a Country Where Maternal Mortality Continues to Rise

propublica.org - May 7, 2022

by Robin Fields and Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica.org If the U.S. Supreme Court does as its leaked draft opinion says and strikes down Roe v. Wade,...

Environment

The EPA Administrator Visited Cancer-Causing Air Pollution Hot Spots Highlighted by ProPublica and Promised Reforms

propublica.org - December 8, 2021

by Ava Kofman, Propublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in...

National

A Multimillion-Dollar Settlement for a Young Woman Once Lost in the Shadow Foster System

propublica.org - December 8, 2021

by Lizzie Presser, Propublica.org ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in...

Education

The Federal Government Gave Billions to America’s Schools for COVID-19 Relief. Where Did the Money Go?

propublica.org - October 22, 2021

The Education Department’s limited tracking of $190 billion in pandemic support funds sent to schools has left officials in the dark about how effective...

Courts/Law

Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge.

propublica.org - October 13, 2021

Judge Donna Scott Davenport oversees a juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee, with a staggering history of jailing children. She said kids must...

‘Class War’ Erupts at Hearing as Union Leader and GOP Senator Exchange Verbal Blows

Republicans Introduce Bill to Kill Florida Democratic Party

Arrest Made in Killing of Elderly Couple on New Year’s Eve

Orlando homeless couple braces for cold nights on the street

Florida GOP Denounced for Passing Bill to ‘Intimidate’ Voters

Donald Trump Built a National Debt So Big (Even Before the Pandemic) That It’ll Weigh Down the Economy for Years

Get the Vote Out-—We Won’t ‘Black Down’

Who Is My Member of Congress? Here’s How to Find Out What Your Reps Have Been Up To.

Watchdog Says Use 14th Amendment Against Lawmakers Who Betrayed Oaths on January 6

COMMENTARY: What’s Wrong With Black American Baby Boomers?

COMMENTARY: The end of Black History Month and our Challenge

COMMENTARY: Only the Poor

COMMENTARY: Trouble in Mind

Obesity Care Week Begins as Report Reveals that Nearly 50 Percent of African Americans Have Obesity

Florida Woman Sentenced to Prison for False Statement to Investigator Related to Pediatric Asthma Drug Study

CDC Study: COVID-19 Vaccines Reduce Chance of Infection; No Evidence They Reduce Transmission

Pandemic, Profit-Driven Healthcare System Blamed for Historic Decline in US Life Expectancy

Maryland AG Seeks to Preserve Massive Set of Sexual Assault Evidence

Former Texas Cop Gets 11 Years in Atatiana Jefferson Killing

Parents of missing 11-year-old North Carolina girl arrested

15-Year-Old Jontae Haywood Found Dead Hours After Reported Missing

‘Huge Win’: Court Finds EPA Approval of Bee-Killing Sulfoxaflor Unlawful

Still Surging Human Population Numbers Worry Environmentalists

Scientists Revive ‘Zombie’ Virus After 50,000 Years Trapped in Siberian Permafrost

How To Afford Household Energy Efficiency Upgrades

COMMENTARY: The end of Black History Month and our Challenge

San Francisco Committee Recommends Massive Reparations Payout for Black Residents

Here is the AP African-American Studies Course That Florida Wants to Ban

COMMENTARY: Latest police killings show diversity cannot change a racist system

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‘Class War’ Erupts at Hearing as Union Leader and GOP Senator Exchange Verbal Blows

Republicans Introduce Bill to Kill Florida Democratic Party