What The Hell America!

Just a week into President Donald Trump’s second term, Rep. Adriano Espaillat began to see reports of Puerto Ricans being questioned by immigration agents. #DonaldTrump #Immigration #Congress #ICE #PuertoRico #Citizenship

When news broke in January that the Trump Justice Department was freezing significant work on civil rights litigation, attention immediately focused on two cities: Minneapolis and Louisville, Kentucky. #CivilRights #PoliceReform #DOJ #TrumpJusticeDepartment #PoliceBrutality #Accountability

With a line of cars waiting behind them at the train station, the two women hugged tightly as they said goodbye at the end of a spring break that hadn’t turned out to be the relaxing vacation they’d imagined. #Immigration #Deportation #TurkishStudent #ICE #Detention #MuslimCommunity

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 Shortchanged: Blue Cross Louisiana OK’d mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay a hospital’s full bills. For some claims, it paid […]

Federal scientists at Montlake Laboratory are left without contracts for essential services, endangering research. #Science #NOAA #HazardousWaste #ContractIssues #FederalWorkers #ResearchSafety

Donald Trump loathes regulations on water and energy use by home appliances; recent executive orders may impact efficiency standards #DonaldTrump #ExecutiveOrder #ApplianceStandards #EnergyEfficiency #EnvironmentalProtectionAct #GovernmentEfficiencyTeam

In the past six months, two babies in Louisiana have died of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough. #Pertussis #VaccineRates #PublicHealth #MeaslesOutbreak #VaccinationRates #HerdImmunity

In June 2005, a former employee from FEMA toured Bonnaroo and met with Deployed Resources, the company behind immigration detention #governmentcontracts #immigrationenforcement #ICE #DetentionCenters #immigrationraids

Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting on efforts by right-wing activists to disallow ballots, North Carolina Democrats have introduced a bill designed to prevent votes from being tossed out based on postelection rule changes. #ProPublica #NorthCarolina #voters #electionintegrity #democrats #Republicans

The EPA plans to eliminate emission reporting requirements for thousands of industrial facilities, impacting climate policy. #EPA #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalProtection #GreenhouseGas #EmissionReporting #TrumpAdministration

Calvin Alexander thought he had done everything to earn early release, but a new algorithm dashed his hopes. #Parole #Louisiana #Injustice #Algorithm #CriminalJustice #Reform

When Edgar Barrientos-Quintana left prison last November, he told reporters: “Happy to be out here. … It’s the best week. And more to come.” #WrongfulConviction #TheFirst48 #TrueCrime #InnocentUntilProvenGuilty #JusticeReform