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Reporting Highlights Lead Legacy: For over a century, a smelter and other plants polluted Omaha with 400 million pounds of…

For more than a century, a smelting plant in downtown Omaha, Nebraska, spewed lead-laden smoke into the city. As the…

Reporting Highlights Diverted Funds: Christopher Dawson won hundreds of millions in federal contracts by promising to help Native Hawaiians. Instead,…

On a chilly afternoon in January, just a week after President Donald Trump returned to the White House, I met…

What Happened: A Congressional investigation conducted today found that immigration officials have frequently detained and abused American citizens, contrary to…

Reporting Highlights Suing the Poor: At one community health center in Kansas, many patients sued were uninsured and made so…

This fall, Americans got to see what it’s like to go without a safety net for the hungry. With the…

For months, the Trump administration has accused political opponents of mortgage fraud by claiming multiple primary residences. President Donald Trump…

The chemical industry has finally fulfilled that wish. Industry lobbyists have long urged the federal government to adopt a less…

Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital Katie Campbell/ProPublica Early morning, May 26, 2022 Anthony Parker was tired of feeling tired. He was…