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Articles by Laura Beil
A Texan Risked Everything to Defend Ukraine. So Did His Father.
On a moonless night last November, four soldiers climbed into the back of a mud-caked armored personnel carrier in southern Ukraine. The band of foreign volunteers—two Americans, a Chilean, and an Australian—was bound for the village of Stepnohirsk, the last defensive stronghold against Russian forces that were advancing toward the industrial city of Zaporizhzhia, roughly twenty miles to the north.
One Year Later: Is MAHA Actually Making America Healthier?
AT HIS NOMINATION hearing in January 2025, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he’d “do everything in my power to put the health of Americans back on track.” And in the year since then, he’s made some bold changes under the banner of the MAHA movement. MH takes a close look at what they’re doing to our health. Dom McKenzie THE MOVE: “Cutting the Fat” from Medical Research & Public Health MILLIONS OF DOLLARS in research grants have been cut or frozen.
Are Longevity Clinics Worth Your Time and (All That) Money? | Members Only
Medical assistant Ruth Vergara of Everest Health in Vienna, Virginia, measures Anita Wheaton’s grip strength during an October 2024 check-in at the longevity clinic. Greg Kahn Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Longevity clinics are popping up everywhere. In academic medical centers, strip malls and luxury wellness resorts.
What Is a Wellness Coach and What Do They Do?
Nolan Peterson is a wellness coach at Mayo Clinic’s Healthy Living Program and Longevity Clinic, in Rochester, Minn. Ackerman + Gruber Facebook Twitter LinkedIn It’s not about telling people what to do, says Nolan Peterson, a board-certified health and wellness coach at the Mayo Clinic. His job is to help people eat healthier, exercise, reduce their stress and make the other changes that everyone knows they ought to, but can’t always stick with.
It Should’ve Been a Routine Procedure. Instead, a Young Mother Became a Victim of Texas’s Broken Medical System.
For as long as anyone could remember, Kimberly Ray had shown a soft spot for animals. When she was five years old, she discovered a newly hatched starling that had tumbled from its nest and was distraught when she couldn’t nurse it back to health. Years later, while visiting a shelter to help a friend pick out a dog, she saw a pit bull puppy and adopted her on the spot because she was afraid no one else would.
AHCJ membership accepted as credential for medical meetings
Attending meetings of medical associations and societies is a great way to search for story ideas, connect with sources or simply keep up with the latest news and research in a particular field. The AHCJ Freelance Committee has an ongoing effort to allow freelancers to register for meetings without a specific assignment letter from an editor. Below is a list of organizations that have agreed to allow AHCJ membership to serve as credentialing.
Wisconsin Picks New Legislative Maps That Would End Years of GOP Gerrymandering
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Wisconsin’s dinosaur-shaped legislative district could soon be history. The curiously drawn district and other oddities associated with the state’s extreme gerrymandering would be erased in new voting maps passed this week by the Wisconsin Legislature.
After Promising to Make Government Health Care Data More Accessible, the Biden Administration Now Wants to Clamp Down
Health insurers reject millions of claims for treatment every year in America. Corporate insiders, recordings and internal emails expose the system and its harm. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. In January, the Biden administration pledged to increase public access to a wide array of Medicare information to improve health care for America’s most sick and vulnerable.
Why ProPublica Focuses on Issues You May Not See on Cable News
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The photographs are arresting. Leaking roofs. Classrooms set up in closets and stairwells. Charred electrical outlets that short out when students plug in a laptop. The images document the devastating story of public school infrastructure in Idaho, a state where voters have repeatedly rejected bond issues needed to pay for new schools and repair old ones.
By Stephen Engelberg Verified, Anna Maria Barry-Jester Verified, Bianca Fortis Verified, Laura Beil Verified
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Idaho Legislature Takes Up Bill to Help School Districts Repair and Replace Buildings
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Idaho spends less, per student, on schools than any other state. Restrictive policies created a funding crisis that’s left rural schools with collapsing roofs, deteriorating foundations and freezing classrooms. This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with the Idaho Statesman. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published.
By Becca Savransky Verified, Anna Maria Barry-Jester Verified, Bianca Fortis Verified, Laura Beil Verified
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El presidente mexicano López Obrador atacó nuestro artículo como “una calumnia” y a nuestro reportero como “un peón.” Aquí presentamos algunos hechos.
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Casi cada día entre semana a las 07:00, el Presidente de México Andrés Manuel López Obrador ofrece una conferencia de prensa conocida como “la mañanera.” El presidente responde a preguntas de los reporteros, pero su objetivo es controlar las noticias, relatando sus logros y despotricando contra sus enemigos, verdaderos y supuestos, especialmente los de los medios.
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Mexican President López Obrador Called Our Story “Slander” and Our Reporter a “Pawn.” Here Are Some Facts.
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Almost every weekday at 7 a.m., Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador holds a press conference known in Spanish as “la mañanera,” or, loosely translated, the morning show. He takes questions from reporters, but his purpose is to control the news, recounting his achievements and bashing his enemies, real and perceived — especially those in the media.
By Stephen Engelberg Verified, Anna Maria Barry-Jester Verified, Bianca Fortis Verified, Laura Beil Verified
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“Disenfranchisement and Chaos”: The Supreme Court Hears Pivotal Case on Whether Trump Is Eligible to Run for President
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. On Feb. 8, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Donald J. Trump v. Norma Anderson et al, a case that could swing a presidential election in a way not seen since Bush v. Gore a quarter-century earlier. The crux of Trump v.
Nevada Republicans’ Caucus Adds Chaos and Confusion to the State’s Presidential Primary
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. When Sarah Lee Hooper’s mail-in ballot for Nevada’s presidential primary arrived last month, the Las Vegas Republican was utterly confused. The candidate she wanted to vote for, Vivek Ramaswamy, wasn’t included. Neither were Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and, most notably, former President Donald Trump.
By Anjeanette Damon Verified, Anna Maria Barry-Jester Verified, Bianca Fortis Verified, Laura Beil Verified
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Mexican President Demands Apology From Biden After ProPublica Story on Suspected Cartel Campaign Donation
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico demanded an apology from President Joe Biden after a ProPublica story disclosed that the Drug Enforcement Administration had found evidence that one of López Obrador’s closest aides accepted donations of around $2 million from a drug cartel in 2006.
Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii Calls for Museums to Return Native American Remains and Belongings
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America’s institutions maintain control of more than a hundred thousand remains of Native Americans as well as sacred items. A federal law, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, was meant to help return them, but decades after its 1990 passage, many tribes are still waiting. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. U.S. Sen.
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The Oregon Timber Industry Won Huge Tax Cuts in the 1990s. Now It May Get Another Break Thanks to a Top Lawmaker.
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The timber industry helped build Oregon, but now, the state has prioritized wealthy corporations over the economy and environment. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. In the 1990s, Oregon’s powerful timber industry used its influence to win a series of tax cuts that have cost local governments a cumulative $3 billion.
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Police Departments Are Turning to AI to Sift Through Millions of Hours of Unreviewed Body-Cam Footage
Body-worn cameras were supposed to deliver a revolution in transparency and accountability to policing. But in cities across America, the revolution never arrived. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Over the last decade, police departments across the U.S. have spent millions of dollars equipping their officers with body-worn cameras that record what happens as they go about their work.
Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Reform Controversial “Contract for Deed” Home Sales
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. A pair of U.S. senators introduced a bill Thursday that aims to curtail the misuse of a home buying agreement known as contract for deed, a potentially predatory practice that has targeted immigrant communities. The Preserving Pathways to Homeownership Act of 2024, introduced by Sen.
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How to Participate in ProPublica’s Stillbirths Memorial
The U.S. has not prioritized stillbirth prevention, and American parents are losing babies even as other countries make larger strides to reduce deaths late in pregnancy. ProPublica has spent the past two years reporting on stillbirths. Many families told us that their loss feels invisible. To honor their loss, we created a project memorializing 60 babies — representing the 60 stillbirths that occur in the U.S. each day — and asked families to share photos and write a brief message.
Veterans Affairs Secretary Vows to Increase Staffing at Clinic Tied to Two Deadly Shootings
What happens when veterans can’t access the psychiatric care they need? ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The secretary of veterans affairs, Denis McDonough, visited a clinic in Chico, California, last week and personally pledged to address concerns about inadequate staffing in the VA facility’s mental health unit.
¿Entregaron los narcotraficantes millones de dólares a la primera campaña del Presidente Mexicano López Obrador?
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Años antes de que Andrés Manuel López Obrador fuera elegido líder de México en 2018, agentes antidroga de los Estados Unidos descubrieron lo que consideraron pruebas sólidas de que importantes narcotraficantes habían entregado alrededor de $2 millones a operadores políticos que trabajaban en su primera campaña presidencial.
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Under Ken Paxton, Texas’ Elite Civil Medicaid Fraud Unit Is Falling Apart
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This article is co-published with The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan local newsroom that informs and engages with Texans. Sign up for The Brief Weekly to get up to speed on their essential coverage of Texas issues.
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Police Say They Won’t Reopen Case of Alaska Woman Found Dead on Mayor’s Property
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The Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica are investigating sexual violence in Alaska, and why the situation isn’t getting better. This story details allegations of violence against Indigenous women. This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with the Anchorage Daily News. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published.
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Task Force to Consider “Restorative Justice” for Black Families Uprooted by Virginia University’s Expansion
In the second half of the 20th century, the establishment and expansion of public universities across Virginia uprooted Black families, hindering their efforts to accumulate wealth in the most American way — homeownership. This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with the Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published.
Medicare Certifies Hospices in California Despite State Ban on New Licenses
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Easy money and a lack of regulation have transformed a crusade to provide death with dignity into a $22 billion industry rife with fraud, abuse and exploitation. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The year 2023 was a banner one for hospice reform.
By Ava Kofman Verified, Anna Maria Barry-Jester Verified, Bianca Fortis Verified, Laura Beil Verified
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ProPublica Investigative Editor Training Program 2024 Applications Open
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. For the second year, ProPublica will invite up to 10 news editors from media companies across the country to participate in a yearlong investigative editing training program, led by the newsroom’s award-winning staff. Applications are now open for the ProPublica Investigative Editor Training Program. Submissions are due Monday, March 11. Defend the facts.
By Talia Buford Verified, Anna Maria Barry-Jester Verified, Bianca Fortis Verified, Laura Beil Verified
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How Chicago Became an Unlikely Leader in Body-Camera Transparency
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. A decade ago, the Chicago Police Department drew national outrage after an officer shot and killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. Officials had refused to disclose footage of the murder while officers worked to cover it up.
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How Patients and Doctors Are Navigating the Fallout of the Massive Recall of Philips Breathing Machines
Philips Respironics received thousands of complaints about a dangerous defect in its breathing machines but kept them secret for years as stock prices soared. The devices, including the popular DreamStation for sleep apnea, went to children, the elderly and veterans before the global giant announced a massive recall. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.
Washington State Is Leaving Tribal Cultural Resources at the Mercy of Solar Developers
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with High Country News. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. In the autumn of 2021, an 800-page report crossed the desk of Washington state lands archaeologist Sara Palmer. It came from an energy developer called Avangrid Renewables, which was proposing to build a solar facility partly on a parcel of public land managed by the state.
FEMA Leader Overseeing $4 Billion Fund to Pay Victims of New Mexico Wildfire Steps Down
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This article was produced in partnership with Source New Mexico, which was a member of ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in 2023. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. The director of a federal office overseeing a nearly $4 billion compensation fund for victims of a New Mexico wildfire that was accidentally triggered by the U.S. Forest Service is stepping down.
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5 Takeaways From Our Investigation Into How Mississippi Counties Jail People for Mental Illness
In Mississippi, many people awaiting court-ordered treatment for mental illness or substance abuse are jailed, even though they haven’t been charged with a crime. This article was produced in partnership with Mississippi Today, which was a member of ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in 2023. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published.
How Many of Your State’s Lawmakers Are Women? If You Live in the Southeast, It Could Be Just 1 in 5.
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. London Lamar rose from her chair in the Tennessee Senate last spring, stomach churning with anxiety as she prepared to address the sea of men sitting at creaky wooden desks around her.
As the U.S. Struggles With a Stillbirth Crisis, Australia Offers a Model for How to Do Better
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The U.S. has not prioritized stillbirth prevention, and American parents are losing babies even as other countries make larger strides to reduce deaths late in pregnancy. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The stillbirth of her daughter in 1999 cleaved Kristina Keneally’s life into a before and an after. It later became a catalyst for transforming how an entire country approaches stillbirths.
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Idaho Governor Proposes $2 Billion in Funding for School Buildings Over Next 10 Years
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Idaho spends less, per student, on schools than any other state. Restrictive policies created a funding crisis that’s left rural schools with collapsing roofs, deteriorating foundations and freezing classrooms. This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with the Idaho Statesman. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Idaho Gov.
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Utah Bills Itself as “Family-Friendly” Even as Lawmakers Have Long Neglected Child Care
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. For nearly a year, Melanie Call struggled to balance working from home full time with caring for her new baby. Her job as a project manager for a Salt Lake City health care staffing agency required spending hours in video meetings. If her son was awake, she would turn off her camera.
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Illinois Judge Closes Juvenile Detention Center After “Facility in Crisis” Fails to Meet New State Standards
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This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Capitol News Illinois. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. The judge responsible for the administration of a troubled juvenile detention center in rural southern Illinois abruptly moved to close it as of Dec. 31, citing staffing shortages that made it difficult to meet new state standards governing the treatment of youth in custody.
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New York Closed Psych Beds for Youth in Crisis. Now, Foster Care Programs and Host Towns Are Being Pushed to the Limit.
State leaders promised to expand young people’s access to mental health services. Now, families are struggling to get care for youth in crisis. This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with THE CITY. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. If you talk to town officials — the supervisor, the elected board members, the chief of police — they will tell you that mayhem has arrived in Pleasantville.
ProPublica’s Year in Visual Journalism 2023
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When Alabama Police Kill, Surviving Family Can Fight Years to See Bodycam Footage. There’s No Guarantee They Will.
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. It was early morning on July 8, 2018, when Joseph Pettaway’s family was told by a neighbor that he had been badly injured by a police dog overnight and taken to the hospital. He’d been rehabbing a home a block away from where he lived with his mother.
DTE Energy Facing Oversight of “Hardship-Inducing” Debt Collection Practices
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Outlier Media. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. DTE Energy, Michigan’s largest utility, will be required to publicly disclose information about how often it sells struggling customers’ old debt to third-party collectors following revelations that it does so far more often than other utilities in the region.
In a Major Shift, Northwest Tribes - not U.S. Officials - Will Control Salmon Recovery Funds
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Before building dams on the Columbia River, the U.S. guaranteed the tribes of the Pacific Northwest salmon forever. But the system it created to prevent the extinction of salmon has failed, and a way of life is ending. This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Oregon Public Broadcasting. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published.
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“With Every Breath” Captures the Human Toll of Philips’ Failure to Disclose Dangerous Defects of Its CPAP Devices
Philips Respironics received thousands of complaints about a dangerous defect in its breathing machines but kept them secret for years as stock prices soared. The devices, including the popular DreamStation for sleep apnea, went to children, the elderly and veterans before the global giant announced a massive recall. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Defend the facts.
NYPD Will Stop Withholding Body-Camera Footage of Police Shootings From Civilian Investigators
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The New York Police Department has agreed to end its practice of withholding body-camera footage of police shootings from civilian investigators, a practice that sometimes derailed independent inquiries into deaths at the hands of police.
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Body Cameras Were Sold as a Tool of Police Reform. Ten Years Later, Most of the Footage Is Kept From Public View.
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. In the last 10 years, taxpayers have spent millions to outfit police officers across the country with body-worn cameras in what was sold as a new era of transparency and accountability. But a survey by ProPublica shows that when civilians die at the hands of police, the public usually never sees the footage.
Knoxville’s Juvenile Detention Center Says Hundreds of Seclusions Were “Voluntary.” Some Kids Don’t See It That Way.
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Children in Rutherford County have been arrested and jailed at rates unparalleled in the state. We’re investigating how that happened — and other ways the justice system there singles out children. This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with WPLN/Nashville Public Radio. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. To hear the state of Tennessee tell it, Knoxville’s Richard L.
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Michigan Enacts Laws to Reform Its Juvenile Justice System
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. In 2020, the detention of a Michigan teenager for failing to do her homework drew widespread outrage: protests outside the facility where she was held and petitions calling for her release.
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Idaho Keeps Some Psychiatric Patients in Prison, Ignoring Decades of Warnings About the Practice
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. One night in March 1976, a young advocate for people with mental illness arrived at the Idaho statehouse with a warning.
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Representatives Propose Ban on Insurers Charging Doctors a Fee to Be Paid Electronically
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. A bipartisan group of six U.S. representatives has introduced a bill that would prohibit insurers and their intermediaries from levying fees on doctors for paying them electronically.
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This Researcher Warned of Unnecessary, Risky Vascular Procedures. She Was Called a “Nazi” and Accused of “Fratricide.”
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Millions of Americans suffer from clogged arteries. But doctors have dangerous incentives to perform excessive and risky procedures. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Vascular surgeon Dr. Caitlin Hicks recalls the first time, about a decade ago, that a patient came to her with a lower leg mottled with purple and starting to decay.
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