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The Generational Health Toll of Excluding Black Americans in Healthcare
Cassandra and Cootie sat under a large tree watching a car or two occasionally fly by along Springfield Road, a two-lane country passage connecting Middle Georgia’s old Negro Log Cabin Community and State Route 22. They’d settled into lawn chairs outside of Cassandra’s home, a single-wide trailer she shared with her husband, Michael. Surrounded by rusty grilles, tires, and plastic trash cans, the pair waved me into a gravel driveway.
The school board was the testing ground for the fall of our democracy
A few years ago, a colleague asked me what I believed to be the “endgame” for all the chaos we had witnessed in America’s school boards. My answer to that question was simple: It’s not about the book bans, the bathrooms or the mythical “indoctrinators” teaching our kids basic math, science and history. Rather, this was about the dismantling of trust, oversight and institutions.
5 Engaging Ways to Celebrate Digital Citizenship Week – Digital Promise
According to Learning.com, a cyberattack happens every 39 seconds, 59 percent of teens in the United States have been cyberbullied or threatened online, and one in seven children is contacted online by someone with sexual intentions. “Digital citizenship education provides skills to avoid, mitigate, and communicate about these threats in a safe and responsible way,” the website says.
Change Starts at Home
The city of Elk Grove is entering the third year of implementing Senate Bill 1383, California’s Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy, which aims to reduce organic waste in landfills and increase access to edible food for food-insecure Californians. The city is actively taking steps to support residents in meeting the bill’s goals and mandate, including efforts to reduce residential food waste.
Texas Appeals Court Throws Out Defamation Lawsuit Against ProPublica, Houston Chronicle
ProPublica and the Houston Chronicle are investigating troubles at Baylor St. Luke’s in Houston, an illustrious heart program that has recently had some of the worst outcomes in the country. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.
GA movie exec praised for diversity efforts shared racist, antisemitic sentiments in texts Original
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported this story in partnership with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom. This story has been updated with a comment sent by Ryan Millsap days after the original article was published. When Ryan Millsap arrived in Atlanta from California a decade ago, the real estate investor set his sights on becoming a major player in Georgia's booming film industry.
Despite Outcry Over Seclusion at Juvenile Detention Centers, Tennessee Lawmakers Fail to Pass Oversight Bill
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.
Atlanta Movie Studio Executive Apologizes After Sending Racist, Antisemitic Texts
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.
Senate Veterans’ Affairs Chair Calls for More Mental Health Care Providers in Rural Areas
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. Citing ProPublica’s reporting on barriers to mental health care access for veterans, the chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, Jon Tester, called on VA Secretary Denis McDonough to increase the number of providers in rural parts of the country.
Oil Companies Must Set Aside More Money to Plug Wells, a New Rule Says. But It Won’t Be Enough.
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 the first time in more than 60 years, the Bureau of Land Management will force oil and gas companies to set aside more money to guarantee they plug old wells, preventing them from leaking oil, brine and toxic or climate-warming gasses. The rule, finalized this month, comes at a critical time.
Netanyahu Resists U.S. Plan to Cut Off Aid to Israeli Military Unit
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Israel’s leaders are fiercely pushing back against U.S. plans to withhold American assistance from an Israeli unit accused of human rights abuses.
An Atlanta Movie Exec Praised for His Diversity Efforts Sent Racist, Antisemitic Texts
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. Update, April 22, 2024: This story has been updated with a statement sent by Ryan Millsap days after the original article was published.
An Atlanta Movie Exec Praised for His Diversity Efforts Sent Racist, Antisemitic Texts
Now Healthcare providers face significant challenges in delivering services to disadvantaged communities, with telehealth emerging as a vital tool in this endeavor. Ensuring everyone has access to healthcare—regardless of race, gender, age, income, or cultural background—is essential for achieving …
Trump’s Lawyers Told the Court That No One Would Give Him a Bond. Then He Got a Lifeline, but They Didn’t Tell the Judges.
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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. Former President Donald Trump scored a victory last week when a New York court slashed the amount he had to put up while appealing his civil fraud case to $175 million. His lawyers had told the appellate court it was a “practical impossibility” to get a bond for the full amount of the lower court’s judgment, $464 million.
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Help ProPublica Report on Education
Schools and educational programs across the country are facing unprecedented challenges, and ProPublica’s team of reporters is committed to investigating them this year. To do the most impactful, comprehensive work possible, we need to hear from people who know the education system best. Our reporters do this in a number of ways, from staying in touch with educators to in-person reporting. But we know we can’t visit every school.
Walmart Bought a Finance App and Reduced Fraud Protections. Guess What Happened Next?
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Only a few hours elapsed between the time that Carl’s pay landed in his checking account and when online thieves pilfered it. “They took all of it but like 67 cents,” he said. Months before, Carl had signed up for One Finance, a banking app. It’s owned and promoted by Walmart, where Carl works in a grocery department.
Jailed for Their Own Safety, 14 Mississippians Died Awaiting Mental Health Treatment
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 contains depictions of self-harm and discussion of mental illness. This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Mississippi Today. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Butch Scipper is haunted by the deaths of three men.
Texas Judge Orders Release of Uvalde Shooting Records
As America emerged from the pandemic, communities continued to experience a rising tide of gun violence. School shootings and the rate of children and teens killed by gunfire both reached all-time highs since at least 1999. ProPublica’s coverage of gun violence reveals how first responders, policymakers and those directly affected are coping with the bloodshed. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.
The Biden Interview: The President Talks About the Supreme Court, Threats to Democracy and Trump’s Vow to Exact Retribution
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. President Joe Biden said Friday that he was not fully confident that the current U.S. Supreme Court, which he described as extreme, could be relied on to uphold the rule of law. When asked the question directly, Biden paused for a few seconds.
This Security Guard Enforced a School District’s Mask Mandate. He Ended Up Facing a Criminal Charge.
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Once considered tame, even boring, school board meetings have become culture-war battlegrounds in recent years. On dozens of occasions, tensions have escalated into not just shouting matches and threats but also arrests and criminal charges. 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.
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Homeowners Trying to Get Out of “We Buy Ugly Houses” Deals Find Little Relief in State, Federal Laws
HomeVestors of America claims to be the country’s largest cash homebuyer and says it helps homeowners out of jams. But a closer look reveals that the company trains its franchisees to cash in on homeowners’ desperation. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.
How School Board Meetings Became Flashpoints for Anger and Chaos Across the Country
In the first wide-ranging analysis of school board unrest, ProPublica found nearly 60 incidents that led to arrests or criminal charges. Almost all were in suburban districts, and nearly every participant was white. 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. Watch a ProPublica virtual event that explores our reporting on this series.
How School Board Meetings Became Flashpoints for Anger and Chaos Across the Country
Time and again over the last two years, parents and protesters have derailed school board meetings across the country. Once considered tame, even boring, the meetings have become polarized battlegrounds over COVID-19 safety measures, LGBTQ+ student rights, “obscene” library books and attempts to teach children about systemic racism in America. On dozens of occasions, the tensions at the meetings have escalated into not just shouting matches and threats but also arrests and criminal charges.
Chaos at the School Board
Education Chaos at the School Board Unraveling America’s School Board Unrest Once considered tame, even boring, school board meetings have become culture-war battlegrounds in recent years. On dozens of occasions, tensions have escalated into not just shouting matches and threats but also arrests and criminal charges.
How parents outraged by library books, diversity initiatives and sex ed transformed one New Jersey school board
The woman at the podium was 14 seconds into reading a passage from a library book by a nonbinary author — an attempt to prove that the county board of education “promotes obscene material and porn,” as she’d described it — when school board president Catherine Kazan cut her off. “I don’t think that’s appropriate,” Kazan said.
The Conservative Transformation of the Wayne Township School Board
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Once considered tame, even boring, school board meetings have become culture-war battlegrounds in recent years. On dozens of occasions, tensions have escalated into not just shouting matches and threats but also arrests and criminal charges. 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.
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Michigan governor signs "red flag" law, allowing states judges to confiscate guns
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks to supporters during a ceremony in Royal Oak in Oakland County on Monday to sign red flag gun legislation. // Courtesy photo via Bridge Michigan May 23, 2023 ~ By Yue Stella Yu, Bridge Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday signed “red flag” legislation into law, making Michigan the 21st state to enact a law designed to prevent people posing a risk to themselves or others from possessing a gun.
He Became Convinced the School Board Was Pushing “Transgender Bullshit.” He Ended Up Arrested - and Emboldened.
Eric Jensen, a parent in North Carolina, had grievances to air about library books “trying to convert kids to gay,” and about mask and vaccine mandates. So he joined an activist group and headed to a school board meeting. This story first appeared at ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.
He Became Convinced the School Board Was Pushing "Transgender Bullshit." He Ended Up Arrested — and Emboldened. - The Postindustrial
May 21, 2023 Eric Jensen, a parent in North Carolina, had grievances to air about library books “trying to convert kids to gay,” and about mask and vaccine mandates. So he joined an activist group and headed to a school board meeting. ~ By Nicole Carr, ProPublica 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.
Old hospitals get new lease on life
May 21, 2023 ~ By Kecia Bal Three years ago, the former Bellevue General Hospital stood practically empty — a building with more than a century of rich history but no real future. Now efforts to make the former 154-bed hospital a community hub in Bellevue, Pa., are once more gaining momentum. The hope, leaders say, is to provide a new approach to shuttered hospitals, a result of financial hardships afflicting many similarly situated communities across Postindustrial America.
He Became Convinced the School Board Was Pushing “Transgender Bullshit.” He Ended Up Arrested — and Emboldened.
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. This story is part of a series that explores how school board meetings across the country are fomenting conflicts and controversies that have led to violence and arrests. Are you interested in a virtual event on this topic? Let us know here.
The Student Protesters Were Arrested. The Man Who Got Violent in the Parking Lot Wasn’t.
When one police officer heard the radio call for backup at a high school campus outside Little Rock, he first thought there’d been a problem at a football game. The indecipherable chanting in the background sounded like roars from the bleachers. But it turned out that the rhythmic rallying call that November night last year was coming from the lobby outside a school board meeting.
The Student Protesters Were Arrested. The Man Who Got Violent in the Parking Lot Wasn’t.
by Nicole Carr; Photography by Terra Fondriest for ProPublica 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. This story is part of a series that explores how school board meetings across the country are fomenting conflicts and controversies that have led to violence and arrests. Are you interested in a virtual event on this topic?
The Student Protesters Were Arrested. The Man Who Got Violent in the Parking Lot Wasn’t.
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. This story is part of a series that explores how school board meetings across the country are fomenting conflicts and controversies that have led to violence and arrests. Are you interested in a virtual event on this topic? Let us know here.
The Student Protesters Were Arrested. The Man Who Got Violent in the Parking Lot Wasn’t.
1 day ago Ah, you say, but what about that pesky Establishment Clause in the First Amendment? Musical Accompaniment To This Post) Being our semi-regular weekly survey of what's goin' down in the several states where, as we know, the real work of governmentin' gets done, and where tuba players rehearse around …
School District Pays Legal Fees After Banning Mothers From Reading Sexually Graphic Passages at Meetings
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 group of conservative Georgia mothers on a quest to ban library books has won a key victory against a school district that sought to limit their ability to recite graphic passages from those books at school board meetings.
Mothers Behind Book-Banning Campaign Claim Their First Amendment Rights Are Being Violated
A group of Georgia mothers has been trying to get certain library books banned by reading sexually graphic passages aloud at school board meetings. Now, after the board barred one of the mothers from attending, the group is claiming in a federal lawsuit that their First Amendment rights have been violated. In essence, members of the group, which has dubbed itself the Mama Bears, are arguing that they’re being censored — in their own pursuit of censorship.
Mothers behind book-banning campaign claim their First Amendment rights are being violated
by Nicole Carr ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. A group of Georgia mothers has been trying to get certain library books banned by reading sexually graphic passages aloud at school board meetings. Now, after the board barred one of the mothers from attending, the group is claiming in a federal lawsuit that their First Amendment rights have been violated.
Mothers behind book-banning campaign claim their First Amendment rights are being violated
Note: This story contains language that some may find offensive. A group of Georgia mothers has been trying to get certain library books banned by reading sexually graphic passages aloud at school board meetings. Now, after the board barred one of the mothers from attending, the group is claiming in a federal lawsuit that their First Amendment rights have been violated.
Mothers Behind Book-Banning Campaign Claim Their First Amendment Rights Are Being Violated
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 group of Georgia mothers has been trying to get certain library books banned by reading sexually graphic passages aloud at school board meetings.
School Board Candidates Who Criticized the Hiring of a Black DEI Educator Lose Their Elections - Global Advisors
by Nicole Carr 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. Two Georgia school board candidates who criticized the hiring of a Black educator focused on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives lost their runoff elections this week.
School Board Candidates Who Criticized the Hiring of a Black DEI Educator Lose Their Elections
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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. Two Georgia school board candidates who criticized the hiring of a Black educator focused on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives lost their runoff elections this week.
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White Parents Rallied to Chase a Black Educator Out of Town. Then, They Followed Her to the Next One.
In April of 2021, Cecelia Lewis had just returned to Maryland from a house-hunting trip in Georgia when she received the first red flag about her new job. The trip itself had gone well. Lewis and her husband had settled on a rental home in Woodstock, a small city with a charming downtown and a regular presence on best places to live lists. It was a short drive to her soon-to-be office at the Cherokee County School District and less than a half hour to her husband’s new corporate assignment.
White Parents Rallied to Chase a Black Educator Out of Town. Then, They Followed Her to the Next One.
This story was originally published by ProPublica. 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. This story and accompanying videos were co-published by ProPublica and FRONTLINE as part of an ongoing collaboration.
Why the Black Educator Forced Out Over Bogus Critical Race Theory Claims Agreed to Share Her Story - Nicole Carr
Series: A Closer Look Examining the News Cecelia Lewis did not want to share her story. In fact, she just wanted all of this to go away. Late last year, I was on the phone with a former colleague, talking about the local coverage of campaigns against critical race theory across metro Atlanta.
White Parents Rallied to Chase a Black Educator Out of Town. Then, They Followed Her to the Next One.
June 16, 2022 This story and accompanying videos were co-published by ProPublica and FRONTLINE as part of an ongoing collaboration. In April of 2021, Cecelia Lewis had just returned to Maryland from a house-hunting trip in Georgia when she received the first red flag about her new job. The trip itself had gone well. Lewis and her husband had settled on a rental home in Woodstock, a small city with a charming downtown and a regular presence on best places to live lists.
Building Humanist Communities at #AHACON22
News AHA News We’re previewing more of the exciting sessions you’ll see when you attend the American Humanist Association’s (AHA) upcoming 81st Annual Conference. The Conference will be entirely virtual again this year, so you can join us from your very own home, or even set up a watch party with your friends, family, or local group. The main Conference sessions will be on Saturday, June 25th, and Sunday, June 26th, with a Kick-Off Social Gathering on the evening of Friday, June 24th.
81st Anniversary Conference: Got Humanism?
We’re previewing more of the exciting sessions you’ll see when you attend the American Humanist Association’s (AHA) upcoming 81st Annual Conference. The Conference will be entirely virtual again this year, so you can join us from your very own home, or even set up a watch party with your friends, family, or local group. The main Conference sessions will be on Saturday, June 25th, and Sunday, June 26th, with a Kick-Off Social Gathering on the evening of Friday, June 24th.
Support Foster Kids: Join AHA for Our 2022 Lobby Day
After an incredibly successful virtual lobby day last summer, the American Humanist Association has partnered with American Atheists to co-host our 2022 Virtual Lobby Day. Together, we are doubling the size of the event so that as many members of Congress as possible can meet (virtually) with their humanist and atheist constituents. Last year we met with fifty congressional offices. This year, our goal is to meet with even more and kick off our annual conference with a bang.
Secular Elected Officials and More at June’s Virtual AHACON22!
News AHA News This year the American Humanist Association (AHA) is celebrating more than eighty years of humanist thought and action by bringing our humanist community together again for the 2022 Virtual Conference. We hope you’ll join us on Saturday, June 25th and Sunday, June 26th for two days of exciting sessions, awards, and presentations, as well as social and networking events and opportunities to connect with old friends and new.
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