@sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
Investigative photojournalist, ProPublica Diamonstein-Spielvogel visual fellow | formerly Freep, NYT | Bay Area native based in LA 📨 sarahbeth.maney@propublica.org
@propublica.org found more than 170 U.S. citizens who have been held against their will by immigration agents. They’ve been kicked, dragged and detained for days.
Full story by immigration reporter @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by me here: www.propublica.org/article/immi...
Leo stands at the front porch of a newly built home, with his hands in his pockets of his jeans, while looking toward the camera. There is bright orange soil on the ground to prepare for grass to be laid around the new development. Leo has a serious expression on his face.
Leo sits inside a newly built home. He has a reflective expression on his face while glancing out of a window. Fresh green grass and bright orange dirt is seen outside of the window with new homes in the background.
Leo holds his brown leather wallet containing his gov. issued real ID. His ID photograph is visible, in which he has a smile on his face, but the wallet is folded to conceal the portion of his personal information.
Leo sits on wooden steps of his home’s front porch in rural Alabama surrounded by lush green trees and grass. He looks off into the distance with a serious expression and wears slip on shoes with a pair of work shoes on the step in front of him before leaving for work in the morning.
Leonardo Garcia Venegas, 25, was working at a construction site in coastal Alabama when ICE agents tried to take him to the ground as he yelled, “I’m a citizen!” They held him handcuffed for more than an hour and dismissed his REAL ID as fake. Two weeks later, he wrongfully held by ICE agents again.
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Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
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NEW: A Minneapolis pediatrician said he felt pressured to “fall in line” with child abuse specialist Dr. Nancy Harper and her team.
Then he was given a choice: resign or be fired.
By @jlussenhop.bsky.social, photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
"As many as 15 people a month typically became too weak to work in May and June."
Because it's 100 degrees. And there's no air conditioning.
@robwdavis.bsky.social on a factory that makes Nike clothing, with photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/nike...
Grateful to The @oregonian.com for featuring our reporting on Nike in Cambodia so prominently today.
Story: www.propublica.org/article/nike...
Nike claims they pay workers 1.9 times the local livable wage. Workers’ pay stubs tell a different story.
Spend time with this investigation by @robwdavis.bsky.social and the stories of women I photographed in Cambodia, who worked grueling hours — still not earning enough to make ends meet.
NEW: Nike says most of the 1.1M people making its products earn 1.9X their local minimum wage. We obtained a payroll ledger for a Cambodian factory that supplied Nike for two years.
1% of the workforce earned that much.
Team effort with @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social. www.propublica.org/article/nike...
"Not only have vaccination rates for measles, mumps and rubella fallen, but federal data shows that so have those for pertussis, diphtheria, tetanus, hepatitis B and polio."
by @deldeib.bsky.social + @sheinvestigates.bsky.social / @lucaswaldron.bsky.social + @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
How the reality crime show “The First48” painted “a wholly inaccurate picture” that led to a wrongful conviction.
Read the full @propublica.org investigation by @jlussenhop.bsky.social 📸 by me ~ www.propublica.org/article/firs...
Text: Kim and Wendell Hood’s home in Altadena, California, was destroyed by the fires. Kim lived in the home for 30 years, and it was passed down to her by her parents. Image: Kim and Wendell Hood embrace against the backdrop of their burned down home.
Text: “Fire comes in and it sweeps through, then nothing — you have to pick up the pieces of your life.” -Kim Hood. Image: The remains of the Hood family home. Broken, burned debris litters the ground. One charred support structure is still standing.
ProPublica's @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social moved back to her native California on Jan. 4. Three days later, the LA wildfires began.
As an investigative newsroom, ProPublica doesn't usually cover breaking news, but SB knew she had to document what was going on.
Her first stop was Altadena.
Still wary of the quality of the water, Pastor Robert McCathern uses a filtration system to fill a tub for baptisms at Joy Tabernacle Church in Flint, Michigan. Following the water crisis and coronavirus pandemic, he said, fewer people are getting baptized.
Jacquinne Reynolds, 73, prepares for her care routine, which involves washing, brushing and moisturizing her scalp multiple times per week.
Expired water bottles are scattered throughout the abandoned Northwestern High School in Flint.
Featured images include these, from our photo-rich story on the long tail of the Flint water crisis:
www.propublica.org/article/flin...
📸: @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
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After a two-week break, the NPPA newsletter is back. I penned this week’s reading list.
There are photos from Election Day, Ukraine, data from Women Photograph on freelance editorial rates, a wonderful essay by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social, and more.
🔗: nppa.org/news/730
My job is to make photographs, but a big part of the fulfillment I get is from making connections 💙 read the full story I wrote for @propublica that goes behind the scenes into the why & how of telling visual stories. www.propublica.org/article/tips...
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