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Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: Immigration Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...

NEW visual investigation:

ICE agents are smashing car windows & grabbing the people inside

There's footage of sobbing kids, pregnant women, & bloodied faces

We found ~50 cases but no civilians w/ sig criminal records

Insiders told us this used to be rare

projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...

Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released ...

For months we've written about the Venezuelans the #Trump administration sent to #CECOT.
Now, they get to tell their own stories, how the U.S. ended up labeling them terrorists and their torture in #ElSalvador via
@propublica @texastribune.org @cazadoresdefakenews.info & Alianza Rebelde Investiga.

Palestine: As mass starvation spreads across Gaza, our colleagues and communities we work with are wasting away | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ... Over 100 humanitarian groups, including MSF, urge governments to act as starvation spreads in Gaza.

Doctors Without Borders joins more than 100 organizations to sounding the alarm that lifesaving aid must enter #Gaza.

www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-as...

The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been t...

5/ Today, we are publishing a database with the stories of 238 of the men. They are fathers and sons. They had easily plugged into the American economy – delivering groceries and trimming hair.
projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...

Where Congress’s Cuts Threaten Access to PBS and NPR The loss of federal funding threatens scores of public TV and radio stations across the United States.

New: I teamed up with @elenashao.bsky.social
and nytgraphics to map more than 100 public TV and radio stations that are at risk of closing as a result of tonight's vote:

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This is a time bomb that will go off in the fall, when the last federal grants run out.

To all Philly-area investigative journalists!

PA , NJ and DE are all eligible areas for this next entry into the @propublica.org Local Reporting Network.

Think big and submit your dream accountability project by the deadline👇

Please join me a week from today in NYC at Prime Produce Cooperative for a book reading of “Mood Machine” by @lizpelly.bsky.social and community discussion of how we built the (art) worlds we want in the shell of this dystopic moment for culture workers!

RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/art-worlds...

Child holds a scribbled NYC voting guide with an I Voted Early sticker on it.

“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...

Before landing at DHS, 22-year-old Fugate worked on the Trump campaign and interned at The Heritage Foundation.

According to his LinkedIn, the bulk of his leadership experience comes from having served as secretary general of a Model UN club.

New: @hannahallam.bsky.social @propublica.org

When ProPublica reporter David Armstrong was diagnosed with cancer, he set out to understand why a single pill of his medication, Revlimid, cost the same as ... Behind the Art: Why Is Cancer Drug Revlimid So Expensive?

For our story on a cancer drug that costs nearly $1,000 for each daily pill, art director Lisa Larson-Walker handmade several pill-shaped ceramic piggy banks, stuffed them with cash — then smashed them with a sledgehammer in the middle of the office.

Go behind the scenes with this short video:

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How much are we willing to pay for life-saving medications? ProPublica health care reporter David Armstrong has multiple myeloma. He says a single pill of his prescription costs the company just 25 cents to make — but costs him about the same as a new iPhone.

Today on @nprfreshair.bsky.social: Our @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social discusses “The Price of Remission,” where he investigates why a single pill of the cancer treatment he takes costs roughly the same as a new iPhone.

🎧 Listen below.

a screenshot of the new york times profile that announces me taking over milestone films. the headline reads “At Milestone Films, Passing the Torch, but Keeping the Flame Alive”, the subhed reads “The distributor's owners, Amy Heller and Dennis Doros, made the unusual choice to give it away. Their successor is Maya Cade of the Black Film Archive.”

some news: in 2026, i will become the president and owner of @milestonefilms.bsky.social, the distribution home of charles burnett, kathleen collins, bridgett m. davis, and many others.

to be a champion of cinema is my life’s greatest honor & pleasure. learn more: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/m...

ProPublica Wins Pulitzer Prize for Public Service The award, for exposing the fatal consequences of abortion bans, marks ProPublica’s 8th Pulitzer; investigation into mental health care access is named a Pulitzer finalist.

So humbled that our project, "The Life of the Mother," has won the Pulitzer Prize for public service. Thank you Mayron Hollis and the families of Amber Thurman, Candi Miller, Josseli Barnica, Nevaeh Crain and Porsha Ngumezi for trusting us to tell their stories. www.propublica.org/article/prop...

Pulitzer Prizes Public Service Winner: ProPublica. Image (right) displays headline that reads: Their States Banned Abortion. Doctors Now Say They Can't Give Women Potentially Lifesaving Care.

JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.

This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...

My first reaction to Sinners was that it's WAY too much movie. No, that's not true; during the long tracking shot when the kid walks between across the street to get the mother to paint the sign, my reaction--which I verbalized to my theater companions--was "Ryan Coogler should make all the movies"

Interested in your review!

Through 1st Five Features: Ryan Coogler's Gross/Quality Results Best Since Spielberg Combining box office and reviews, he tops all other contemporary directors over 50 years.

If you are interested in the film business, & ever read one of my substack pieces, this might be a good one.

open.substack.com/pub/tombrueg...

American Rendition: Rümeysa Öztürk’s Journey From Ph.D. Scholar to Trump Target Languishing in Louisiana Cell “So horrifying and so heartbreaking”: Öztürk’s close friend provides an intimate look into one of the hundreds of foreign students who have had their visas revoked — and in dozens of instances have be...

“She said, ‘I think this is going to be the last time I get to visit you,’” Öztürk’s friend recalled. “I told her, ‘No, no, you’re going to be able to come again, don’t worry, and I’m going to come visit you.’ That all turned out to be wrong.”

By @hannahallam.bsky.social @propublica.org

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ProPublica wanted to find more sources in the federal government. So it brought a truck. “It's funny how you can know nothing about something like LED billboard trucks and then suddenly become an expert in them."

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www.niemanlab.org/2025/03/prop...

U.S. Housing Agency Considers Launching Crypto Experiment The Department of Housing and Urban Development, which oversees billions in aid and insures more than a trillion dollars in mortgages, is pondering using the blockchain and a stablecoin. One HUD offic...

NEW: The Department of Housing and Urban Development, which oversees billions in aid and insures more than a trillion dollars in mortgages, is pondering using the blockchain and a stablecoin.

One HUD official derided it as “monopoly money.”

By @jessecoburn.bsky.social

Just listened to Dreams and Nightmares on a run. Feeling spiritually locked in.

Legends, no matter what 🦅🦅🦅

Eagles 🦅 Super Bowl Hype Mix

My straightforward Eagles hype mix:

open.spotify.com/playlist/2sW...

YouTube video by Walter Souza 1979 McFadden and Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now (The Philadelphia Eagles Version)

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Eagles 🦅 Super Bowl Hype Mix

My straightforward Eagles hype mix:

open.spotify.com/playlist/2sW...

The Department of Education Told Employees to End Support for Transgender Students The directive, which continues the Trump administration’s efforts to curb transgender rights, could end school-based mental health services and support for homeless students.

BREAKING: Department of Education employees got a late Friday email telling them the department will end all programs “that fail to affirm the reality of biology sex,” targeting efforts that support transgender students.
www.propublica.org/article/depa...

Just listened to Dreams and Nightmares on a run. Feeling spiritually locked in.