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Posted inCoronavirus
My kids’ school won’t reinstate masks despite a recent surge in COVID cases. Here’s what I chose to do.
(Photo by Deleece Cook on Unsplash) Georgia’s Cobb County School District had parents choose between virtual and in-person learning, then lifted its mask mandate. Many families are frantically figuring out how to navigate this reality. ProPublica reporter Nicole Carr is one of them. By Nicole Carr, ProPublica ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses […]
Posted inCoronavirus
Why opening restaurants is exactly what the coronavirus wants us to do
(Photo/Rido_Shutterstock) Governors continue to open indoor dining and other activities before vaccinations become widespread. Experts warn this could create superspreading playgrounds for dangerous variants and squander our best shot at getting the pandemic under control. By Caroline Chen, ProPublica ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as […]
Posted inNEWS
“No one took us seriously”: Black cops warned about racist Capitol police officers for years
This file photo from Wednesday Jan. 6, 2021, shows Trump supporters swarming the Capitol, as Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. A little used Civil War-era statute that outlaws waging war against the United States is getting a fresh look after the attacks on the Capitol. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) By Joshua Kaplan and Joaquin […]
Posted inCoronavirus
Most States Aren’t Ready to Distribute the Leading COVID-19 Vaccine
(By Aedka Studio_Shutterstock) A review of state distribution plans reveals that officials don’t know how they’ll deal with the difficult storage and transport requirements of Pfizer’s vaccine, especially in the rural areas currently seeing a spike in infections. By Isaac Arnsdorf, Ryan Gabrielson and Caroline Chen, ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up […]
Posted inOPINION
The NYPD Is Withholding Evidence From Investigations Into Police Abuse
The NYPD has regularly failed to turn over key records and videos to police abuse investigators at New York’s Civilian Complaint Review Board. “This just seems like contempt,” said the now-retired judge who ordered the NYPD to use body cameras. By Eric Umansky and Mollie Simon, Pro Publica ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
What Has Happened to Police Filmed Hurting Protesters? So Far, Very Little.
By Zipporah Osei and Mollie Simon, ProPublica ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. It has been almost two months since a Los Angeles Police Department patrol car accelerated into Brooke Fortson during a protest over police violence. She still doesn’t know the name […]
Posted inBUSINESS, Coronavirus, National News, NEWS
Thousands of Small Business Owners Have Not Gotten Disaster Loans the Government Promised Them
By Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublica ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. A $360 billion stimulus program that offers disaster relief to small businesses has been hobbled by delays and confusion, leaving millions of applicants harmed by the coronavirus pandemic waiting months for […]
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A Teenager Didn’t Do Her Online Schoolwork. So a Judge Sent Her to Juvenile Detention
By Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This story was originally published by ProPublica. PONTIAC, Mich. — One afternoon in mid-June, Charisse* drove up to the checkpoint at the Children’s Village juvenile detention center in suburban […]