Featured Stories
Trump Administration Says the Inconvenience of Rescheduling Executions Outweighs the “Harm” to Prisoners Set to Die
The Justice Department is pushing ahead with plans for three executions this week even though two of the prisoners have COVID-19 and multiple courts have objected to the government’s aggressive tactics.
She Photographed Police Abuse at a 2014 BLM March Then Watched the Image Go Viral During Capitol Riot
The much-shared pairing of photojournalist Natalie Keyssar’s image of a peaceful Black man being assaulted against a photo of white rioters walking free in the Capitol “represents the rage and sadness I feel.”
Members of Several Well-Known Hate Groups Identified at Capitol Riot
A ProPublica-FRONTLINE review of the insurrection found several noted hardcore nativists and white nationalists who also participated in the 2017 white power rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
A ProPublica-FRONTLINE review of the insurrection found several noted hardcore nativists and white nationalists who also participated in the 2017 white power rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
ProPublica’s Top 25 Stories of 2020
Our list of the year’s most-read stories contains deeply unsettling investigations from a deeply unsettling year.
Our list of the year’s most-read stories contains deeply unsettling investigations from a deeply unsettling year.
Featured Reporting on the Crisis
“Those of Us Who Don’t Die Are Going to Quit”
Almost a year into the pandemic, supply shortages remain so severe that nurse Kristen Cline reuses her N95 for several shifts while her hospital buckles and patients suffer.
How COVID-19 Hollowed Out a Generation of Young Black Men
They were pillars of their communities and families, and they are not replaceable. To understand why COVID-19 killed so many young Black men, you need to know the legend of John Henry.
A Warming Planet and a Shifting Population
Food scarcity and rising temperatures have already begun to reshape how and where people live. ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, with support from the Pulitzer Center, examine the implications.
Before Mob Stormed the Capitol, Days of Security Planning Involved Cabinet Officials and President Trump
“This Political Climate Got My Brother Killed”
CDC Shut Down a Lab Involved in Making Faulty Coronavirus Tests
A Lender Sued Thousands of Lower-Income Latinos During the Pandemic. Now It Wants to Be a National Bank.
The Nursing Home Didn’t Send Her to the Hospital, and She Died
Domestic Terrorism: A More Urgent Threat, but Weaker Laws
Capitol Rioters Planned for Weeks in Plain Sight. The Police Weren’t Ready.
Lavish Bonus? Luxury Trip? Health Benefits Brokers Will Have to Disclose What They Receive From the Insurance Industry
“Nobody” Hurt, “Just a Perp,” Say Officers After NYPD Shot and Killed Man in His Own Home
Timber Tax Cuts Cost Oregon Towns Billions. Then Polluted Water Drove Up the Price.
Hawaii Officials Promise Changes to Seawall Policies That Have Quickened Beach Destruction
Officials Let Hawaii’s Waterfront Homeowners Damage Public Beaches Again and Again
Alaska Requires DNA Be Collected From People Arrested for Violent Crimes. Many Police Have Ignored That.
By failing to collect samples when they arrest people, Alaskan law enforcement left the state’s DNA database with crucial gaps, allowing at least one serial rapist to go undetected.
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