You may have seen the stories of Cherise Doyley and Brianna Bennett recently across your TL. Florida judges forced them to undergo C-Sections, despite them refusing. Their right to decide their medical care was stripped when they were made to testify during a court hearing while actively in labor.

"Trump officials were told that cutting aid to South Sudan would exacerbate a deadly cholera epidemic. They did so anyway." And then they celebrated with cake. www.propublica.org/article/usai...

Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.

Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...

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Dear fellow media covering mass shootings in the U.S.: I have a few thoughts on how to minimize harm. First of all, this is not a media-bashing post. Because we are not a monolith, change within our industry can take a long time. Second, as evidenced by the stories reported that there are...

“What necessary perspectives do we lose, and what questions go unasked and unanswered, when Black journalists are among the first to be seen as disposable on a masthead?”

Where Have All The Black Journalists Gone?

In the wake of the Teen Vogue layoffs and the rollback of DEI initiatives in media, we have to ask: what necessary perspectives do we lose, and what questions go unasked and unanswered, when Black jou...

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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.

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

A Doctor Challenged the Opinion of a Powerful Child Abuse Specialist. Then He Lost His Job.

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.

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"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...

Decades After Nike Promised Sweatshop Reforms, Workers in This Factory Were Still Fainting

Workers have been fainting for years in Cambodia’s garment factories, where more than 57,000 people now produce Nike goods. A former medical worker at one of the company’s suppliers blamed overtime ho...

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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...

Nike Says Its Factory Workers Earn Nearly Double the Minimum Wage. At This Cambodian Factory, 1% Made That Much.

Nike has made an expansive effort to convince consumers, investors and others that it is improving the lives of factory workers who make its products, not exploiting them. A rare view of wages at one ...

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"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

“Not Just Measles”: Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline

While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak, experts warn that whooping cough and other preventable diseases could get much worse with falling vaccination rates and Trump’s ...

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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...

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.

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

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...

Finding Focus: How a Visual Storyteller Gets the Right Image — and the Right Tone

Photography is a powerful journalistic tool, providing visual evidence and evoking emotions that urge us to understand the experiences of others. Here, ProPublica’s Sarahbeth Maney offers suggestions ...

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