My latest story has some intrigue. FCC finally released Chairman Brendan Carr’s financial report for 2025 late Friday. The report states Paramount gave him tickets to the gala worth $12,390. But he and his wife sat in skybox seats that sold for $125,000 a piece. www.propublica.org/article/fcc-...

FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount

Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to...

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Still, we’re proud of this contract. It will meaningfully improve our members’ lives and help make ProPublica a better place to work. We will remain vigilant to ensure the company fully follows this contract. www.propublicaguild.org/updates/prop...

ProPublica Guild Ratifies First Contract — ProPublica Guild

Members of the ProPublica Guild, which represents more than 150 workers across the nonprofit investigative newsroom, overwhelmingly voted to ratify our first contract on Friday, exactly three years si...

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never in my years of journalism unions have I been able to work under a ratified contract. This is HUGE for ProPublica and I couldn't be prouder that we stood up and fought for what we deserved.

ProPublica Guild@propublicaguild.org · 5d ago

🚨 WE HAVE A DEAL! After three years, in a major step forward for our members, we have ratified our first contract with @propublica.org’s management. We deeply appreciate everyone who supported us along the way. Here are some of our big wins👇

Finally! 🎉🥳 I am ready for a month-long nap. Thanks to everyone who supported us online for all these years!

ProPublica Guild@propublicaguild.org · 5d ago

🚨 WE HAVE A DEAL! After three years, in a major step forward for our members, we have ratified our first contract with @propublica.org’s management. We deeply appreciate everyone who supported us along the way. Here are some of our big wins👇

ProPublica merch store just launched with a tips totebag www.rayguncustom.com/collections/...

A deep dive from @lisalsong.bsky.social on the harm of the proposed OMB fed financial assistance rule examining whether we could have achieved Nobel Prize level breakthroughs like the Higgs boson under such policies. www.propublica.org/article/fede...

How Trump’s “America First” Administration Could Shut U.S. Scientists Out of the Next Nobel-Worthy Discovery

A proposed White House rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over scientific funding. One physicist, who helped discover the Higgs boson, explains how the rule would’ve stifled th...

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This review is like being Chotiner’d: “Unlike some of Nolan’s other films, The Odysseyis not boring, thanks to the source material, which is impossible to mess up entirely.” First paragraph, I’m dying www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man

As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...

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Lydia Polgreen@polgreen.bsky.social · last wk.

Uh, did Emily Wilson's Odyssey takedown crash the @lrb.co.uk website?

Two physicists won the Nobel Prize for the 2012 discovery of the so-called “God particle.” Under a new rule proposed by the Trump administration, American scientists might be forced to watch similar discoveries from the sidelines. www.propublica.org/article/fede...

How Trump’s “America First” Administration Could Shut U.S. Scientists Out of the Next Nobel-Worthy Discovery

A proposed White House rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over scientific funding. One physicist, who helped discover the Higgs boson, explains how the rule would’ve stifled th...

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so apocalyptic I caught myself double checking that the NYT hadn’t accidentally fallen for AI

Dan Saltzstein@dansaltzstein.bsky.social · 2w ago

This photo from southwest France omg

The cyclospora horrors keep multiplying, and now we have to worry about salmonella? I do not need grocery shopping to be this high-risk.

In February, USA Rugby banned trans women from all levels of one of the world’s most inclusive sports. What happened next was telling. Across the country, teams refused to comply. The story of the Baltimore Ferals, who are pushing back: www.thebanner.com/sports/rugby...

Join my @propublica colleagues and I today <Tuesday> at 4 pm ET as we discuss the impacts of expanded immigration enforcement on children and families. Sign up here: events.propublica.org/trump-deport...

ProPublica Event: How Children Have Been Caught in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Join us for a discussion about how families and children are being affected in new ways by President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign.

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“It’s laughable to suggest that on the African continent, the prime issue of human rights concern is whites in South Africa,” one former agency official told ProPublica. --> This is where the Trump administration wants our tax dollars to go:

Sharon Lerner@fastlerner.bsky.social · 2w ago

NEW: For decades, the State Dept. has given $ to groups protecting human rights in poor and authoritarian countries. Now the Trump administration is in the process of directing some of that $ to advocate for white South Africans and right-wing causes in Europe www.propublica.org/article/huma...

She was so enamored with the gentle, misunderstood creatures, her mom said, that for years, “sloth” became her shorthand for “I’m really happy.” --> Crucial, devastating reporting. Just a gut punch from the lede onwards. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Idaho pushed anti-trans laws for years. Then a teen died.

The life and death of May Pollard, 16, provides a window into the tragic effect that legislation and political rhetoric have had on trans people in America.

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every gardener i follow is going absolutely hogwild flexing that they eat lettuce from behind their house. i've never seen gardeners act like this in my life. this is our super bowl. this is our olympics. gold medal in shitting normally

He was a young dad, working to give his daughter a stable life, before he was shot and killed by ICE after an attempted traffic stop. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

He was a young dad, working to give his daughter a stable life, before ICE killed him

Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero was remembered as a devoted family man “with many dreams to fulfill.”

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Me trying to calculate the risk/reward of taking walks and eating fresh produce -- all boringly good things for your health! -- vs the heat/smoke apocalypse and the prospect of explosive diarrhea. This is not how I wanted to expend my brain power.

Confused Cat Doing Math

Alt: GIF of a white and orange cat looking confused while math equations zoom across the image.

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“One of the things that I really care about is making sure that we have transparent pay scales,” says reporter Cassandra Jaramillo, “While I'm very grateful for what I'm able to earn as a reporter, it's not the same story for some of my colleagues in different departments.”

Reporter Lisa Song says that it “just doesn’t make sense” for ProPublica management to require a rigid RTO policy. Our members work long hours and need a flexible RTO policy to do their best work.

NEW: A 5-year-old girl spent months in federal immigration custody here in Connecticut while her family waited for her release. Her case isn’t unique, experts and court records show. My latest w/ @jrabethomas.bsky.social at @ctinsider.bsky.social — www.ctinsider.com/news/article... #nutmegsky

5-year-old spent 118 days on her own in federal immigration custody in CT

On any given day there are more than two dozen immigrant children detained without a parent or guardian in programs run by Connecticut nonprofits.

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“We deserve adequate pay,” says copy editor Julie Kliegman, “That means salary floors that match the cost of living and annual increases that keep up with inflation.” Support us in our fight for a fair contract: propublicaguild.org.

Climate reporter Katie Worth wants to see fair wages in our contract, especially for our development team. “I think it’s only fair for a small portion of [ProPublica’s increased revenue] to go toward wage increases that at least keep up with inflation.”

ProPublica Guild@propublicaguild.org · 3w ago

“I’m frustrated because management is not agreeing to a basic cornerstone of every union contract,” says news apps developer Al Shaw. Seniority-based layoff protections are important both for protecting long-time staffers AND for ensuring layoffs can’t be used to circumvent Just Cause protections.

Are you worried you’re getting fleeced by your 401(k) plan? ProPublica is investigating the industry and wants to hear from you. Here's how you can help us report 👇

Have a 401(k)? Help ProPublica Investigate What’s Really Happening to Your Money.

Some retirement plans are stuck in investments with bloated fees and costly add-ons. Share your standard plan documents with us to help reveal which financial products companies are pushing, and what ...

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Don’t know who to credit for this. But it is how I feel.

Put 3 kids thru college w/ a blue collar job. Worked dawn to dusk, building homes. Loved his wife of 30yrs & John Deere. Lived here longer than I've been alive It doesn't make a life more valuable. But so many immigrants detained, deported, dying bear the trappings of "real America" we mythologize

Houston Chronicle@houstonchronicle.com · 4w ago

The son of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Houston Tuesday morning, issued a statement on social media Tuesday night, saying "my father did not deserve this."bit.ly/4aK0hS2

“I care most about a contract that will lift the salary floors of our lowest paid employees so that they can afford to live in the cities that we work in,” says research reporter Kirsten Berg. We deserve a fair contract now!

Visuals editor Shoshana Gordon uses her paints, brushes, easel and other art supplies in her home office. Doing her job “really wouldn’t be possible” if she had to report to an office. We need a flexible RTO policy that ensures our colleagues can do their work wherever it makes the most sense.

ProPublica Guild@propublicaguild.org · 4w ago

“I started about three months ago, right after I got laid off at the Washington Post,” says audio producer Sabby Robinson, “layoff protections are really important to me.” Our message to @propublica.org management: we need strong layoff protections in our contract!

The older I get the more I understand why cats just walk away mid conversation.

🚨BREAKING🚨 More than 600 workers at Hachette Book Group just voted overwhelmingly to unionize, creating the largest union in trade publishing history! newsguild.org/hachette-boo...

Hachette Book Group employees win election for largest union in trade publisher history | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA

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