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Mariam Elba
@mariamelba.bsky.social
Research Reporter at @propublica.org
It’s been three years since we formed our union. We still don’t have a contract. Over the next few weeks, you’ll be hearing from us — the workers of @propublica.org — on why this contract is so important and the issues about which we care deeply.
“That is a serious, serious gap in safety.” A School Bus Killed a 5-Year-Old. The Crash Is Among Dozens Missing From the Bus Company’s Federal Safety Record. By @wmariano.bsky.social @joeljacobs.bsky.social @mariamelba.bsky.social w/ @wbur.org
A School Bus Killed a 5-Year-Old. The Crash Is Among Dozens Missing From the Bus Company’s Federal Safety Record.
A national system tracks serious bus crashes so regulators can keep roads safe. But the process fails to identify most of a major company’s fatal collisions, WBUR and ProPublica found.
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A friend is raising funds for her family in Gaza. They are coming up on almost three years of living with inadequate infrastructure, sanitation, and in perilous conditions. Please consider chipping in if you can, or sharing widely: chuffed.org/project/1823...
My Family Won't Survive In Gaza Without You
Two years ago, your donations helped writer and journalist Mohammed Mhawish, his wife Asmaa, their child, and much of their family escape the genocide in Gaza.
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1/ Last fall, as we were interviewing immigrants detained during a dramatic immigration raid at an apartment complex in Chicago, we kept hearing about a Nigerian man whose leg was mauled by a police dog. 🧵:
Reminder when reading this ProPublica investigation by @lisalsong.bsky.social @mayatmiller.bsky.social @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social @mariamelba.bsky.social: We don't know the longterm effects of tear gas or pepper spray on kids. Because it was meant for adults www.propublica.org/article/kids...
Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Has Harmed Scores of Kids With Tear Gas, Pepper Spray
In several cities, judges have chastised federal officers, saying they used excessive force. One former DHS leader called ProPublica’s findings a “bright red flag.”
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shout out to my much-missed colleagues @sophiechou.bsky.social & @harucoryne.bsky.social for their incredible work on this project!! Btw this is the second project Sophie worked on that’s won a Pulitzer! And she’s job hunting! Someone hire her ASAP! 👀👀
ProPublica@propublica.org · 3mo agoJUST IN: ProPublica and @ctmirror.org's “On the Hook” series, which exposed how Connecticut laws had come to favor towing companies at the expense of low-income residents, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting. It’s ProPublica’s ninth Pulitzer Prize.
Thank you to everyone who supported us on our 1-day strike yesterday! Our picket is now over and supporters can return to reading ProPublica stories. Sign our petition to stay up-to-date on our campaign: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
Fair Contract Now for ProPublica Guild
We, the workers of ProPublica, provide our readers with deeply researched, unbiased news that holds power to account. This work is more important now than ever, but our staff can’t properly contribute to fearless investigative journalism while walking on eggshells around our bosses. We are fighting for a fair contract that includes industry-standard “just cause” job security, a fair and transparent disciplinary process, union steward representation when requested and guardrails ensuring artificial intelligence does not replace journalists. Our management has said no to all these common-sense protections that we deserve. You can support us by continuing to support ProPublica and by telling our management that you demand a ProWorker ProPublica!
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ProPublica Guild@propublicaguild.org · 4mo agoWe’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
Surprised that ProPublica is on strike? SO ARE WE! The contract we're being offered is NOT in line with the values of the place we love. For me, this is about job protections and AI protections for future generations of journalists. Read more about how we got here: www.propublicaguild.org
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I hate that contract negotiations are not going better, but this is where we are. Today my colleagues and I @propublica.org are walking out. We need management to come to the table with more serious contract proposals that address our real concerns about discipline, job protections and fair wages.
ProPublica Guild@propublicaguild.org · 4mo agoWe’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
Really sad it’s come to this. On my way to join my colleagues at the picket line. We deserve a fair contract!
ProPublica Guild@propublicaguild.org · 4mo agoWe’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
If you registered to come to the event today on how to use the ProPublica Trump disclosures News app, the @propublicaguild.org is asking y’all NOT TO ATTEND in support of our strike today. We hate to do this, but management isn’t offering us a fair deal.
Please support our union’s work toward a fair contract by NOT crossing our digital picket line! That means not visiting @ProPublica.org today, April 8. (And please resume your support of @ProPublica.org all other days, we love the journalism we do!)
ProPublica Guild@propublicaguild.org · 4mo agoWe’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
I didn’t think we’d get to this point but here we are. Please support our fight for a fair contract by honoring our strike today. The sooner we can reach an agreement on the contract, the sooner we can get back to doing journalism in this urgent time.
ProPublica Guild@propublicaguild.org · 4mo agoWe’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
1/ READY TO STRIKE: More than 80% of our members signed a pledge saying we are prepared to strike unless @propublica.org agrees to a fair contract. www.propublicaguild.org/updates/the-...
The ProPublica Guild is Ready to Strike for a Fair Contract — ProPublica Guild
The ProPublica Guild is prepared to strike. We have shown up and compromised at the bargaining table for more than two years, but our newsroom’s management has slow-walked negotiations , offering w...
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1/ Ciji Graham was the mother of 2-year-old SJ, a sister to 9 younger siblings, a beloved friend. She's also the 7th case we’ve found of a pregnant woman in a state restricting abortion who died after being unable to access standard care. This is her story.
Immigration agents are choking people in America's streets & using tactics against their own policy/training. Many LEO agencies have banned their use A Colombian TikToker. An ICU nurse. A father holding his child. A 16-year-old citizen DHS calls this "utmost professionalism" w/ @mckenziefunk.com
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
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BREAKING: We've found 40+ cases of agents using banned chokeholds & other moves that can cut off breathing People have had seizures. They passed out. “I felt like I was going to die” said 16-yr-old citizen Admin won't say whether any agents have been punished www.propublica.org/article/vide...
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Fair Contract Now for ProPublica Guild
We, the workers of ProPublica, provide our readers with deeply researched, unbiased news that holds power to account. This work is more important now than ever, but our staff can’t properly contribute...
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ProPublica Guild@propublicaguild.org · 8mo ago1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
Remember the immigration raid on the apartment complex in Chicago almost two months ago? The one with the Black Hawk helicopter and federal agents rappelling on ropes? @ProPublica decided to take a deeper look. We found little evidence to support the government’s claims. 🧵
NEW: What happened to the Venezuelans after a raid at a Chicago apartment. From an amazing @propublica.org team: @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social, @jodiscohen.bsky.social, Sebastian Rotella, @tchristianmiller.bsky.social, @mariamelba.bsky.social and so many others. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
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We at @propublica.org looked into the immigration raid that happened in Chicago's South Shore in late September. We found many of the Venezuelans detained in that raid, looked into them, and spoke to several of them.
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants. We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
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ICYMI: She Begged for Help. This State’s Probation Gap May Have Put Her in Danger. @paigepfleger.bsky.social @wpln.bsky.social @mariamelba.bsky.social
She Begged for Help. This State’s Probation Gap May Have Put Her in Danger.
Tennessee probation officers pause in-person visits and home searches for offenders facing an arrest warrant. That reduced supervision can last for months. Temptress Peebles was one of six mothers who...
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Shocking story. How a Gap in Tennessee’s Probation System Leaves Domestic Violence Victims in Danger, by @paigepfleger.bsky.social @wpln.bsky.social @mariamelba.bsky.social
How a Gap in Tennessee’s Probation System Leaves Domestic Violence Victims in Danger
Probation officers pause in-person visits and home searches for offenders facing an arrest warrant. That reduced supervision can last for months — in one case it was over a year. Six mothers died duri...
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Trump has called his CBP Home app a safe and easy way for immigrants to leave the country. There's only one problem: It hasn't worked for some who are trying to self deport. by @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social @mariamelba.bsky.social
“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America
Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...
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A friend from Gaza is raising funds for their family there, who are doing all they can to survive the ongoing genocide. Please consider pitching in if you can, or if you can’t, please share widely: chuffed.org/project/1308...
Help Our Family Trapped In Gaza
Last year, I helped raise money to help writer and journalist Mohammed Mhawish, his wife Asmaa, their child, and much of their family escape the genocide in Gaza. Thanks to your incredible support, we...
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A friend from Gaza is raising funds for their family there, who are doing all they can to survive the ongoing genocide. Please consider pitching in if you can, or if you can’t, please share widely: chuffed.org/project/1308...
Help Our Family Trapped In Gaza
Last year, I helped raise money to help writer and journalist Mohammed Mhawish, his wife Asmaa, their child, and much of their family escape the genocide in Gaza. Thanks to your incredible support, we...
chuffed.org
We can’t produce fearless investigative journalism without job security and a fair contract. After almost two years of bargaining, we need your help. Show your support for @propublica.org workers by adding your name to our petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
Fair Contract Now for ProPublica Guild
We, the workers of ProPublica, provide our readers with deeply researched, unbiased news that holds power to account. This work is more important now than ever, but our staff can’t properly contribute...
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