Death toll from Pakistan Floods rises to more than 1,000 (donation links included)
Devasting floods in Pakistan have been described as “climate-induced humanitarian disaster of epic proportions” by the country's top climate official. Approximately 15% of the...
US increasingly unlikely to meet Biden’s July 4 vaccination goal
For months, President Joe Biden has laid out goal after goal for taming the coronavirus pandemic and then exceeded his own benchmarks. Now, though, the U.S....
Florida judge voids US mask mandate for planes, other travel
A federal judge in Florida has voided the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation as exceeding the authority of U.S. health...
When Billionaires Don’t Pay Taxes, People “Lose Faith in Democracy”
Last year, ProPublica began publishing “The Secret IRS Files,” a series that has used a vast trove of never-before-seen tax information on the wealthiest...
WNBA Star Brittney Griner’s appeal denied
Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner’s Russian appeal to reduce her nine-year sentence was denied by Russian courts on Tuesday. She was first detained in...
A Fifth of American Adults Struggle to Read. Why Are We Failing to Teach...
by Annie Waldman, Aliyya Swaby and Anna Clark, with additional reporting by Nicole Santa Cruz, photography by Kathleen Flynn, special to ProPublica
This story was...
Storybooks Could Be an Early Source of Gender Stereotypes for Children
Studies have shown that by age 2, children have already started to develop beliefs about gender, including stereotypes that boys are better at math...
Trial Diary: A Journalist Sits on a Baltimore Jury
by Alec MacGillis
This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to...
OPINION: Without action from lawmakers to extend the child tax credit, millions of children...
In March, as a part of the American Rescue Plan, the largest child tax credit (CTC) legislation in our history was passed, giving most...
Frustration as Biden, Congress allow eviction ban to expire
Anger and frustration mounted in Congress as a nationwide eviction moratorium expired at midnight Saturday — one Democratic lawmaker even camping outside the Capitol in protest...
