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Boy do we have some news for you … www.propublica.org/series/the-r...

A new book by Stewart Brand, an architect of modern tech culture, asks: How do we prioritize maintenance? And why? But it doesn’t quite have the answers.

"abortion bans have influenced how doctors and hospitals respond to pregnancy complications. Facing risks of prison time and professional ruin, doctors have delayed key interventions until they can document that a fetus’ heart is no longer beating or that a case meets a narrow legal exception"

NEW: Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care That Led to the Deaths of Two Pregnant Women

NEW: Porsha Ngumezi and Nevaeh Crain died during miscarriages in Texas after doctors delayed treatment. The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to the deaths, but the doctors were given minimal punishment. By Kavitha Surana and Lizzie Presser

NEW: “We see, just, use of excessive force after use of excess force,” said Christy Lopez, who spent years investigating law enforcement misconduct at the DOJ. “In no scenario is it OK to be pepper-spraying people as you're leaving the scene.” w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social

This is such a bonkers story. Grifters, abject incompetence, both? www.propublica.org/article/3d-p...

A DOJ press release accused Heather Morrow of assaulting an ICE agent. When video showed Morrow hadn't attacked anyone and was tackled by an officer, prosecutors dropped the felony charges but promptly filed a misdemeanor case against her. With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social

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Cindy has three free, public events in New York City next week to discuss her memoir, “Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance” from @mitpress.bsky.social. Check them out! www.eff.org/deeplinks/2.... And buy the book - proceeds benefit EFF! www.eff.org/Privacys-De...

Cindy Cohn sat down with @privacyguides.org to reflect on her 30 years of service defending privacy and digital civil liberties with EFF, the importance of community in activist spaces, and the big picture in our fight for privacy. youtu.be/-PFv0ki3nDc...

Buried in New York State's proposed budget is an ill-conceived measure to stifle 3D printing with surveillance and censorware. We need to act now to defend creators and demand legislators to drop these provisions. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

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Por más de un siglo, las plantas arrojaron 400 millones de libras de polvo de plomo por el este de Omaha. Ante inquietudes similares, 13 estados aprobaron leyes requiriendo análisis de sangre a todos los niños antes de kínder, pero no Nebraska. www.propublica.org/article/omah...

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These accounts had no other activity, and their only trades were tied to that single event. Other trades show a pattern. One account made about $550,000 betting that the U.S. would strike Iran and that Iran’s leader would be removed from power before the war began.

You can now join our Privacy Badger for macOS TestFlight using the following public link: testflight.apple.com/join/M12n4GyM Any data collected by EFF as part of this project is covered by EFF’s privacy policy: www.eff.org/policy. Data collected by Apple is covered by its privacy policies.

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An FDA decision to place 19 peptides on the “unsafe” list was supported by numerous documented safety concerns, former officials said. Even though demand for peptide therapies has exploded since then, there’s been little new science.

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For more than a century, a smelter and other factories spewed 400 million pounds of lead dust across Omaha’s east side. Faced with similar concerns, 13 states passed laws requiring all kids to get a blood test before kindergarten. But not Nebraska. www.propublica.org/article/omah...

With the industry on a construction spree, a commanding majority of Virginia voters are not comfortable with a new data center getting built in their community. Even residents of Loudoun County, who benefit in the form of lower taxes, aren't sold. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Reports suggest that Microsoft, one of the industry’s biggest customers, might be taking a step back.

Humans aren’t metaphysically different from any other species on Earth. Conservation can’t only be about fencing people out of protected areas. A lot of the time the real trick is not to withdraw from “nature” but to get better at being part of it.

The good news is it’s a problem we can solve if we want to.

"He told me Prestige was named after the fictional do-nothing company in the Will Ferrell comedy 'Step Brothers.'" "'It’s just stupid,' he said. 'I’m not like some big serious whatever.'” This type is bone-chillingly familiar to everyone living in a disinvested shrinking city. By Molly Parker:

Two men promised a $1.1 million 3D printer could fix this town’s housing crisis. To this day, the one duplex it printed still isn’t finished. buff.ly/J0bc1Yy Molly Parker reports with @propublica.org

NEW: For more than a century, factories spewed toxic dust across the city, contaminating the soil and causing lead poisoning. We talked to experts about how to stay safe from lead exposure. w/ @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social

NEW: Two men promised a $1.1 million 3D printer could fix this town’s housing crisis. To this day, the one duplex it printed still isn’t finished. A $590,000 deposit for the printer was forfeited. And the more we asked questions, the weirder things got. w/ @capitolnewsil.bsky.social

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A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive. One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy. Another collapsed and had seizures during labor. (Published Dec. 2025)

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States typically require commercial insurers to file audited statements showing they’ve set aside funds for malpractice obligations. But there’s little oversight — and no safety-net fund to tap — when companies like Prospect Medical self-insure.

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The impostor reporter had a Miami phone number and seemed to have an interest in foreign militaries. Here’s what happened when a real reporter tried to track them down — and how you can verify ProPublica journalists if they reach out to you.

FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate the violence, protests, and arrests stemming from the federal immigration sweeps across the country. "Caught in the Crackdown" is now streaming on PBS and online.

“I don’t know if I’ve ever experienced something truly that bizarre and absurd as, like, seeing a law enforcement agent concoct a narrative to arrest me, to press charges against me." must read (and watch) new @propublica.org/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social investigation & documentary from A.C. Thompson

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Listen to @whitneyphillips.bsky.social on the @404media.co podcast! www.404media.co/how-the-inte...

Civil rights leaders and defense attorneys say they believe Holland lacks regards for the rights of Black defendants. “He’s demonstrated that he is untrustworthy, unreserved in his aggression and without any judicial temperament,” one attorney said. With @veritenews.org

Pennsylvania’s high court took a major step toward ending the harshest punishments in the criminal justice system, issuing a landmark ruling that could limit the use of life-without-parole sentences. To learn more about the case, sign up for State Court Report’s free newsletter: bit.ly/45IXZ0M

TODAY: AMA w/ @propublica.org and @texastribune.org reporter Zach Despart at 2 pm CT about what happened to the Colony Ridge settlement last week. DOJ plans to settle without compensating the alleged victims, and $20 mil goes to policing and immigration enforcement www.reddit.com/r/houston/co...

Synthetic biologists were tantalized by the idea of making mirror images of microbes. Then things got complicated.

President Trump is once again threatening to fire the head of the Fed, Jerome Powell. What's really going on with Trump's campaign against the Fed? I break down the big picture in the 🎞️ (or keep reading for a little 🧵⬇️) @brennancenter.org www.youtube.com/shorts/olxeL...

🎥 WATCH: ProPublica and FRONTLINE investigate the violence, protests and arrests stemming from the federal immigration sweeps across the country. "Caught in the Crackdown" premiered Tuesday, April 14 at 10 p.m. EDT/9 p.m. CDT on PBS and online. propub.li/4t9gZkF

NEW: For more than a century, a smelter and other factories spewed 400 million pounds of lead dust across Omaha’s east side. Faced with similar concerns, 13 states passed laws requiring all kids to get a blood test before kindergarten. But not Nebraska.

The 2019 ProPublica TurboTax investigation never gets old

NEW: A ProPublica and MLK50 analysis shows that just 17 of more than 800 immigration arrests made by Trump’s crime-fighting task force in and around Memphis were for violent crimes. 82% of the immigration arrests followed a traffic stop.

The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has resulted in more than 18,000 challenges in federal court from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal. We are tracking the increase in these cases:

Insurance companies can often be aggressive with their denials because “they don’t expect people to come back,” one health care advocate said. The lesson is simple, another expert told us: “Appeal, appeal, appeal, appeal. That’s all you have.”

In December 2023, the Justice Department sued a Texas land developer it accused of duping tens of thousands of Hispanic residents into predatory mortgages. Now, the Trump administration plans to settle the case without compensating victims.

Looking for a new way to support EFF’s fight for privacy and free speech online? Look no further! This new book bundle from @nostarchpress.bsky.social supports EFF and gets you a curated library of Linux courses: www.humblebundle.com/books/linux...

More than 400,000 Arizonans have lost their SNAP benefits since July — the largest decline in the nation by a wide margin — after the state implemented changes called for in Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

And if you’re in the Tri-State Area, Cindy soon will be there too for THREE free, public “Privacy’s Defender” events in NYC! www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Hey, greater NYC - EFF’s Cindy Cohn joined @wfmu.bsky.social @markhurst.bsky.social’s Techtonic to discuss her new memoir, “Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance” from @mitpress.bsky.social and where the fights for privacy are headed. techtonic.fm/episodes/20...

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Allegations against Kentucky’s largest drug rehab center claim that it knowingly falsified medical records to collect $16 million in Medicaid payments for group meetings. With @kentucky.com

NEW: Citing potential tax avoidance and “serious risks to public safety,” the Marijuana Enforcement Division warned Colorado companies about selling illegal chemically converted hemp as marijuana. w/ @denvergazette.com

One of the worst things the current era has done is to make progressive people act like two wrongs make a right when a Democrat politician is caught in a scandal. “But Trump gets away with it” is not the flex you think it is.

FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate the violence, protests and arrests stemming from the federal immigration sweeps across the country. "Caught in the Crackdown" premieres tonight on PBS and online.

The idea that modern humans inherited DNA from Neanderthal ancestors is one of the 21st century’s most celebrated discoveries in evolution. It may not be that simple.

NASA has announced SR-1, the first-ever nuclear-reactor-powered interplanetary spacecraft, with a planned Mars launch before the end of 2028—a timeline experts call aggressive but exciting.

“The US Attorney's Office doesn't lose cases because they're bad lawyers,” said a former prosecutor. "If they're losing a case, it may mean that the evidence isn't there, or it may mean that the community doesn't believe it should be a federal crime.” New @propublica.org @frontlinepbs.bsky.social

NEW: In a surprise announcement, NASA said it will launch the first nuclear reactor-powered interplanetary spacecraft to Mars in 2028. If it works, it could win them the race to the Red Planet. Here’s an inside look on how it’ll work, @technologyreview.com www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/14/1...

Exciting news for next week! @technologyreview.com subscribers will get the first peek at our brand new list, revealed live on stage at MIT next Tuesday. www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/14/1...

The Trump administration pledged to root out “rampant” fraud in federal benefit programs like SNAP and welfare. But the DOJ has shut down more than 900 cases of federal program or procurement fraud in the first six months of this administration.

Despite knowing Clint Massie was abusing girls for years, church leaders never reported him to police. It felt like “a group of people who are not just trying to protect someone — but something,” the DA said. “They have enabled something awful here.” (Published Nov. 2025 with @startribune.com)

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Chase allowed someone to open an account — online, without providing ID — under the name of a Boston garage. That account was then used to solicit hundreds of thousands of dollars from fraud victims around the U.S. (Published June 2025)

“Our justice system has failed large swaths of the country. It has failed those who are incarcerated in our often inhumane prisons and jails.” @lbeisen.bsky.social talks with @thelastmileorg.bsky.social about how some states are trying to improve conditions for people who live and work in prisons.

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Montanan Wesley Sarmento has deployed drones to keep humans safe and grizzlies out of trouble.

Does free will exist? Neuroscientist Uri Maoz devises experiments to illuminate how—or if—the brain makes decisions.

ICYMI: A mysterious impostor who claimed to be ProPublica reporter Robert Faturechi reached out to a Canadian official and a Latvian businessman working with Ukraine. So, the real @robert-faturechi.bsky.social did some reporting of his own.

On Nov. 14, 2023, Ciji Graham had an episode of atrial fibrillation that put her at risk of heart failure. According to a text Graham sent to a friend that day, her cardiologist didn’t treat her because she was pregnant. Days later, she died. (Published Jan.)

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Nearly half of Arizona’s SNAP participants have lost benefits since the state implemented new Trump legislation. “Arizona is just the alarm bell,” one expert said. “This is likely going to happen in every state.”

The bills seeking to shield oil companies from lawsuits send the message that “you can pollute with impunity,” said Carly Phillips of the Union of Concerned Scientists. “It’s really a thumb in the eye of places that are affected by climate change.”

The beginnings of Christian nationalism date back decades. This is how the movement has evolved since the 1970s — and how it has become a powerful force in American politics today. (Published Oct. 2024)

Nearly 6 billion people live in the 101 countries that a study has identified as confronting a net decline in water supply — signaling enormous challenges for food production and a heightening risk of conflict and instability. (Published July 2025)

American consumers deserve the assurance that the devices they use, whether routers or other connected smart home devices, are built to withstand attacks that put themselves and others at risk, no matter where they are manufactured. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Engineers, time to lock in. The post-quantum readiness timeline has moved up in light of new research, and the new deadline is only 33 months away. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

“Discord is in the business of making money by selling their users’ personal data,” Samantha Baldwin told @arstechnica.com. “They are implementing ‘age verification’ to meet regulatory compliance and to collect more data about their customers, not protect children.” arstechnica.com/tech-policy...

Two of the three major credit bureaus have sharply reduced the share of complaints they resolved in customers’ favor. In 2024, Experian’s relief rate was 20%. Last year, that figure fell to less than 1%.

I recently learned someone is posing as me, trying to work people for info. So I did some reporting of my own on what appears to be the latest evolution of online deception... www.propublica.org/article/impe...

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This story is wild! An imposter has been impersonating ProPublica reporter @robert-faturechi.bsky.social and he tries to figure out who it is.

New: A mysterious impostor who claimed to be ProPublica reporter Robert Faturechi reached out to a Canadian official and a Latvian businessman working with Ukraine. So, the real @robert-faturechi.bsky.social did some reporting of his own.

Schwartz’s employees allege the nursing home chain withheld $2M+ in health insurance premiums from 1,000 workers’ paychecks but failed to provide coverage. One plaintiff said she was left with $50K+ in bills after surgery, wrecking her credit.

ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax. Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes. (Published Dec. 2024)

NEW: A Federal Judge Worried a Proposed Settlement Doesn’t Do Enough to Help Victims. Trump’s DOJ Is Still Moving Forward. by @zachdespart.bsky.social w/ @texastribune.org

NEW: The proposed $68 million settlement involves a Texas land developer that the DOJ had previously accused of preying on Hispanic residents. It includes no money for victims but more than $20 million for police and immigration enforcement. W/ @texastribune.org

More of the web is encrypted than ever before! And it's thanks to strong advocacy, hard work, and tools like EFF's Certbot. Help support privacy and free speech today. eff.org/support-cer...