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50 years ago, SSI was created to lift impoverished disabled/elderly from poverty. NPR investigation finds its dated rules and absurd bureaucracy now keep people stuck in poverty npr.org/2024/06/08/g-s…

In WA, spitting on a health care worker is a felony. The law, meant to protect health care workers, ensnares mostly people in mental health crisis and does little to deter violence. From Christie Thompson Esmy Jimenez and me. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/m…

More states are passing laws that increase crim penalties for assaults on healthcare workers. But there's an unintended consequence: more people in crisis landing in jail, where they get even sicker. New story w/Sydney Brownstone & Esmy Jimenez: themarshallproject.org/2024/06/09/sea…

So if you know anything about the mental health care system in the U.S., you've probably heard it tends to overlap with police and the criminal legal system, right? The reality is a little more complicated but it's important to understand how and why🧵

🚨🚨🚨 Attention Investigative Reporters & Editors journos: So excited to share that The Marshall Project is hosting networking and mentorship hours at #IRE24. I'll be there Friday afternoon. Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

They survived domestic violence—and then courts threw them in prison for their abusers' crimes. This is happening systematically, around the country. Important reporting by Shannon Heffernan. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

How do you convince police officers that it makes sense to send unarmed mental health workers to some 911 calls? Part 1 of "The Fifth Branch," our new special series with The Marshall Project is out today. Listen and subscribe ⬇️ tradeoffs.org/2024/07/18/the…

Who do you want to respond if someone you know has a mental health crisis? I've spent a year talking to cities that send unarmed mental health workers instead of cops. The result is THE FIFTH BRANCH, a special series from Tradeoffs + The Marshall Project. tradeoffs.org/thefifthbranch/

Let me show you a smart practice. "Investigate This" from the Marshall Project gives other newsrooms the tools they need to do their own versions of investigations the Marshall Project succeeded with. themarshallproject.org/investigate-th… A "reporting recipe" is what ProPublica calls it.

Given the power nurse practitioners have over patient care, it's *a bit* disconcerting when the former director of the country's largest NP program says she can't recall denying acceptance to a single student. Caleb Melby Polly Noah Buhayar Businessweek Bloomberg bloomberg.com/news/features/…

NEW: Hospitals around the US are using inaccurate pee-in-a-cup drug tests to report new mothers to child protective services, prompting investigations and even the removal of newborns from their families over false positive results. My latest: themarshallproject.org/2024/09/09/dru…

When prisoners were being abused under his watch, a fed warden was referred for discipline -- then appointed director of a national training academy themarshallproject.org/2024/10/16/fed…

My brilliant The Marshall Project colleagues analyzed 350,000+ of Donald J. Trump's public statements and identified 13 major claims about immigration that are untrue or deeply misleading. Trump has repeated these false or misleading claims more than 500 times. themarshallproject.org/2024/10/21/fac…

Every year, millions of women in labor receive routine meds like fentanyl in their epidurals and blood pressure meds for c-sections. But these meds can trigger positive drug tests. And hospitals are reporting patients to CPS over it. My latest: themarshallproject.org/2024/12/11/pre…

Today, I’m pardoning 39 people with non-violent crimes who have demonstrated remorse and rehabilitation, and I’m commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 others – many of whom would have received lower sentences today.   America was built on second chances. That's what these

3 of my favorite people examine the impact of sleep deprivation in prison. Shannon Heffernan & Keri Blakinger collaborated on the story by the The Marshall Project, and Professor Sharon Dolovich is quoted. Kudos for bringing his too long neglected issue to light! themarshallproject.org/2024/12/12/sle…

New, from Businessweek The Egg: A story of extraction, exploitation and opportunity This investigation of the human egg trade (and egg theft) takes you from India➡️Argentina➡️Greece➡️Taiwan➡️US.... Superb work from a team of extraordinary reporters. Gift link: bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

I've been writing about prison abuse for many years, but the stories I heard from this facility were beyond egregious. New story on violence in a remote federal prison, and how those inside organized to expose what's happening: themarshallproject.org/2024/12/17/vir… w/ NPR