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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…

Citing two decades-worth of complaints about overcrowding, inadequate health care and other mistreatment, a new report alleges Plymouth County Correctional Facility staffers engaged in a pattern of abuse against immigrant detainees. wbur.org/news/2024/09/1…

Leaked docs: While Gaza starved, USAID and State's refugees bureau came to a legally explosive conclusion — Israel had deliberately prevented food & medicine from getting in But Blinken told congress the exact opposite, so the arms could keep flowing. propublica.org/article/gaza-p…

Come join our team! BU’s Journalism Dept. has an opening for a highly skilled, nationally recognized TV news professional who would love the opportunity to work with students and help educate the next generation of broadcast journalists. Apply here👇 jobs.silkroad.com/BU/External

The real reason Texas can't control its border: it needs the migrants too badly. For 8 months, I've investigated undocumented construction workers, the bosses hiring them, and the politicians who look the other way: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

Congress Is Underfunding Tribal Colleges by $250 Million Per Year propublica.org/article/tribal…

"In raw numbers, the loss of jobs in newspapers is the single largest drop in all industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey." niemanlab.org/2024/10/medill…

NEW: UMass Boston announced it will provide free college tuition and no fees for eligible low-income and minority students through a new program. More details TK. This comes after the state made community colleges free. #mapoli

BLACK INVESTIGATOR SPOTLIGHT: Every month, NABJ Investigative Task Force will highlight work done by Black investigative journalists nationwide. The first story we're highlighting is this ProPublica story done by Corey Johnson. propublica.org/article/gunmak…

Our job is to give readers an independent, verifiable account of what’s happening, even if the president is calling us enemies of the people or bloodsuckers. At ProPublica, our mantra is that we bring the receipts to every story we publish. propublica.org/article/second…

Hey journalism students! The The Associated Press is now accepting applications for its paid, four-month global news internship program. Locations this year include NYC, LA, and D.C., as well as Japan, London and Cairo. Find a list of internship roles here: careers.ap.org/go/View-All-Jo…

Congress underfunds tribal colleges by $250 million per year. The outcome is crimped budgets and crumbling buildings in what the U.S. Civil Rights Commission once called the “most poorly funded institutions of higher education in the country": propub.li/3OaEeYU

Seems to me that 8 years ago, we would’ve found out about a shift in enforcement like this only after hearing about arrests in schools and hospitals. Trump 2.0 isn’t hiding anything this go around, but instead issuing statements. The fear is the point. apnews.com/article/immigr…

New: David Fotouhi, a lawyer who recently challenged a ban on asbestos, worked to roll back climate regulations and water protections while serving in the Environmental Protection Agency during Trump's first administration. propub.li/3Csc5du

🚨There are now 4 MILLION deportation cases pending at the US immigration courts With new data out, record high total shows what a monumental challenge US govt. faces trying to execute Trump's mass deportation plans Backlog has doubled since FY 2021

Shoutout to ItsTheReal for dropping knowledge (and laughs) at my College of Communication, Boston University podcasting class today! “It’s not the medium, it’s the voice.” Couldn’t agree more.

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In the last three weeks, the Trump administration has purged federal law enforcement agencies of prosecutors and investigators who’d been pursuing white supremacist groups that had been listed among the most dangerous threats to national security. propublica.org/article/jan-6-…

Many would-be asylum seekers have left border cities like Tijuana since Trump took office. But for thousands who remain, their hope of a legal pathway has dissolved into scenes of uncertainty. w Gabriel O'Hara Salini zenobia wbur.org/news/2025/03/2…