A federal appeals court ruled this week that North Carolina and West Virginia's policies restricting medical coverage for transgender people are discriminatory. Aliyya Swaby with the details! propublica.org/article/transg…

This a good opportunity for New Yorkers to watch this short video by ProPublica about this case. propublica.org/article/the-ny…

Last week, the NYPD announced that the officer who shot Kawaski Trawick will not face internal discipline. Our ProPublica video walks you through what happened the night Trawick was shot and killed in 2019: propublica.org/article/the-ny…

Guns purchased illegally in Indiana are often recovered in other states. Maps for ProPublica's new story on Gary, Indiana's lawsuit against gun retailers and manufacturers: propublica.org/article/inside…

When U.S. agencies reviewed World Health Assembly guidance on regulating toddler formula, a U.S. trade official wrote 'we cannot support... positive language,' and struck out the word 'endorses.' The trade agency is heavily lobbied by the formula industry. projects.propublica.org/toddler-formul…

Then, a CDC official responds that they 'MUST NOT DELETE' the sentence, writing that there is significant evidence to link baby formula promotion and stopping breastfeeding. See the whole exchange in our graphical story: projects.propublica.org/toddler-formul…

One of the exchanges I found particularly wild: A trade official struck out all of this language about the (well-documented) links between advertising baby formula and stopping breastfeeding. Important to note: U.S. gov agencies are heavily lobbied by the formula industry.

If you ever wondered what kind of conversations take place among government officials behind the scenes, @ProPublica has quite the revealing peek at U.S. policymaking today: projects.propublica.org/toddler-formul…

NEW: Thousands of vulnerable New Yorkers are failed by the state's broken guardianship system -- especially poor folks without family or friends to look after them. We found they're exploited and neglected by a loosely-regulated network of nonprofits. propublica.org/article/how-on…

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Anti-transgender laws have surged in recent years. This #NICAR24 panel will help you find better reporting questions and cut through politics to get to facts.

This session is planned in collaboration with Trans Journalists Association. schedules.ire.org/nicar-2024/ind… Lucas Waldron Justin Myers Alberto Cairo

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The high school teacher said the atmosphere felt “like a red scare”. Pro-LGBTQ+ symbols had been ripped from hallways, and some fellow teachers, worried about being targeted, were taking down Pride flags in their classrooms.
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The management of the Los Angeles Times has announced that it intends to imminently lay off a significant number of journalists, and is asking the Guild to gut seniority protections in our union contract so they have vastly more freedom to pick whom to lay off.