Nicole Santa Cruz (@nicolesantacruz) 's Twitter Profile
Nicole Santa Cruz

@nicolesantacruz

@ProPublica reporter writing about underserved communities and inequality in the Southwest 🌵 trying to spend more time here: @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social

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Researchers and academics: We’re trying to learn more about the real-life scope and impact of the Trump administration terminating NIH grants. Here's how you can help our reporting 👇 propublica.org/getinvolved/na…

Michael J. Mishak (@mjmishak) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Remember the Michigan plant at the heart of the national baby formula shortage in 2022? Workers there tell ProPublica they're still seeing "persistent leaks" and "unaddressed contamination." In speaking out, one said, “I can’t have this on my conscience." propublica.org/article/baby-f…

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NEW: LA homelessness officials are refusing to release public records to LAist about allegations of high-level wrongdoing — including whistleblower retaliation — that led to $800,000 in taxpayer payouts. Attorneys say it’s unlawful for LAHSA to withhold. laist.com/news/politics/…

Stacey Champion (@champpr) 's Twitter Profile Photo

82-year-old's heat-related death in #Arizona after unpaid power bills prompts calls for change #HeatKills kjzz.org/kjzz-news/2025…

Aallyah Wright (@aallyahpatrice) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In Clarksdale, there's limited transportation and no movie theater. The town inspired Sinners, but many can't travel to see it in theaters. They created a petition to invite Ryan Coogler & team to host a public screening and experience the Delta. NEW: capitalbnews.org/clarksdale-rya…

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“It was heartbreaking.” A federal program offering Utah farmers free therapy was so successful that it ran out of money in four months. But lawmakers have chosen not to continue funding it. propublica.org/article/utah-f… Jessica Schreifels The Salt Lake Tribune

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The Los Angeles Times is laying off journalists again, their latest attempt to cut their way to rock bottom with no business plan. If you'd like to help the affected journalists, you can donate here: gofundme.com/f/help-support…

Anjeanette Damon (@anjeanettedamon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A “We Buy Ugly Houses” former franchise owner is accused of orchestrating a yearslong Ponzi scheme, bilking tens of millions of dollars from investors. “It’s incalculable the amount of damage this guy did. He’s ruined some lives,” said one investor. propublica.org/article/homeve…

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I saw this story last night, then someone pointed out to me today that Invisible People ➤ Imagine Everyone With a Home interviewed Lacrecia five years ago: Cancer Survivor and Homeless Veteran Living in a Tent in Los Angeles youtu.be/Omevex_4MOs?si…

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🧵 As hurricane season approaches, I want to tell you why I spent the past 4 months reporting this new story about Hurricane Helene. In 1999, I spent 13 hours in a car on a gridlocked interstate with my 3-week-old baby during the disastrous mass evacuation from Hurricane Floyd.

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A three-year investigation found that Phoenix police routinely violated the rights of homeless people. This week, DOJ officials announced that they had abandoned efforts to ensure the city and its police department addressed those issues. propublica.org/article/phoeni…

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The New York Times reviewed a guest list and social media posts to identify who was invited to President Trump’s private event for customers of his cryptocurrency business on Thursday and a White House tour on Friday. Here are some of them. nytimes.com/2025/05/23/us/…

Lisa Halverstadt (@lisahalverstadt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🧵Career highlight I hope will have many positive ripples: Poynter just published a guide to homelesness reporting that I've spent months creating with an impressive group of journalists across the country with years of experience on the beat. poynter.org/ethics-trust/2…

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"Remigration"—a far-right European plan to expel minorities and immigrants from Western nations—may soon have a dedicated office following a Trump administration reorganization of the State Department. wired.com/story/trump-of…

Melissa Sanchez (@msanchezmia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

1/ We got gov. data showing that the Trump administration knew the majority of Venezuelan men it sent to a prison in El Salvador had no criminal record in U.S. - and that only a handful had been convicted of violent crimes - before calling them all terrorists and deporting them.

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Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees to a maximum security prison in El Salvador were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws. texastribune.org/2025/05/30/tru… via Texas Tribune