Jennifer Smith Richards
Investigative Reporter at ProPublica
Investigations in the Midwest at ProPublica. Past: Chicago Tribune by way of OH/GA/NY/WV. Enthusiastic about FOIA + data. Tell me everything.
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propublica.org | Eric Umansky |Vernal Coleman |Peter Elkind |Jennifer Smith Richards
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Earlier this year, doctors at Veterans Affairs hospitals in Pennsylvania sounded an alarm.
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propublica.org | Peter Elkind |Jennifer Smith Richards |Jodi S. Cohen |Tim Golden
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The Trump administration has eliminated or stifled critical data at dozens of federal agencies. Now the administration’s actions are hitting a new realm: the energy industry.
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propublica.org | Asia Fields |Ashley Clarke |Jodi S. Cohen |Jennifer Smith Richards
Since President Donald Trump took office, his administration laid off nearly half of the Department of Education division that handles civil rights investigations and shifted its focus. The administration halted work on thousands of pending discrimination cases while ordering investigations aligned with its priorities. Some people have spoken out about their cases being in limbo or about not receiving updates. We know there are thousands of other people who are affected.
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propublica.org | Jennifer Smith Richards |Jodi S. Cohen |Tim Golden |Jake Pearson
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The administration has closed Education Department civil rights offices and fired workers. Now, investigating discrimination in schools is practically “impossible.” The civil rights office has abandoned its traditional priorities. Instead, it is trying to limit the rights of transgender students and rid schools of diversity efforts.
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3 weeks ago |
propublica.org | Phoebe Petrovic |Doug Bock Clark |Erin Rhoda |Jennifer Smith Richards
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Wisconsin Watch. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Lawyers said Wisconsin’s public name-change process creates a dataset of likely transgender people, exposing them to risks of discrimination, harassment or violence.
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