Melissa Sanchez

Oct 31, 2024 | omahadailyrecord.com | Melissa Sanchez |Maryam Jameel

Series: The New Immigration:How Recent Arrivals at the Border Have Changed the Country and Its AttitudesReporting HighlightsNew Arrivals: Over the past few years, several hundred immigrants from Nicaragua have arrived in the small Wisconsin city of Whitewater. Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: Most of the Nicaraguan immigrants came to Whitewater for low-paying jobs in local factories, food-processing plants and egg farms — jobs employers were desperate to fill.

Dec 29, 2023 | postindustrial.com | Umar Farooq |Ross Williams |Maryam Jameel |Melissa Sanchez

Relatives of Joseph Pettaway display a photo of him. Pettaway was killed in 2018 by police in Montgomery, Alabama, and his family has fought to have body-camera video released to the public. // Alyssa Pointer for ProPublica Alabama is among the most restrictive states for disclosing body-camera footage when police kill loved ones. Surviving family members often must go to court to get access to the video, and even if successful, they usually can’t share it publicly.

Dec 24, 2023 | postindustrial.com | Ross Williams |Maryam Jameel |Melissa Sanchez |Tom Peterson

The holidays aren’t cheap, and neither is a college degree. And for the first time since the pandemic, more than 1 million Georgians might need to factor in the cost of student loan payments into their budgets as they prepare to celebrate. Loan payments, paused during the COVID-19 pandemic, kicked back in this October, creating a new monthly expense for more than 15% of Georgians.

Dec 20, 2023 | msn.com | Maryam Jameel |Melissa Sanchez

Dec 20, 2023 | postindustrial.com | Maryam Jameel |Melissa Sanchez |Tom Peterson |Michigan Advance

Zeke Peña, special to ProPublica Immigrant workers are essential to Wisconsin’s dairy industry. But when they get injured, they’re often cast aside. ~ By Maryam Jameel and Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. This story was co-published with the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin.