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Sep 18, 2024 | 
propublica.org | Sharon Lerner |Sebastian Rotella |Garrett Yalch |Clifton Adcock
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. More than three years ago, a small group of government scientists came forward with disturbing allegations. During President Donald Trump’s administration, they said, their managers at the Environmental Protection Agency began pressuring them to make new chemicals they were vetting seem safer than they really were.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
propublica.org | Rob Davis |Matthew Kish |Sebastian Rotella |Garrett Yalch
This article was produced in partnership with The Oregonian/OregonLive. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. When Nike’s shareholders convene in a virtual meeting room on Tuesday, they will hear from dissatisfied investors who hope to shift the company’s approach to climate change, gender equity and labor rights using one of the only tools they have: transparency.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
propublica.org | Sebastian Rotella |Garrett Yalch |Clifton Adcock |Kirsten Berg
A quadruple murder at an illegal marijuana farm in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, opened a window into a disturbing reality. Chinese criminal networks have taken over much of the illicit marijuana market in the U.S., stoking a wave of crime that includes violence, money laundering and human trafficking. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
msn.com | Sebastian Rotella |Kirsten Berg |Garrett Yalch |Clifton Adcock
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
propublica.org | Garrett Yalch |Clifton Adcock |Sebastian Rotella |Kirsten Berg
Fields of Green A quadruple murder in Oklahoma shows how the Chinese underworld has come to dominate the booming illicit trade, fortifying its rise as a global powerhouse with alleged ties to China’s authoritarian regime. A Marijuana Boom Led Her to Oklahoma. Then Anti-Drug Agents Seized Her Money and Raided Her Home. 黑帮、金钱与凶杀：华人有组织犯罪主宰美国地下大麻交易
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
propublica.org | Megan Rose |Clifton Adcock |Garrett Yalch |Sebastian Rotella
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. A federal judge ruled in March that ProPublica’s lawsuit against the secretary of defense should move forward, as the news organization seeks to increase public access to the military’s court proceedings and records.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
propublica.org | Jake Pearson |Heather Vogell |Allan Sloan |Sebastian Rotella
In New York, more than 28,000 adults are under the care of legally appointed guardians. But the system is in shambles, and weak oversight has enabled guardians to abuse, neglect and defraud the very people they are supposed to care for. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.
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Mar 28, 2024 | 
propublica.org | Richard Webster |Clifton Adcock |Garrett Yalch |Sebastian Rotella
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Verite News. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Janice Parker walked into the medical ward at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola several years back, looking for her son, Kentrell Parker. He should have been easy to find.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
propublica.org | Anna Clark |Garrett Yalch |Clifton Adcock |Sebastian Rotella
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. A bill moving through the Michigan House of Representatives would fix flaws in a 7-year-old compensation fund that the state set up to help wrongfully convicted people rebuild their lives. Sponsored by Rep.
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Mar 22, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Sebastian Rotella |Kirsten Berg |Garrett Yalch |Clifton Adcock
The photos look like a routine encounter between a senior Chinese diplomat and immigrants in the American heartland: dutiful smiles, casual clothes, a teapot on a table, Chinese and U.S. flags on the wall. But behind the images, there is a potentially concerning story. During two trips to Oklahoma, Consul General Zhu Di of the Chinese embassy visited a cultural association that has been a target of investigations into Chinese mafias that dominate the state’s billion-dollar marijuana industry.
