ProPublica reporter Rob Davis began with a simple question: Had Nike truly become a beacon of environmental stewardship and fair labor practices, as it claimed? To find the answer, he had to travel across the Pacific Ocean. #News #Nike #Environment #Labor #Work #Business #Cambodia
“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention — One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism. #News #DHS #Extremism #Trump #Security #Terrorism #Government
Dismissed by DEI: Trump’s Purge Made Black Women With Stable Federal Jobs an “Easy Target” — The president’s attack on diversity efforts has derailed the government careers of highly educated civil servants — even though the jobs some lost were not directly involved with any DEI programs. #News #DEI #Diversity #Government #Trump #BlackMastodon
Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede. Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.” #News #Kenya #Refugees #USAID #Trump #Crime #Nigeria
Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing — ProPublica found that Congress was underfunding tribal colleges by a quarter-billion dollars per year. Rather than fixing the problem, proposed federal funding cuts unveiled this week would devastate the schools, tribal education leaders say. #News #Native #Indigenous #Education #College #University #HigherEd #Trump
How Tech Company Recruiters Sidestep Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — Every Sunday, newspapers are full of ads for tech jobs that aren't really looking for applicants. They reveal an aspect of U.S. immigration law that hurts both domestic and foreign workers — yet has endured for decades. #News #Tech #Technology #Trump #Immigration #Visa
A 2023 investigation by WPLN News and ProPublica found that Richard L. Bean was illegally locking kids up alone in cells. A new scandal has forced his resignation. #News #Tennessee #Children #Detention #Law
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He Died Without Getting Mental Health Care He Sought. A New Lawsuit Says His Insurer’s Ghost Network Is to Blame. — The mother of Ravi Coutinho, the subject of a recent ProPublica investigation, is suing Centene for publishing “misleading” information that gave her son a false impression about the kinds of mental health care that were actually available. #News #MentalHealth #Healthcare #Law #Therapy #Insurance #Health