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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 31/07/2026

🚨 WE HAVE A DEAL! After three years, in a major step forward for our members, we have ratified our first contract with @propublica.org’s management. We deeply appreciate everyone who supported us along the way. Here are some of our big wins👇

A graphic poster reads "We have a deal! The ProPublica Guild has reached a deal with ProPublica's management on our first contract and has voted to ratify it. Swipe for the highlights [pointing emoji].

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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 24/07/2026

There have been more than 70 fires, including a dozen cases of self-immolation, in the last three years at an Illinois prison that was supposed to be a model of prioritizing mental health treatment and healing instead of punishment.

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How An Illinois Prison Drove Desperate Men to Set Themselves on Fire

Designed to help people with serious mental illness, Joliet Treatment Center repeatedly failed to prevent or respond to fires, despite two deaths.

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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I appreciated going on @msnowreports.bsky.social earlier this week, with my co-reporter @annaflagg.bsky.social to talk about our most recent reporting on the detention of immigrant children. The producers on @anacabrera.bsky.social's show are great to work with. www.ms.now/ana-cabrera-...

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Over 6,200 children have been detained by ICE in Trump's second term: Report

Children's rights groups are sounding the alarm after a new analysis from The Marshall Project found ICE has detained over 6,200 kids since the start of President Trump's second term. Senior Data Repo...

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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

After detaining children and parents for weeks, or months, inside Dilley detention center, ICE is dumping them at a shelter in Laredo, TX. They are often thousands of miles away from where they were arrested, with no money to get back home. THREAD (1/) www.themarshallproject.org/2026/03/02/i...

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After Detention, Families Stranded in Border Town Face Harrowing Journey Home

Parents and children from a detention center in Texas found themselves dropped at a border town shelter with few means to leave.

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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

This is 18-mo-old Amalia waving to me when she was detained. She was hospitalized with a respiratory infection while at ICE’s Dilley facility for immigrant families. She’s one of dozens of detainees who I spoke to via video and phone calls, letters and an in-person visit. 🧵1/

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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

The number of children in ICE detention on an average day has skyrocketed 6x since Trump took an office. Families complain of poor medical care and worm-infested food. "It’s only a matter of time before we see a child die," one advocate said. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/29/i...

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Children in ICE Detention Skyrocket in Trump’s Second Term

With a six-fold jump in children in detention, advocates allege harrowing conditions are putting kids’ lives at risk.

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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 17/12/2025

Analysis by The Marshall Project of ICE data obtained by the Deportation Data Project found that the Trump administration’s revival of family detention has swept thousands of children into ICE custody. At least 3,800 children under 18, including 20 infants, have been booked since Trump took office.

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ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit

Former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.

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annaflagg.bsky.social @annaflagg.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

New analysis shows at least 3,800 children and infants have been booked into ICE detention since Trump took office. At least 1,300 were detained 20 days or more, the court limit for how long children with families can be held: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/17/c...

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ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit

Former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.

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Marshall Project Guild @marshallprojectguild.org · 14/08/2025

Today, we sent a letter to @themarshallproject.org‬ leadership expressing concern about their denial of bargaining obligations. Management has repeatedly denied members Weingarten rights, engaged in an illegal layoff, and more — we need your help to demand that management bargain in good faith.

Dear Katrice and Geraldine,

We are deeply concerned about the manner in which The Marshall Project has been treating our members and approaching the bargaining process. Recently, The Marshall Project leadership has betrayed our organization’s values and compromised our position in the industry and the journalism we pursue. It’s time for that to change.

The guild has worked tirelessly and in good faith on proposals that would keep high-quality health care affordable for Marshallers. We have also been steadfast in asserting that all recognized members deserve due process and fair treatment required under the law.

The organization, in turn, has increasingly taken anti-worker stances that have eroded trust and created a culture that makes it difficult to do the work that makes us proud. Since the organization has taken such a hardline stance, refusing to work with the guild on the items listed below, we will be filing unfair labor practices with the National Labor Relations Board and stepping up our public efforts to make it clear that we demand fair treatment.

The following recent actions by the organization have taken an immense toll on the workers of The Marshall Project:

1. The organization has repeatedly denied steward representation to a member facing a Performance Improvement Plan and possible termination, as well as denying another member representation in their termination meeting last week. This denial is illegal, egregious, and completely out of line with standards across our industry and the labor movement going back decades. We are shocked that the organization would take such a hypocritical and prohibitive stance on this, given our mission. The union has filed an Unfair Labor Practice about this illegal violation of members’ Weingarten rights and demands that members be allowed steward representation in any meeting they feel is appropriate.

2. The organization has caused a retaliatory ripple effect with its actions against one employee that has touched an entire newsroom in Cleveland with negative effects that go against the stated purpose of collaboration with local media and our ability to make good on promises we made to readers. When the organization recognized members it had a duty to follow the law and not proceed with layoffs without bargaining. We have filed an Unfair Labor Practice for the illegal layoff of employees and management retaliation.

3. The organization made a unilateral change to our outside employment policy without bargaining, changing expectations to require managerial approval. We have always maintained a workplace where outside work is permitted and the organization’s sudden termination of Chris Vazquez without a steward, without an opportunity to stop the freelancing project, and without severance is unjust and defies our values.

4. The organization is employing a strategic erosion of status quo through small changes to past practice while we bargain our first contract, including erasure of our cost-of-living adjustment, a significant change to our health insurance, and modifying the evaluation process. The organization has inconsistently complied with requests for information, which does not reflect good faith in bargaining.

The Marshall Project, in retaining union-busting law firm Kauff McGuire & Margolis, is willingly participating in the erosion of worker protections across our industry, a project that takes advantage of the current anti-worker political environment. When The Marshall Project voluntarily recognized our union last year, it touted a “longstanding commitment to a fair, equitable and inclusive workplace, with generous benefits.” We are demanding a return to these values.

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annaflagg.bsky.social @annaflagg.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

In 2000 the Death in Custody Reporting Act passed requiring the DOJ to track deaths in prisons, jails & police interactions. Why, 25 years later, does the U.S. government still not know how many people die in custody? *New @themarshallproject.org report*: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/08/07/d...

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Why Doesn’t the U.S. Government Know How Many People Die in Custody?

Under the Death in Custody Reporting Act, the government is supposed to track how many people die in law enforcement custody — but the data is a mess.

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