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Tony Bartelme @tbartelme.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Our latest @postandcourier.bsky.social project is called "Forever Stained." On the surface, it's about "forever chemicals" and the carpet industry's role. But on deeper levels, it's about corporate responsibility and the importance of watchdogs. www.postandcourier.com/news/special...
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How a SC riverkeeper’s detective work reveals a deeper tale about the carpet industry's PFAS legacy
Congaree Riverkeeper Bill Stangler traced PFAS "forever chemicals" to Shaw Industries' South Carolina carpet plant on the Lower Saluda River in Irmo.
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Dominic Manchee @dpmanchee.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Everyone should watch this News Emmys Award winning piece of journalism. War crimes have been committed by both sides. Those who have flouted international law should be punished, and yes that includes acts of urbicide by the IDF. @jdportes.bsky.social @tomfletcherun.bsky.social @theguardian.com
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Glad to see @evidentmedia.org winning the News Emmys Award for Outstanding Video Journalism for our investigation A Hidden War, which you can see below www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/04...
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The Hidden War in Gaza and the West Bank - bellingcat
Bellingcat and partners Scripps News used open source research and on the ground interviews to cover the war in Gaza and escalations in the West Bank.
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
A special moment that never gets old, unboxing a new book after years of work on it. Please help me welcome The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide.
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 25/06/2025
In these states, law enforcement and prosecutors have expanded their use of child abuse and neglect laws in recent years to police the conduct of pregnant women under the concept of “fetal personhood.”
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How These Four States Use Fetal Personhood to Punish Pregnant Women
Hundreds of women who used drugs while pregnant have faced criminal charges — even when they deliver healthy babies.
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Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak @alikodjak.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Hello #federalemployees. @propublica.org wants to hear your stories.
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Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak @alikodjak.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
The lack of precision in the committee’s methodology is “obviously laughable,” said Kim Lane Scheppele, a professor of international affairs at Princeton University who studies the rise and fall of constitutional governments. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
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A Study of Mint Plants. A Device to Stop Bleeding. This Is the Scientific Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.”
The senator flagged thousands of National Science Foundation grants for using words like “female” and “diversify.” A ProPublica analysis found numerous examples of projects caught up in his crude meth...
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Staci D. Kramer @sdkstl.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
New local investigative reporting program coming from @apnews.com led by @nixonron.bsky.social
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AP creates Local Investigative Reporting Program  | The Associated Press
In a memo to staff on Thursday, Executive Editor Julie Pace announced AP will launch a Local Investigative Reporting Program led by Ron Nixon:  All, I am
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nixonron @nixonron.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
apnews.com/article/isra... As Israel uses US-made AI models in war, concerns arise about tech’s role in who lives and who dies.
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As Israel uses US-made AI models in war, concerns arise about tech’s role in who lives and who dies
U.S. tech giants have quietly empowered Israel to track and kill many more alleged militants more quickly in Gaza and Lebanon through a sharp spike in artificial intelligence and computing services.
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nixonron @nixonron.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
apnews.com/article/isra... As Israel uses US-made AI models in war, concerns arise about tech’s role in who lives and who dies.
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As Israel uses US-made AI models in war, concerns arise about tech’s role in who lives and who dies
U.S. tech giants have quietly empowered Israel to track and kill many more alleged militants more quickly in Gaza and Lebanon through a sharp spike in artificial intelligence and computing services.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
NEW: School vouchers were passed in Mississippi in the 1960s with the support of the White Citizens’ Council and a goal of continuing segregation. Money still goes to segregation academies today. Shocking story.
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Segregation Academies in Mississippi Are Benefiting From Public Dollars, as They Did in the 1960s
ProPublica identified 20 schools in the state that likely opened as segregation academies and have received almost $10 million over the past six years from the state’s tax credit donation program.
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