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· 4w ago

Data center wastewater is under the microscope—and that scrutiny could mean cleaner water. Communities are pushing back, and new oversight is forcing a responsible path forward. Read more → https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/09/meta-data-center-rare-bacteria-backlash-waste-water-contamination/ #MotherJones #Investigative #Environment

Data centers now facing backlash over contaminated wastewater

Data centers now facing backlash over contaminated wastewater

Locals are raising alarms over rare bacteria, forever chemicals, and other environmental concerns.

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· 2mo ago

Public AI could be our shared utility, not Big Tech's cash cow. This interview offers a blueprint for community-owned, open-source AI that empowers everyone—from Africa to Europe. Read more → https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/what-ai-regulation-and-ownership-could-be/ #MotherJones #Investigative #Politics

What AI regulation and ownership could be

What AI regulation and ownership could be

Public ownership of AI isn't just about disentangling it from giant, for-profit startups.

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· 2mo ago

For the Second Time, Lawmakers Failed to Fix California's Warning System for Teacher Misconduct https://www.propublica.org/article/california-teacher-misconduct-database-bill-failed-al-muratsuchi #Investigative #Education #Government

For the Second Time, Lawmakers Failed to Fix California’s Warning System for Teacher Misconduct

California is set to launch a database for school support staff, such as bus drivers and janitors, with substantiated claims of egregious misconduct. Setting up a similar system for public school teachers, however, is proving more complicated.

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· 2mo ago

Andy Beshear Set Out to Make Drug Treatment Widely Available in Kentucky. Fraud and Abuse Followed. https://www.propublica.org/article/andy-beshear-kentucky-opioid-drug-crisis-medicaid-spending-fraud #Investigative #Health #Journalism

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Andy Beshear Set Out to Make Drug Treatment Widely Available in Kentucky. Fraud and Abuse Followed.

In 2020 as Kentucky faced a spike of deadly overdoses, Gov. Andy Beshear set out to help more people access drug treatment by loosening Medicaid spending controls. But as the costs piled up, so did the warnings that the system was being abused.

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· 2mo ago

6 Podcasts About Scandals and Cover-Ups https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/arts/podcasts-coverups-larry-nasser.html #Podcasts #Scandal #Investigative

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· 2mo ago

How Videos Helped Me Uncover Abuse at an Arkansas Private School https://www.propublica.org/article/arkansas-private-school-abuse-video #Investigative #Journalism #Education

How Videos Helped Me Uncover Abuse at an Arkansas Private School

Mary “Tracy” Morrison ordered students to scrub floors and urged them to attack a classmate. Few records exist of incidents at The Delta Institute for the Developing Brain, a private school with little transparency. I pieced together what happened.

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· 2mo ago

Oceans are soaking up 90% of our excess heat—and it’s fueling deadly heatwaves on land right now. Here’s how understanding that link can save lives today. Read more → https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/07/oceans-abosorbing-heat-extreme-weather-heat-waves-land/ #MotherJones #Investigative #Environment

Oceans are absorbing huge amounts of heat—and sending some of it ashore

Oceans are absorbing huge amounts of heat—and sending some of it ashore

Warming seas are fueling extreme weather and heat waves on land.

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· 2mo ago

Study finds microplastics in humans may be overestimated—blood lipids can cause false positives. A new plastic-free lab aims for accurate data on real health effects. Read more → https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/07/how-bad-microplastics-exposure-health-risks-science-studies-cassandra-rauert-interview/ #MotherJones #Investigative #Environment

What do we really know about the microplastics building up inside us?

What do we really know about the microplastics building up inside us?

Scientist Cassandra Rauert, who built a plastics-free lab to study human exposure, on the challenges for researchers—and everyone else.

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· 2mo ago

This Private School Had Students Scrub Floors and Attack a Fellow Classmate. The State Still Funds It. https://www.propublica.org/article/arksansas-private-schools-vouchers-delta-institute-developing-brain-autism-harm #Investigative #Education #Accountability

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· 2mo ago

What We Uncovered About the Sexual Assault of Alice Sebold and a City's Buried Rape Crisis https://www.propublica.org/article/sebold-rape-syracuse-investigation-findings-documentary #Investigative #Journalism #Crime

What We Uncovered About the Sexual Assault of Alice Sebold and a City’s Buried Rape Crisis

ProPublica spent years investigating the attack on the bestselling author and the wrongly convicted man who lost decades of his life. Here’s what we learned about the failures in the justice system — and the consequences still being felt today.

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· 2mo ago

A U.S.-Mexico Impasse Will Test How Far the Trump Administration Will Go to Fight Drug Trade https://www.propublica.org/article/us-mexico-drug-trade-sheinbaum #Investigative #Politics #BorderSecurity

A U.S.-Mexico Impasse Will Test How Far the Trump Administration Will Go to Fight Drug Trade

Under Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum, security forces have worked with the U.S. to destroy drug labs and kill or capture crime bosses. But the president is saying she won’t extradite members of her own political party.

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· 2mo ago

A subscription should be as easy to cancel as to sign up for. Its a simple idea that requires laws to keep in place. People who "want government out of their business" kind of miss how much help programs that keep people from being ripped off provide. Read more → https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/click-to-cancel-new-york-mamdani-lina-khan-dcwp/ #MotherJones #Investigative #Politics

A little law gives hope that government can suck less and make people’s lives better

A little law gives hope that government can suck less and make people’s lives better

New York City wants to make it easier for you to cancel subscriptions.

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· 3mo ago

Have a 401(k)? Help ProPublica Investigate What's Really Happening to Your Money. https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/share-401k-fees-retirement-investment #Investigative #Finance #Retirement

Have a 401(k)? Help ProPublica Investigate What’s Really Happening to Your Money.

Some retirement plans are stuck in investments with bloated fees and costly add-ons. Share your standard plan documents with us to help reveal which financial products companies are pushing, and what they’re charging workers.

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· 3mo ago

Ken Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on "Illegal Voting." He May Have Violated Texas Election Law. https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-voter-registration-election-law #Investigative #Journalism #Politics

Ken Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law.

The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.”

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· 3mo ago

Bryan Stevenson transformed Montgomery with slavery memorials. Now, as America turns 250, he fights against erasure of our darkest history. Read more → https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/montgomery-alabama-slavery-bryan-stevenson-equal-justice-initiative-america-250/ #MotherJones #Investigative #Politics

Why America at 250 still cannot face slavery

Why America at 250 still cannot face slavery

Host Al Letson visits Bryan Stevenson’s Montgomery, Alabama, memorials confronting slavery's legacy as the US turns 250.

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