I'm proud to work at @propublica every day but the journalism we've published this past week is truly exceptional. If you'll indulge me for this
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1. Last year, Congress quietly passed a bill allowing thousands of Liberian immigrants to apply for green cards. But the Trump administration hardly made it easy, and now the application window is closing. by @DLind https://www.propublica.org/article/a-once-in-a-lifetime-chance-for-liberian-immigrants-has-been-hamstrung-by-covid-and-trumps-dysfunctional-immigration-bureaucracy
2. How a Chicago Political Hangout Went From Bustling to Boarded-Up — Even After the City Promised Help by @mickeyd1971 https://www.propublica.org/article/how-a-chicago-political-hangout-went-from-bustling-to-boarded-up-even-after-the-city-promised-help
3. This amazing piece by @AbrahmL: The Big Thaw: How Russia Could Dominate a Warming World https://www.propublica.org/article/the-big-thaw-how-russia-could-dominate-a-warming-world w/ @NYTmag
4. Vaccinating Black Americans Is Essential. Key States Aren’t Doing the Work to Combat Hesitancy, by @CarolineYLChen @ryangabrielson @ReporterTopher https://www.propublica.org/article/vaccinating-black-americans
5. Another exceptional #longreads by @lizziepresser For years, JaMarcus Crews tried to get a new kidney, but corporate healthcare stood in the way.
He needed dialysis to stay alive. He couldn’t miss a session, not even during a pandemic. https://features.propublica.org/covid-dialysis/for-years-jamarcus-crews-tried-to-get-a-new-kidney-but-corporate-healthcare-stood-in-the-way/
He needed dialysis to stay alive. He couldn’t miss a session, not even during a pandemic. https://features.propublica.org/covid-dialysis/for-years-jamarcus-crews-tried-to-get-a-new-kidney-but-corporate-healthcare-stood-in-the-way/
6. This jaw dropper from @marshall_allen and @RachelDissell: The Family Court Judge Who Threatened a Mother With Contempt of Court for Getting Her Child a COVID-19 Test https://www.propublica.org/article/the-family-court-judge-who-threatened-a-mother-with-contempt-of-court-for-getting-her-child-a-covid-19-test
7. A must read on COVID-19 disparities by @ViannaDavila and @renLarson_: Restrictions on the South Texas Border Were Meant to Protect People From COVID-19. Then the Handcuffs Came Out. https://www.propublica.org/article/restrictions-on-the-south-texas-border-were-meant-to-protect-people-from-covid-19-then-the-handcuffs-came-out
8. This piece by @jeffykao and @nytimes team: Leaked Documents Show How China’s Army of Paid Internet Trolls Helped Censor the Coronavirus https://www.propublica.org/article/leaked-documents-show-how-chinas-army-of-paid-internet-trolls-helped-censor-the-coronavirus
9. This story on broken promises in Hawaii by our Local Reporting Network partner Rob Perez @StarAdvertiser and @agnel88_philip: The Government Promised to Return Ancestral Hawaiian Land, Then Never Finished the Job https://www.propublica.org/article/the-government-promised-to-return-ancestral-hawaiian-land-then-never-finished-the-job
10. AND we have been updating our midnight regulation tracker as the Trump administration winds down. Essential watchdogging. https://projects.propublica.org/trump-midnight-regulations/
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