By Yeganeh Torbati | – (ProPublica) – As the coronavirus spread this spring, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials shuttled Sirous Asgari between detention sites and eventually housed him in a central Louisiana prison, where he recently tested positive for the virus. Now, a federal magistrate judge has recommended that he be kept behind bars because […]
Trump, Inc.: How Jared Kushner is Tackling White House Coronavirus Response — Without Any Evident Experience
by Andrea Bernstein, WNYC | – This story was co-published with WNYC. (ProPublica) – On April 2, Jared Kushner uncharacteristically took to the podium to speak at the White House’s daily coronavirus briefing. He’d been given the task, he said, of assisting Vice President Mike Pence’s Coronavirus Task Force with supply chain issues. “The president,” […]
Medical Worker on Covid-19: Struck me How Different it is when I saw Young Guy gasping out Pink Froth
By Lizzie Presser | – (ProPublica ) – As of Friday, Louisiana was reporting 479 confirmed cases of COVID-19, one of the highest numbers in the country. Ten people had died. The majority of cases are in New Orleans, which now has one confirmed case for every 1,000 residents. New Orleans had held Mardi Gras […]
Trump Administration Says Iraq is Dangerous for Christians, until it Wants to Deport Them
By Yeganeh Torbati | – To deport Iraqi Christians, Trump’s immigration officials rely on testimony saying they won’t be at particular risk. But to justify funding and attention, officials elsewhere in the administration say the Christians face grave danger. (ProPublica) – Even as U.S. immigration officials have pushed to deport hundreds of Iraqi Christians over […]
Trump’s New Spy Chief Used to Work for a Foreign Politician the U.S. Accused of Corruption
By Isaac Arnsdorf | – (ProPublica) – Richard Grenell did not disclose payments for advocacy work on behalf of a Moldovan politician whom the U.S. later accused of corruption. His own office’s policy says that could leave him vulnerable to blackmail. President Donald Trump’s new acting intelligence director, Richard Grenell, used to do consulting work […]
How Louisiana Lawmakers Stop Residents’ Efforts to Fight Big Oil and Gas
Louisiana has pioneered ways for other states to discourage environmental protests around “critical infrastructure” projects. Much of it can be traced back to efforts by corporate lobbyists.
Polluter’s Paradise: How Oil Companies Avoided Environmental Accountability After 10.8 Million Gallons Spilled
By Joan Meiners, The Times-Picayune and The Advocate This article was produced by ProPublica in partnership with The Times-Picayune and The Advocate, which is a member of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. ( ProPublica ) – Louisiana still hasn’t finished investigating 540 oil spills after Hurricane Katrina. The state is likely leaving millions of dollars […]
Unconstitutional: VP Pence Directed USAID Help for Iraqis to tiny Christian Minority
by Yeganeh Torbati | (ProPublica) | – Officials at USAID warned that favoring Christian groups in Iraq could be unconstitutional and inflame religious tensions. When one colleague lost her job, they said she had been “Penced.” Last November, a top Trump appointee at the U.S. Agency for International Development wrote a candid email to colleagues […]
California’s Wildfire Electricity Blackouts are a Taste of Climate Apocalypse to Come
By Abrahm Lustgarten | ( ProPublica) | – PG&E’s rolling blackouts probably don’t eliminate fire risk, and they actually could make responding to fires harder. What they largely do is shift responsibility away from the company. At the beginning of October, my kids’ preschool informed me that it might be closed the next day because […]
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