ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. by Sebastian Rotella/ProPublica This story was originally published by ProPublica In the days leading up to the attack on the U.S. Capitol, the FBI received intelligence […]
After a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, members of Congress were forced to recess as the building went into lockdown. Mariel Padilla Originally published by The 19th As Congress convened to count the electoral votes that would confirm Joe Biden as the next president of the […]
by Clark Merrefield, Journalist’s ResourceJune 8, 2020 Over the past 12 weeks, the coronavirus pandemic has forced millions of employees in America to begin working from home. Before the pandemic, 2.5% of U.S. employees teleworked full-time, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Now, almost everyone who […]
By Delphine Luneau | The Center Square/January 6th, 2021 (The Center Square) – President Donald Trump saw his Facebook and Twitter account suspended Wednesday evening after the nation’s two dominant social media platforms accused him of inciting violence through his posts. Twitter was the first to act, issuing a minimum […]
By Ted O’Neil | The Center Square/Jan 6, 2021 (The Center Square) – The U.S. Senate voted 93-6 on Wednesday night against an objection to Arizona’s Electoral College vote. After a delay of several hours because protesters from a pro-Trump rally stormed the U.S. Capitol building, the U.S. House and […]
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. This story was originally published in ProPublica by Logan Jaffe, Lydia DePillis, Isaac Arnsdorf and J. David McSwane/ProPublica The invasion of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was stoked in plain […]
By Delphine Luneau | The Center Square/January 6th, 2021 (The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, the leader of the Democrats in the upper chamber of Congress, appeared poised to become Senate majority leader based on the results of Tuesday’s runoff elections in Georgia. In a […]
by David Trilling, Journalist’s ResourceJune 20, 2017 People in the Old Testament lived a long time, we are told. Books like Genesis describe lifespans stretching hundreds of years. Whether or not we take those figures literally, a new paper finds there is indeed a connection between longevity and […]
How LaTosha Brown helped build a get-out-the-vote powerhouse in the South. Errin Haines Originally published by The 19th In the days after Georgia went blue for the first time in a generation, LaTosha Brown wasn’t taking a victory lap — she was on the ground and in the […]
What would it take for America to become a better version of itself? By Bruce Corsino • Dec 03, 2020 Each year, a slew of “What’s America’s Biggest Problem?” surveys appear. They identify and quantify the most pressing issues of the day, focused on those measured by public opinion. The order of that […]