For ProPublica, Ken Schwencke reports on a poor data system that relies on…
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Inadequate hate crime statistics
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Parler video feed of the mob at the Capitol
As you probably know, there was a big Parler data scrape before the…
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Mapping disappearing beaches in Hawaii
Ash Ngu for ProPublica and Sophie Cocke for Honolulu Star-Advertiser show the harm…
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Long-term timelines for judicial appointments
Federal judge appointments are for a lifetime, so the younger a judge is…
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More fire weather days coming
It’s been smoky this season. Based on research from Michael Goss et al.,…
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Tracking what happens to police after use of force on protestors
You’ve probably seen the videos. ProPublica is tracking to see what happens after:…
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Understanding Covid-19 statistics
For ProPublica, Caroline Chen, with graphics by Ash Ngu, provides a guide on…
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Unemployment for different groups
Unemployment has hit the United States hard over the past several months, for…
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Increased case counts not just from increased testing
Some attribute increased Covid-19 case counts to increased testing. While that is certainly…
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What the federal government has been buying and where from
The Federal Procurement Data System tracks federal contracts of $10,000 or more. For…
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Reopening states and how they currently measure up
States are reopening. Some seem ready, and some less so. Lena V. Groeger…
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Nationwide database of credibly accused Catholic clergy
For ProPublica, Ellis Simani and Ken Schwencke compiled an interactive database that you…
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Deaths from child abuse, a starting dataset
By way of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, ProPublica and The…
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Mapping chemical plants, the pollution around them, and more chemical plants
ProPublica, with The Advocate and The Times-Picayune, estimated chemical concentrations in a highly…
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Unproven aggression detectors, more surveillance
In some public places, such as schools and hospitals, microphones installed with software…
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Millions of dollars in tax breaks — because of a mapping error
A small discrepancy in a couple of shapefiles led to a misclassification of…
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Search through 3m nonprofit tax records
ProPublica just released a search tool for nonprofit tax records:
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Where the IRS most likely audits
Using estimates from a study on regional bias in tax audits, ProPublica mapped…
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Inflated counts for cleared rape cases
Newsy, Reveal and ProPublica look into rape cases in the U.S. and law…
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Education disparities
There are many racial disparities in education. ProPublica shows estimates for the gaps:…
