Unemployment has hit the United States hard over the past several months, for…
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Unemployment for different groups
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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:…
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Scale model shows how levees increase flooding
Levees are intended to prevent flooding in the areas they are built, but…
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$16.1m in political and taxpayer spending at Trump properties
ProPublica compiled spending data from a wide range of sources to calculate the…
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Check if your school district or college was investigated for civil rights violations
The U.S. Department of Education constantly investigates school districts and colleges for civil…
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Waiting Game, through the steps of asylum seekers
Sisi Wei for ProPublica and Nick Fortugno of Playmatics made a game to…
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Bomb contaminants where you live
Lena Groeger, Ryann Grochowski Jones and Abrahm Lustgarten, reporting for ProPublica with a…
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Flawed hate crime data collection
Data can provide you with important information, but when the collection process is…
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Data journalism lessons available from ProPublica Data Institute
ProPublica runs a small annual workshop to teach journalists a bit about data…
