<p>An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.<br>—</p><p>A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm Black people — and may even be unconstitutional.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tiger-algorithm-louisiana-parole-calvin-alexander?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tiger-algorithm-louisiana-parole-calvin-alexander?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tig</span><span class="invisible">er-algorithm-louisiana-parole-calvin-alexander?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
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<p>Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting on efforts by right-wing activists to disallow ballots in a key judicial election, North Carolina Democrats have introduced a bill designed to prevent votes from being tossed out based on postelection rule changes.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-supreme-court-election-discarded-votes-legislation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-supreme-court-election-discarded-votes-legislation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-carolina-supreme-court-election-discarded-votes-legislation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/voting/" rel="tag">#Voting</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin overrode <a href="/tags/socialsecurity/" rel="tag">#SocialSecurity</a> staff to list immigrants as dead<br>
A senior executive who objected was marched out of his office & put on leave, while earlier warnings about the agency’s deaths database were ignored.
Two days after the SSA purposely & falsely labeled 6,100 living immigrants as dead, security guards arrived at the office of a well-regarded senior executive in the agency’s Woodlawn, MD, headquarters.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#labor</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/12/trump-immigrants-dead-social-security/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/12/trump-immigrants-dead-social-security/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/politic</span><span class="invisible">s/2025/04/12/trump-immigrants-dead-social-security/</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/whistleblower/" rel="tag">#Whistleblower</a> details how <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> may have taken sensitive <a href="/tags/nlrb/" rel="tag">#NLRB</a> data</p><p>In the first days of March, a team of advisers from <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>'s new Department of Government Efficiency initiative arrived at the Southeast Washington, DC, headquarters of the National Labor Relations Board.</p><p>The small, independent federal agency investigates & adjudicates complaints about unfair <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#labor</a> practices.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/infosec/" rel="tag">#InfoSec</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5</span><span class="invisible">355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security</span></a></p>
<p>The Constitution's supremacy clause bars local interference with federal officers when they act reasonably, within the scope of their duties.</p><p>But when agents cross that line, experts said, there's an obligation to try to hold them accountable.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/why-local-state-police-rarely-investigate-ice-cbp-fbi?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/why-local-state-police-rarely-investigate-ice-cbp-fbi?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/why</span><span class="invisible">-local-state-police-rarely-investigate-ice-cbp-fbi?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/cbp/" rel="tag">#CBP</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a></p>
<p>The shuttered DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties “was one of the very few tools we had to check ICE, to hold ICE accountable,” immigration lawyer Sophia Genovese said. “Now you see them speeding to complete authoritarianism.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/homeland-security-crcl-civil-rights-immigration-border-patrol-trump-kristi-noem?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/homeland-security-crcl-civil-rights-immigration-border-patrol-trump-kristi-noem?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/hom</span><span class="invisible">eland-security-crcl-civil-rights-immigration-border-patrol-trump-kristi-noem?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#Border</a></p>
<p>New Law Increases Oversight of Arizona Sober Living Homes<br>—</p><p>The legislation follows a ProPublica and Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting investigation on a $2 billion Medicaid fraud scheme that targeted Native Americans seeking drug and alcohol treatment.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-sober-living-homes-oversight-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/arizona-sober-living-homes-oversight-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ari</span><span class="invisible">zona-sober-living-homes-oversight-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a> <a href="/tags/native/" rel="tag">#Native</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#Medicaid</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#Fraud</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/addiction/" rel="tag">#Addiction</a></p>
<p>Oregon lawmakers passed a law they said would stop multibillion-dollar deals from reducing care and increasing costs.</p><p>Five years later, the state hasn’t blocked a single transaction or issued any fines.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-healthcare-mergers-oversight-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oregon-healthcare-mergers-oversight-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ore</span><span class="invisible">gon-healthcare-mergers-oversight-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/oregon/" rel="tag">#Oregon</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a></p>
<p>A stunned <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#Europe</a> finally wakes up to <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>’s <a href="/tags/greenland/" rel="tag">#Greenland</a> threat</p><p>An emergency meeting of <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#EU</a> ambassadors will take place in Brussels on Sunday in response to Trump’s threat, which he made after an estimated quarter of the population of Greenland’s capital Nuuk joined <a href="/tags/protests/" rel="tag">#protests</a> against any potential <a href="/tags/annexation/" rel="tag">#annexation</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/mafiastate/" rel="tag">#MafiaState</a> <a href="/tags/imperialism/" rel="tag">#imperialism</a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trade/" rel="tag">#trade</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/sovereignty/" rel="tag">#sovereignty</a> <a href="/tags/denmark/" rel="tag">#Denmark</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#Europe</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#NATO</a> <a href="/tags/newworldorder/" rel="tag">#NewWorldOrder</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/internationallaw/" rel="tag">#InternationalLaw</a> <br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/europe/europe-greenland-threat-tariffs-analysis-intl?cid=ios_app" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/europe/europe-greenland-threat-tariffs-analysis-intl?cid=ios_app"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/europe/</span><span class="invisible">europe-greenland-threat-tariffs-analysis-intl?cid=ios_app</span></a></p>
<p>NEW: Despite being caught in a 2021 video ripping out Shantel Arnold’s hair, sheriff’s Deputy Julio Alvarado failed to report the incident.</p><p>A new law authored by Arnold’s attorney will mandate excessive-force reporting for all law enforcement agencies.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-police-shantel-arnold-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-police-shantel-arnold-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/lou</span><span class="invisible">isiana-police-shantel-arnold-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/accountability/" rel="tag">#Accountability</a> <a href="/tags/report/" rel="tag">#Report</a></p>
<p>Two Chicago police officers were investigated for sexual misconduct — then promoted.</p><p>It wasn’t an oversight.</p><p>Despite a decadeslong reform effort, the Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows for disciplinary records to be ignored.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-police-department-sexual-misconduct-promotions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/chicago-police-department-sexual-misconduct-promotions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/chi</span><span class="invisible">cago-police-department-sexual-misconduct-promotions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> <a href="/tags/illinois/" rel="tag">#Illinois</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/sexualassault/" rel="tag">#SexualAssault</a> <a href="/tags/domesticviolence/" rel="tag">#DomesticViolence</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas.</p><p>One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a day’s work.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-private-lawyers-texas-cases?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-private-lawyers-texas-cases?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ken</span><span class="invisible">-paxton-private-lawyers-texas-cases?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/kenpaxton/" rel="tag">#KenPaxton</a> <a href="/tags/attorneygeneral/" rel="tag">#AttorneyGeneral</a></p>
<p>Want to learn about the Supreme Court justices’ financial connections to companies and people?</p><p>We’ve updated our database with the latest filings from eight justices, detailing millions in book income, almost 40 trips and one gift:<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-supreme-connections-database-2024-filings?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/propublica-supreme-connections-database-2024-filings?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pro</span><span class="invisible">publica-supreme-connections-database-2024-filings?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/transparency/" rel="tag">#Transparency</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a></p>
<p>These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills.<br>---</p><p>Federally funded community health centers receive grants in exchange for serving patients regardless of their ability to pay. But ProPublica found at least five across the country filing lawsuits and garnishing paychecks to collect unpaid bills.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/federally-qualified-health-centers-unpaid-bills-lawsuits?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/federally-qualified-health-centers-unpaid-bills-lawsuits?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fed</span><span class="invisible">erally-qualified-health-centers-unpaid-bills-lawsuits?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#Poverty</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#Lawsuit</a> <a href="/tags/debt/" rel="tag">#Debt</a></p>
<p>LOL. A I'm not aware some were expanded, and a few were new to me as well. 😅😅 </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/_nBZNh1jqUQ?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-myDefault" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="youtu.be/_nBZNh1jqUQ?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-myDefault"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/_nBZNh1jqUQ?utm_sourc</span><span class="invisible">e=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-myDefault</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/philippines/" rel="tag">#Philippines</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>> The key legal question here is: Does modifying how a website displays through browser-side tools like ad blockers count as breaking the [copyright] law?</p><p><a href="https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/germanys-possible-ad-blocker-ban-could-threaten-user-freedom-and-privacy-says-mozilla" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/germanys-possible-ad-blocker-ban-could-threaten-user-freedom-and-privacy-says-mozilla"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv</span><span class="invisible">acy-security/germanys-possible-ad-blocker-ban-could-threaten-user-freedom-and-privacy-says-mozilla</span></a></p><p>This is ridiculous. There are so many ways to display a <a href="/tags/webpage/" rel="tag">#webpage</a>. So, would using custom <a href="/tags/css/" rel="tag">#CSS</a> also violate the <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a>? Or using a browser like Lynx that just shows the text? Or viewing raw HTML? If anything, it's the raw <a href="/tags/code/" rel="tag">#code</a> that should be copyrighted. <a href="/tags/ad/" rel="tag">#ad</a> <a href="/tags/adblock/" rel="tag">#adblock</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#legal</a> <a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> <a href="/tags/netzpolitik/" rel="tag">#netzpolitik</a> <a href="/tags/browser/" rel="tag">#browser</a> <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#copyright</a></p>
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<p>Over the years, Texas legislators have declined to pass at least three bills that would create siren or alert systems, a tool that Kerr County officials tried to secure for years before the July 4 flooding.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-flooding-inaction-state-legislature?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-flooding-inaction-state-legislature?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-flooding-inaction-state-legislature?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/kerrcounty/" rel="tag">#KerrCounty</a> <a href="/tags/flood/" rel="tag">#Flood</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/emergency/" rel="tag">#Emergency</a> <a href="/tags/disaster/" rel="tag">#Disaster</a></p>
<p>You gotta wonder when their story keeps changing…</p><p>Before the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin began attacking people suspected of smuggling drugs at sea, <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> Secy Pete <a href="/tags/hegseth/" rel="tag">#Hegseth</a> approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left <a href="/tags/survivors/" rel="tag">#survivors</a>, acc/to multiple <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> ofcls.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/criminal/" rel="tag">#criminal</a> <a href="/tags/murder/" rel="tag">#murder</a> <a href="/tags/warcrimes/" rel="tag">#WarCrimes</a> <a href="/tags/extrajudicialkillings/" rel="tag">#ExtrajudicialKillings</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/carribean/" rel="tag">#Carribean</a> <a href="/tags/internationallaw/" rel="tag">#InternationalLaw</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/us/politics/trump-boat-strikes-survivors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/us/politics/trump-boat-strikes-survivors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/trump-boat-strikes-survivors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</span></a></p>
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<p>The DOJ has halted lawsuits accusing Louisiana of keeping prisoners locked up long after they were meant to be released and South Carolina of institutionalizing thousands of mentally ill people — sometimes for decades — in violation of federal law.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-civil-rights-lawsuits-halted-louisiana-south-carolina?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-civil-rights-lawsuits-halted-louisiana-south-carolina?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-doj-civil-rights-lawsuits-halted-louisiana-south-carolina?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/southcarolina/" rel="tag">#SouthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/mentalillness/" rel="tag">#MentalIllness</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a></p>
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<p>When a well-off, widely respected pillar of the community and member of the hospital’s board can’t get the care he needs at the town’s only hospital, it raises the question: Who can?<br><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/albany-georgia-hospital/part-five/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/albany-georgia-hospital/part-five/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/albany</span><span class="invisible">-georgia-hospital/part-five/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/hospital/" rel="tag">#Hospital</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>He Spent Funds Meant for Native Hawaiians on Polo and Porsches. The Federal Government Failed to Stop Him.<br>---</p><p>A small business program allowed Christopher Dawson to win big contracts if he promised to uplift Native Hawaiians. Instead, federal prosecutors allege, he used the money to line his own pockets.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/hawaii-sba-native-indigenous-nonprofit-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/hawaii-sba-native-indigenous-nonprofit-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/haw</span><span class="invisible">aii-sba-native-indigenous-nonprofit-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/hawaii/" rel="tag">#Hawaii</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/native/" rel="tag">#Native</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#Nonprofit</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>“You Feel Like You’re Being Cheated”: Oil Companies Unfairly Take Millions, North Dakota Mineral Owners Say<br>—</p><p>Oil companies are holding back a large portion of revenue payments to the people they lease drilling rights from, often with little explanation. But the industry has an outsize influence in the state, and public officials have refused to take action.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-mineral-owner-royalty-deductions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-mineral-owner-royalty-deductions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-dakota-mineral-owner-royalty-deductions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northdakota/" rel="tag">#NorthDakota</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>Trump’s War on Big Law Means It’s Harder to Challenge the Administration<br>—</p><p>Some of America’s largest law firms are refusing to take pro bono and paid legal work from groups that seek to hold the government to account on issues like environmental protection, LGBTQ+ rights and police accountability.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-law-firms-accountability-environment-police-lgbtq?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-law-firms-accountability-environment-police-lgbtq?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-law-firms-accountability-environment-police-lgbtq?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#Nonprofit</a></p>
<p>All kinds of awful.</p><p>"I am the lawyer for a multinational group active in the energy sector that intends to displace a small Amazonian indigenous community from their territories in order to build a dam and a hydroelectric plant."</p><p><a href="https://futurism.com/leaked-chatgpt-lawyer-displace-amazonian" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="futurism.com/leaked-chatgpt-lawyer-displace-amazonian"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">futurism.com/leaked-chatgpt-la</span><span class="invisible">wyer-displace-amazonian</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#TechNews</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a></p>
<p>Frustrated by oil companies mysteriously withholding large amounts of royalties, North Dakota mineral owners lobbied for change.</p><p>Instead, lawmakers provided an oversight program that, owners say, fails to address the issue it was created to solve.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-oil-gas-oversight-mineral-rights?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-oil-gas-oversight-mineral-rights?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-dakota-oil-gas-oversight-mineral-rights?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northdakota/" rel="tag">#NorthDakota</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>