ProPublica

Mar 17, 2026
What cuts to the CFPB could mean for consumers
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Two of the three major credit bureaus are dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints. At the same time, the CFPB has been effectively gutted by the Trump administration.
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Mar 2, 2022
How private equity is changing the rental market
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Heather Vogell of ProPublica finds short term-oriented corporate investors are increasingly becoming apartment landlords.
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Oct 7, 2019
How “medical bond” can have fatal consequences for someone in jail
An investigative report shows how jail officials are finding ways to avoid paying for the medical care of inmates.
May 5, 2018
Nonprofit Liberty University’s "lucrative enterprise"
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The Lynchburg, Virginia, school has netted millions. Its online degree program is the reason.
Nov 15, 2017
For $100, you can buy thousands of twitter bots
The internet, for all it’s wonders, is also a place where not-so-great things happen — like harassment of various kinds. And, of course, there’s an industry for that. ProPublica reporter Julia Angwin got firsthand experience after contributing to an article on how extremist websites make money. She, and several colleagues, were the targets of an […]
Oct 6, 2017
Who’s behind political ads on Facebook?
A new tool from ProPublica hopes to find out.
May 25, 2016
Full interview: ProPublica’s Julia Angwin on biased sentencing algorithms
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Looking at the racial bias of algorithms.
Oct 9, 2015
The color of debt
How collection suits squeeze black neighborhoods: a ProPublica investigation with Marketplace.
Nov 17, 2014
Tires and civil war: America’s business with warlords
A new PBS film investigates Firestone's relationship with warlord Charles Taylor.
Apr 30, 2014
Only one person has gone to jail for the financial crisis
Why the Department of Justice is toothless when it comes to prosecuting bankers.