Terence Cantarella, writing at the Miami New Times, examines a crazy neighborhood feud — that KEPT getting crazier. It’s a great piece of longform reporting.
All in Reporting Worth Reading
The Trump Administration is Planning Mass Video Proceedings for Immigrants in Tents on the Border
Debbie Nathan, writing at The Intercept, takes a look at the planned changes for immigrant asylum hearings in her latest piece of outstanding reporting. Read it at the link below.
An Abused Woman Came to the U.S. Seeking Asylum. The Government Took Her 5-Year-Old Son. This Is How She Got Him Back.
Debbie Nathan, writing for The Intercept, won a well-deserved Edward R. Murrow Award for her story on Guatemalan mother who was reunited with her five-year-old son. It’s a great read.
Migrant Child Drawings Depict Jail-like Scenes of Detention
The Associated Press has obtained photos drawn by children which depict their time in Border Patrol custody. The photos were provided by a volunteer with the American Academy of Pediatrics. View the drawings, and read the story, at the link below.
Scientists Are Giving Dead Brains New Life. What Could Go Wrong?
Matthew Shaer, writing for The New York Times, reveals how scientists have discovered a way to, essentially, keep brains alive indefinitely. It’s a great piece of science reporting — with important ramifications for all of humanity.
Hungry, Scared and Sick: Inside the Migrant Detention Center in Clint, Tex.
In a joint project by The New York Times and the El Paso Times, reporters Simon Romero, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Manny Fernandez, Daniel Borunda, Aaron Montes and Caitlin Dickerson offer an interactive look inside the controversial migrant detention center in Clint, Texas.
Threading the Needle
John R. Roby, writing for the Santa Fe Reporter, uncovers this great story about vaccination loopholes in New Mexico. It’s well worth a read.
Decade in the Red: Trump Tax Figures Show Over $1 Billion in Business Losses
Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig, reporting for The New York Times, have a genuine bombshell tonight, after examining about 10 years of Trump's taxes. It's genuinely astonishing.
Reuters Exclusive: Trump Fixer Michael Cohen Says He Helped Falwell Handle Racy Photos
Months before evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr.’s game-changing presidential endorsement of Donald Trump in 2016, Falwell asked Trump fixer Michael Cohen for a personal favor, Cohen said in a recorded conversation reviewed by Reuters.
Miami-Dade law closes Florida’s “gun-show loophole,” but police weren’t enforcing it
Police in Florida’s most populous county aren’t enforcing a decades-old ordinance that closes the gun show loophole. In 1998, Miami-Dade County adopted a five-day waiting period for guns purchased from licensed dealers in public places, including gun shows. But cops didn't enforce it, Douglas Hanks, writing for the Miami Herald, reports.
For Years, UT-Dallas Instructors Told Officers to Skip Class — and the Cops Got A's. How Did It Go on So Long?
A Texas university program gave police officers top grades for classes they never took, Dave Boucher reported.
Mississippi Lt. Governor Candidate Hughes Sidesteps Campaign Finance Reform Law He Pushed for in 2017
After Mississippi lawmakers were caught reporting unitemized credit card charges to their campaign accounts, an official who pushed for reform flouted a new law and used the same maneuvers to rack up more than $100,000 in expenses, Luke Ramseth reported for the Jackson Clarion Ledger.
Bucks County Confirms 2018 Death of Jail Inmate
A county in Pennsylvania stalled almost seven months before confirming the death of an inmate in one of its jails, citing vague "legal reasons" for the delay, Jo Ciavaglia reported. Read the story at the Bucks County Courier Times.
Politics and the suite life for Saints playoffs? Insiders got wish granted by Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards
More than a dozen top Louisiana fundraisers or other political insiders hobnobbed with the governor at his state-provided suite during the NFC Championship game, reporter Tyler Bridges found after obtaining a list of attendees. An outside interest group paid $2,000 for the event's food and alcohol.
Thieves Stole Architectural Gems from USC in a Heist that Remained Hidden for Years
Thieves made off with several valuable pieces of furniture designed by icons Frank Lloyd Wright and Rudolph Schindler, pilfered from a USC warehouse that stored the contents of a Hollywood Hills showplace home. It was a heist that remained hidden from the public — and police — for six years until an anonymous letter to the Los Angeles Times exposed the crime. Harriet Ryan and Matt Hamilton have the story for The Times.
The Bicycle Thief
Steven Leckart, writing for Chicago Magazine, has this shocking story.
EXCLUSIVE: 'This is wrong': Iowa's flawed felon list is disqualifying legitimate voters for years
Iowa's voter database is seriously flawed, leading some people's voting rights to be wrongly denied, Jason Clayworth reported for the Des Moines Register. And officials have known about the systemic issues for years.
'Money down the drain': WV losing most of water it produces
Most of the drinking water that West Virginians pay to have treated never reaches a faucet. Instead, the water largely leaks out of the state's old pipes, wasting millions in public money, reporter Caity Coyne found after analyzing more than 300 local government reports for the Charleston Gazette-Mail.
After nursing home stay, bedsores lead to man's agonizing death
Caregivers at a New York nursing home have neglected to prevent bedsores for more than 1 in 10 of their high-risk patients, leading to a man's death from infection, Lou Michel reported for The Buffalo News.