Nicole Santa Cruz
@ProPublica reporter in the Southwest (Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada) Tips: nicole.santa.cruz@propublica.org
- Reposted by Nicole Santa CruzBREAKING: The Trump administration repeatedly said the aggressive apartment raid in Chicago last fall was prompted by intel on a gang takeover. New docs show the real motivation was to get alleged squatters. And the landlord and manager helped them. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
- Reposted by Nicole Santa CruzIn the spring, Trump cut $500 million from aid to food banks. But they had already ordered 94 million pounds of food from the program — all abruptly canceled. People at food banks noticed. The cuts meant less meat and lighter pickups. We visualized it: projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
- As federal authorities sweep homeless encampments in D.C. , I want to resurface the reporting we @propublica.org did last year on the possessions people lose, which include the things they need to survive: projects.propublica.org/homeless-enc...
- Reposted by Nicole Santa CruzHot off the @propublica.org presses: We're publishing bios of all 238 of the Venezuelan men who Trump sent to CECOT in an interactive database: projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...
- Super relevant:
- Way back in 2011, my then-colleague @mariancw.bsky.social wrote a primer for @propublica.org on the War Powers Act. Worth a read today: What Exactly Is the War Powers Act and Is Obama Really Violating It?
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- ICYMI, Latest w/@davebiscobing15.bsky.social: Arizona's largest county frequently pursues the death penalty. It rarely secures that sentence: www.propublica.org/article/mari...
- My latest: DOJ abandons effort to address Phoenix's treatment of homeless people www.propublica.org/article/phoe...
- Reposted by Nicole Santa CruzToday, we issued a letter — signed by 70% of our unit — to @sengelberg.bsky.social and @robinsparkman.bsky.social asking them to uphold ProPublica’s values of fairness, transparency and accountability at the bargaining table.
- Reposted by Nicole Santa CruzTHREAD: Last year, ProPublica started receiving tips from an unusual kind of source: flight attendants. They said they'd worked on deportation flights for ICE, and they could tell us what it was really like on board. 1/
- Dog literally sinking into the couch
- Reposted by Nicole Santa CruzWe're hiring two deputy editors join @propublica.org's award winning data & news apps teams, led by @schwanksta.com: 🧮5+ years in data or investigative journalism ➕ Supervising experience a plus 📌Remote friendly in U.S. 💰$140K - $150K Data: grnh.se/133da8df6us News Apps: grnh.se/4a6ceea76us
- Reposted by Nicole Santa CruzPeople who experienced homeless encampment sweeps in Washington state and Tennessee wrote about the impact it had on their lives. Our team @propublica.org added these to our page featuring stories from people across the country: projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...
- Reposted by Nicole Santa CruzTake a look at our story, and Ben's gorgeous photography, to get better understand the human impact of Trump's threat to deport millions of people. www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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- Reposted by Nicole Santa Cruz"I can't get any sort of anything that I might get attached to." Maya Miller, @asiafields.bsky.social , @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social , and Ruth Talbot for @propublica.org
- Reposted by Nicole Santa CruzOne of the last ICE workplace raids in 2020? A Bollinger shipyard in Louisiana, which has major Coast Guard & Navy contracts. Company execs donate heavily to Speaker Mike Johnson & Majority Leader Steve Scalise Will Trump deport immigrants building America's ships? My latest for @propublica.org
- Reposted by Nicole Santa CruzICYMI: Last week @megomatz.bsky.social and I reported on how the tribal lending industry has survived and thrived offering exorbitant online loans to millions of borrowers — with APRs that can exceed 600%. www.propublica.org/article/trib... We’ve been investigating this opaque industry for months:🧵
- Reposted by Nicole Santa CruzYesteday we brought you the story of how insurers have relied on doctors, some of whom “shut their eyes” to medical opinions that opposed their conclusions. Today, @mayatmiller.bsky.social and I tell you the story of how insurers cite progress as a reason to deny www.propublica.org/article/ment...
- Reposted by Nicole Santa CruzNEW, from me: Shaken baby syndrome--a diagnosis that has resulted in wrongful convictions across the country--continues to shape criminal prosecutions and child welfare investigations, under the name "abusive head trauma." My story of what happened to one family. www.propublica.org/article/shak...
- Reposted by Nicole Santa Cruz“We wanted to help ProPublica’s readers recognize the humanity of the people we had met and talked to, so we gave them notecards and asked them to describe their experiences with sweeps.”
- Reposted by Nicole Santa CruzProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. This is what they wrote.
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- Taking some time to reflect on my year and feeling particularly grateful for the many people who helped me stay afloat (shout out to our babysitter). Trying to parent AND be good at your job is hard (and we don’t talk about it enough)!
- Reposted by Nicole Santa CruzNew from me: Changing Laws and Changing Lives: Why ProPublica Is Dedicated to Local Investigations
- Reposted by Nicole Santa CruzNEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs. Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal. www.propublica.org/article/unit... 👇
- Reposted by Nicole Santa Cruz🚨🚨🚨REPORTER JOBS ALERT!🚨🚨🚨 We have not one but TWO jobs open, one in our South bureau and another in the Southwest bureau. Both fascinating regions that desperately need more investigative journalists: boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
- Reposted by Nicole Santa CruzThis is what we mean by investigative journalism in the public interest. (thread) 👇
- Reposted by Nicole Santa CruzRight now you’re likely breathing in a tiny bit of formaldehyde, which can cause breathing problems and cancer more than any other chemical in the air. For the past year, the EPA has been working to regulate its use. Here's why that's proven to be tough 🧵
- Reposted by Nicole Santa CruzIn June, a woman named Stephenie reached out to @propublica.org. An outreach worker told her we were reporting on cities conducting sweeps of homeless encampments, and she had a story to tell. 🧵
- Can people whose belongings were taken in "sweeps" of homeless encampments recover them? Some cities have storage programs, but as one advocate says, they offer only an “illusion of compassion.” Here's what we found ➡️ www.propublica.org/article/home...
