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[Supreme Connections: Search Supreme Court Financial Disclosures](https://projects.propublica.org/supreme-connections/)
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Find organizations and people that have paid the current justices, reimbursed them for travel, given them gifts and more.
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Dec. 21, 2023, 5 a.m. EST
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You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file from your health insurance company.
by [Ash Ngu](https://www.propublica.org/people/ash-ngu) and [Maya Miller](https://www.propublica.org/people/maya-miller)
Nov. 8, 2023, 7 a.m. EST
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[Does Your Local Museum or University Still Have Native American Remains?](https://projects.propublica.org/repatriation-nagpra-database)
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Three decades after legislation pushed for the return of Native American remains to Indigenous communities, many of the nation’s top museums and universities still have thousands of human remains in their collections. Check on institutions near you.
by [Ash Ngu](https://www.propublica.org/people/ash-ngu) and [Andrea Suozzo](https://www.propublica.org/people/andrea-suozzo)
Jan. 11, 2023, 5:05 a.m. EST
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[The Most Detailed Map of Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution in the U.S.](https://projects.propublica.org/toxmap/)
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Using the EPA’s data, we mapped the spread of cancer-causing industrial air emissions down to the neighborhood level. Look up your home to see if you and your loved ones are living in a hot spot.
by [Al Shaw](https://www.propublica.org/people/al-shaw) and [Lylla Younes](https://www.propublica.org/people/lylla-younes)
Nov. 2, 2021, 5 a.m. EDT
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[What Parler Saw During the Attack on the Capitol](https://projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol-videos/)
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ProPublica sifted through thousands of videos taken by Parler users to create an immersive, first-person view of the Capitol riot as experienced by those who were there.
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Jan. 17, 2021, 3 p.m. EST
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[New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States](https://projects.propublica.org/climate-migration)
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According to new data analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures, rising seas and changing rainfall will profoundly reshape the way people have lived in North America for centuries.
by [Al Shaw](https://www.propublica.org/people/al-shaw), [Abrahm Lustgarten](https://www.propublica.org/people/abrahm-lustgarten), ProPublica, and Jeremy W. Goldsmith, special to [ProPublica](https://www.propublica.org)
Sept. 15, 2020, 5 a.m. EDT
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[Tracking PPP Loans: Search Every Company Approved for Federal Loans](https://projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/bailouts/)
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The Paycheck Protection Program includes nearly $600 billion in federally backed loans to small businesses, to be forgiven if used to prevent laying off workers. Our database lets you search what’s been disclosed so far.
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July 7, 2020, 7:40 p.m. EDT
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Search the full text of over 9.6 million tax filing documents going back as far as 2001.
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June 6, 2019, 11:08 a.m. EDT
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[Looking at Nursing Homes? See Which Ones Have Been Cited for Deficiencies](https://projects.propublica.org/nursing-homes/)
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On the eve of a Senate nursing home hearing, we’ve updated Nursing Home Inspect. Compare nursing homes based on the deficiencies cited by regulators in the past three years. You can also search over 60,000 nursing home inspection reports to look for trends or patterns.
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March 5, 2019, 4:45 p.m. EST
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Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
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Look up the demographics of private schools across the country and see how they compare to the public schools nearby.
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[Check the Formaldehyde Cancer Risk in Your Neighborhood](https://projects.propublica.org/formaldehyde-cancer-risk-map)
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In most of the country, formaldehyde contributes more to outdoor cancer risk than any other toxic air pollutant. Look up your address to see risks from the chemical on your block and where it comes from.
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Dec. 3, 2024, 5:05 a.m. EST
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[527 Explorer](https://projects.propublica.org/527-explorer/)
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Every year, hundreds of millions of dollars flow through little-known political organizations commonly called 527s. Use our database to explore who funds these organizations and how they’re spending their money.
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[Las Vegas Needs to Save Water. It Won’t Find It in Lawns.](https://projects.propublica.org/turf-wars/)
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Drought-plagued Nevada pledged to do away with 3,900 acres of grass in the Las Vegas area within six years, but a ProPublica analysis found that the state grossly overestimated how much of that grass would likely be removed.
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June 7, 2023, 5 a.m. EDT
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[Supreme Risk](https://projects.propublica.org/supreme-risk/)
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Most rights are based in statute, but dozens — such as rights to same-sex marriage, search warrants and Miranda warnings — are based on judicial rulings that the Supreme Court can overturn and that current justices have questioned some aspect of.
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June 1, 2023, 5 a.m. EDT
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[How Forest Loss Can Unleash the Next Pandemic](https://projects.propublica.org/spillover)
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The forests around the epicenter of the world’s worst Ebola outbreak are getting patchier. The next pandemic could emerge from the edges around these patches, where wildlife and humans mix.
by [Al Shaw](https://www.propublica.org/people/al-shaw), [Irena Hwang](https://www.propublica.org/people/irena-hwang) and [Caroline Chen](https://www.propublica.org/people/caroline-chen)
March 16, 2023, 7 a.m. EDT
[Look Up Which Fortune 500 Companies Fund Election Deniers](https://projects.propublica.org/fortune-500-company-election-deniers-jan-6)
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Corporate America pledged to quit supporting lawmakers who challenged the 2020 election results. Two years later, the companies’ wallets are back open.
by [Sergio Hernández](https://www.propublica.org/people/sergio-hernandez), with additional reporting by [Nat Lash](https://www.propublica.org/people/nat-lash)
Nov. 1, 2022, 8 a.m. EDT
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Sept. 22, 2022, 5 a.m. EDT
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[Do Police Give Students Tickets in Your Illinois School District?](https://projects.propublica.org/illinois-school-police-tickets-fines)
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Do police in your Illinois school district give students tickets for truancy, vaping, fighting or other violations of local ordinances? Search our interactive database to find out.
by [Ruth Talbot](https://www.propublica.org/people/ruth-talbot), ProPublica, Jennifer Smith Richards, [Chicago Tribune](https://www.chicagotribune.com/), and [Jodi S. Cohen](https://www.propublica.org/people/jodi-cohen), ProPublica
April 28, 2022, 4:59 a.m. EDT
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[America’s Highest Earners and Their Taxes Revealed](https://projects.propublica.org/americas-highest-incomes-and-taxes-revealed)
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Secret IRS files reveal the top US income earners and how their tax rates vary more than their incomes. Tech titans, hedge fund managers and heirs dominate the list, while the likes of Taylor Swift and LeBron James didn’t even make the top 400.
by [Paul Kiel](https://www.propublica.org/people/paul-kiel), [Ash Ngu](https://www.propublica.org/people/ash-ngu), [Jesse Eisinger](https://www.propublica.org/people/jesse-eisinger) and [Jeff Ernsthausen](https://www.propublica.org/people/jeff-ernsthausen)
April 13, 2022, 5 a.m. EDT
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[El mapa más detallado de contaminación atmosférica industrial que causa cáncer en los EE. UU.](https://projects.propublica.org/toxmap/es/)
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Utilizamos información de la EPA para trazar un mapa de las emisiones atmosféricas industriales que causan cáncer hasta el nivel de los barrios. Busque su casa para ver si usted y sus seres queridos están viviendo en un lugar peligroso.
por [Al Shaw](https://www.propublica.org/people/al-shaw) y [Lylla Younes](https://www.propublica.org/people/lylla-younes)
Nov. 16, 2021, 1:30 p.m. EST
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[Look Up the Salmonella Rates Where Your Poultry Was Processed](https://projects.propublica.org/chicken/)
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How worried should you be about salmonella in your chicken or turkey? Chicken Checker lets you look up where it was processed and find out.
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Oct. 29, 2021, 7:59 a.m. EDT
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[Video Evidence Shown in the Capitol Insurrection Criminal Cases](https://projects.propublica.org/jan-6-video-evidence)
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ProPublica and a coalition of 15 other news organizations have been arguing for access to video exhibits shown in the criminal cases against the accused Jan. 6 rioters. We’ll add new videos as we get them.
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July 27, 2021, 5 a.m. EDT
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[New Records Show the NYPD’s Favored Punishment: Less Vacation Time](https://projects.propublica.org/nypd-disciplinary-records)
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In some of the NYPD’s most severe misconduct cases, the only punishment officers faced was losing vacation days.
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June 22, 2021, 1:15 p.m. EDT
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[Hawaii’s Beaches Are Disappearing](https://projects.propublica.org/hawaii-beach-loss)
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Major islands have lost nearly a quarter of their beaches in the last century. The culprit? Seawalls and other barriers erected by wealthy homeowners.
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Dec. 29, 2020, 5 a.m. EST
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[Tracking the Trump Administration’s “Midnight Regulations”](https://projects.propublica.org/trump-midnight-regulations)
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The administration is rushing to implement dozens of policy changes in its final days. We’re following some of the most consequential and controversial.
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Nov. 25, 2020, 4:59 a.m. EST
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[Charting the Long-Term Impact of Trump’s Judicial Appointments](https://projects.propublica.org/trump-young-judges)
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Beyond the Supreme Court, not only has President Donald Trump appointed judges at a quicker pace than his predecessor, he’s appointing younger judges who may serve for many more years.
by [Moiz Syed](https://www.propublica.org/people/moiz-syed)
Oct. 30, 2020, 6 a.m. EDT
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[Grenades, Bread and Body Bags: How Illinois Has Spent $1.6 Billion in Response to COVID-19 So Far](https://features.propublica.org/il-covid-spending/state-agencies-spent-more-than-1-point-6-billion/)
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Fighting — and adapting to — the coronavirus in Illinois has been costly. So far, state agencies have spent more than $1.6 billion in federal and state COVID-19 funding since late March, buying everything from face masks to Subway sandwiches.
by [Ash Ngu](https://www.propublica.org/people/ash-ngu) and [Jodi S. Cohen](https://www.propublica.org/people/jodi-cohen), ProPublica, and Jennifer Smith Richards, [Chicago Tribune](https://www.chicagotribune.com/)
Oct. 22, 2020, 1 p.m. EDT
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On California’s fall fire days — days with high temperatures and wind speeds, as well as low humidity — all it takes is a spark from a downed power line to start an inferno. New research indicates that they’re about to become a lot more common.
by [Al Shaw](https://www.propublica.org/people/al-shaw) and [Elizabeth Weil](https://www.propublica.org/people/elizabeth-weil)
Oct. 14, 2020, 5 a.m. EDT
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