The political climate is forcing many Latinos to question whether they belong Many U.S.-born Latinos feel afraid and anxious amid the political rhetoric. Still, others wouldn't miss celebrating their country

Many U.S.-born Latinos feel afraid and anxious amid the political rhetoric. Still, others wouldn't miss celebrating their country

Richard Fausset is a national treasure

I’ll be giving a talk about my work and photobook on May 18th at the Bronx Documentary Center. RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/photobook-...

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.

(Published Feb. 2025)

On Saturday, Jan. 24, federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti.

Our photojournalists @cengizyar.com and @peterdicampo.bsky.social were on the ground in Minneapolis, covering events in the days surrounding Pretti’s death. This is what they witnessed.

Read more: https://propub.li/3ZjL7wH

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I expected the cuts would be bad but I'm honestly stunned and sickened seeing how many great journalists the Washington Post just lost. People who nailed huge investigations, documented war zones, exposed horrific crimes, dropped all at once for failures they did not cause.

Seems as though they have laid off their entire photography staff. Photojournalists don’t just take photos, we report, we pitch, we take photos while our lives and safety are under threat. We explore our neighborhoods, restaurants and sports with a creative eye. Photojournalists do it all.

Article excerpt: In my few days in Minnesota, I’ve been witness to countless scenes that remind me of moments I’ve seen during previous trips covering conflicts around the world. I watched heavily armored federal units roll through quiet neighborhoods. In a grocery store parking lot, angry residents screamed at agents, demanding they leave the city. Masked and armed government agents pointed weapons toward me and some protesters during an encounter in the middle of the afternoon. Curious guests in a hotel elevator wondered why I was carrying around a medical pack and gas mask. Local residents thanked me for being there to witness the situation. A drunk man at a hotel bar cursed at me, saying the media was at fault. The wars we’ve carried out as a nation abroad have come home.

"In my few days in Minnesota, I’ve been witness to countless scenes that remind me of moments I’ve seen during previous trips covering conflicts around the world," photojournalist @cengizyar.com writes. "The wars we’ve carried out as a nation abroad have come home."

More: https://propub.li/4acxEeY

ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit Former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.

The Marshall Project's analysis of ICE data obtained by the Deportation Data Project found the Trump administration’s revival of family detention has swept thousands of children into ICE custody. At least 3,800 children under age 18, including 20 infants, have been booked since Trump took office.

I suppose this is nitpicking, but to the headline writers: ICE is NOT border patrol.

Residents I’ve spoken to are furious and want the agents out of their city. I’ve seen tense encounters in grocery story parking lots, housing developments, and neighborhoods. I've covered unrest around the world and the anger among protesters here is among the most intense I've ever experienced.

I’ve been in Minneapolis the last few days reporting on the ICE raids happening across the city. This morning federal agents shot and killed a man, identified by the AP as Alex Pretti. This marks the third shooting by federal agents since Operation Metro Surge started in Minnesota last month.

2026 Nick Oza Visual Fellowship – Altavoz Lab The 2026 Nick Oza Visual Fellowship is a documentary photography program by Altavoz Lab honoring Pulitzer-winning photojournalist Nick Oza. This fellowship supports visual storytellers rooted in their...

The inaugural Nick Oza Visual Fellowship open call launches on Jan. 18.

The FBI searched a Washington Post reporter’s home as part of an investigation into classified material, people familiar with the matter said. It is exceedingly rare for federal agents to search a journalist’s home. trib.al/tKsg85n

ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit Former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.

“Sometimes my daughter doesn’t want to leave our room because she is so sad and just wants to leave this prison so badly. She cries and cries about all of this. I am so worried that I barely eat," one mother detained in Texas said.

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Wait, my aunt’s fb declarations aren’t legally bulletproof?? Shocking

Always read Grayson Haver Currin

Please join us in Austin this Saturday for the Night of Photojournalism, where Adriana Loureiro, John Moore @perla-trevizo.bsky.social @ilanapl.bsky.social & others will be presenting their work. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/night-of-p...

Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage. Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.

“You have made progress.”
“You are not a danger to yourself or others.”

The denial letter from Geneva Moore’s insurer directly contradicted her therapist’s words. Cut off from her treatment program, Moore slid into a monthslong downward spiral.

(Published Dec. 2024)

A specific photographer, in fact. Gorgeous work from @maddiemcgarvey.bsky.social

Opinion | The Pressure of Poverty in Appalachia

"Most of all, I recognized Ms. McGarvey’s project as an act of witnessing, documenting one family’s life in its daily tenderness, ordinary suffering and full complexity." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...

Really looking forward to this event next weekend in Austin with @perla-trevizo.bsky.social and Adriana Loureiro Fernández, among others. Don't miss it. www.eventbrite.com/e/night-of-p...

Insurers Continue to Rely on Doctors Whose Judgments Have Been Criticized by Courts In dozens of cases ProPublica reviewed, judges found that some doctors working for these companies engaged in “selective readings” of medical evidence and “shut their eyes” to medical opinions opposin...

Judge Andrew Oldham sounded frustrated by the UnitedHealthcare lawyer arguing 15-year-old Emily Dwyer no longer needed residential treatment.

United’s approach, the judge said, essentially boiled down to “We’ll just gamble with her life.”

(Published Dec. 2024)

A capuchin monkey stares out judgmentally from a wall of leaves.

Hey friends. I'm doing a holiday printsale over on ashponders.darkroom.com. Please take a look, I make images of pretty things like monkeys who are disappointed in you and rainbows that aren't. If you can buy a print, do!

ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.

more harrowing work from Chicago photojournalist @jamiekelterdavis.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

How to survive a Republican power grab Texas Democrat Greg Casar spent his summer fighting for his job—and plotting a progressive revival.

Spent some time shadowing Greg Casar (and Dolores Huerta!) during the redistricting fight. His predicament embodied the party's: a rising generation of leaders, caught between a defiant old guard and an opposition willing to change the rules to stop them www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

How to survive a Republican power grab Texas Democrat Greg Casar spent his summer fighting for his job—and plotting a progressive revival.

Texas Democrat Greg Casar spent his summer fighting for his job—and plotting a progressive revival.

Over a tumultuous but pivotal week in August, @timothypmurphy.bsky.social tagged along as Casar juggled the dictatorial present and an uncertain future.

Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage. Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.

Insurers sometimes deny coverage citing lack of progress, labeling patients’ conditions as chronic.

Yet if they do make progress, insurers have also used that to argue patients no longer need treatment.

Doctors are left to walk a tightrope.

(Published Dec. 2024)