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Phoebe Memorial, the sole hospital in Albany, GA, was founded on the idea that all patients be treated, regardless of their ability to pay.
So why do some residents — including many hospital staffers — turn to a free clinic for care?
THREAD 🧵
So why do some residents — including many hospital staffers — turn to a free clinic for care?
THREAD 🧵
December 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Phoebe Memorial, the sole hospital in Albany, GA, was founded on the idea that all patients be treated, regardless of their ability to pay.
So why do some residents — including many hospital staffers — turn to a free clinic for care?
THREAD 🧵
So why do some residents — including many hospital staffers — turn to a free clinic for care?
THREAD 🧵
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14/ Today, Phoebe has a 2-star rating, placing it in the bottom 30% of all CMS-rated hospitals in the U.S.
For more on how Phoebe’s poor grades and poor outcomes came to be — and what it tells us about the story of U.S. healthcare, read Part 3 of "Sick in a Hospital Town":
For more on how Phoebe’s poor grades and poor outcomes came to be — and what it tells us about the story of U.S. healthcare, read Part 3 of "Sick in a Hospital Town":
Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 3: Poor Grades, Poor Outcomes
Phoebe paid an exorbitant sum to acquire its crosstown rival and became Albany’s only hospital. But as the company’s debt increased, patients suffered.
projects.propublica.org
December 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
14/ Today, Phoebe has a 2-star rating, placing it in the bottom 30% of all CMS-rated hospitals in the U.S.
For more on how Phoebe’s poor grades and poor outcomes came to be — and what it tells us about the story of U.S. healthcare, read Part 3 of "Sick in a Hospital Town":
For more on how Phoebe’s poor grades and poor outcomes came to be — and what it tells us about the story of U.S. healthcare, read Part 3 of "Sick in a Hospital Town":
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1/ It was the height of the pandemic, but Phoebe Putney Memorial had good news: At 99 years old, Maude Burke was the oldest COVID-19 patient they were discharging.
In a video, staff waved balloons, celebrating Burke beating the disease.
There was one issue: It wasn’t true. 🧵
In a video, staff waved balloons, celebrating Burke beating the disease.
There was one issue: It wasn’t true. 🧵
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
1/ It was the height of the pandemic, but Phoebe Putney Memorial had good news: At 99 years old, Maude Burke was the oldest COVID-19 patient they were discharging.
In a video, staff waved balloons, celebrating Burke beating the disease.
There was one issue: It wasn’t true. 🧵
In a video, staff waved balloons, celebrating Burke beating the disease.
There was one issue: It wasn’t true. 🧵
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NEW: The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing he called “deceitful and potentially criminal.”
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
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15/ Today we’ve published a deeply reported 5-part series. It’s about Albany, Georgia.
It’s about getting sick in America.
And it’s about what happens when the most powerful institution in town is a hospital.
It’s about getting sick in America.
And it’s about what happens when the most powerful institution in town is a hospital.
As Phoebe Memorial Grew, the Health of Albany, Georgia, Declined
The five-part series, “Sick in a Hospital Town,” pursues one question: Why are people in Albany so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
projects.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
15/ Today we’ve published a deeply reported 5-part series. It’s about Albany, Georgia.
It’s about getting sick in America.
And it’s about what happens when the most powerful institution in town is a hospital.
It’s about getting sick in America.
And it’s about what happens when the most powerful institution in town is a hospital.
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THREAD: It was supposed to be a routine surgery. So when the doctor stepped out, Sandra Parker wasn’t sure she heard right.
Her husband’s heart couldn’t have stopped for more than 5 or 6 minutes, the doctor was saying.
“That’s not a lot of time,” Mrs. Parker thought. “Is it?”
Her husband’s heart couldn’t have stopped for more than 5 or 6 minutes, the doctor was saying.
“That’s not a lot of time,” Mrs. Parker thought. “Is it?”
December 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
THREAD: It was supposed to be a routine surgery. So when the doctor stepped out, Sandra Parker wasn’t sure she heard right.
Her husband’s heart couldn’t have stopped for more than 5 or 6 minutes, the doctor was saying.
“That’s not a lot of time,” Mrs. Parker thought. “Is it?”
Her husband’s heart couldn’t have stopped for more than 5 or 6 minutes, the doctor was saying.
“That’s not a lot of time,” Mrs. Parker thought. “Is it?”
this just keeps getting more horrific
1/ It should be forgiven. It should be forgotten. If she spoke of it again, the sins would be hers, she was told.
But she could never forget. And neither could the other girls.
This is the story of how her church enabled a child abuser for years 👇
[content warning: sexual abuse]
But she could never forget. And neither could the other girls.
This is the story of how her church enabled a child abuser for years 👇
[content warning: sexual abuse]
November 21, 2025 at 2:32 AM
this just keeps getting more horrific
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NEW: ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
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The IRS is reportedly not offering its Direct File program next year. Here’s a look back at how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free:
(Published 2019)
(Published 2019)
Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.
www.propublica.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The IRS is reportedly not offering its Direct File program next year. Here’s a look back at how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free:
(Published 2019)
(Published 2019)
Dick Cheney died doing what he loved (death)
November 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Dick Cheney died doing what he loved (death)
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NEW: Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water.
www.propublica.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Like ghosts, we’re all about transparency. 👻
Got a tip for us? Contact our team safely on Signal at 917-512-0201.
**We always show our work. Use our stencils to make your own pumpkin: propub.li/43AXneD
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On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout.
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
August 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout.
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
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14/ Rodríguez told me he wants the world to know what happened in El Salvador — daily beatings, humiliation, psychological abuse.
“There is no reason for what I went through,” he said. “I didn’t deserve that.”
www.propublica.org/article/vene...
“There is no reason for what I went through,” he said. “I didn’t deserve that.”
www.propublica.org/article/vene...
He Was Asked About His Tattoos and a TikTok Video in Court. Five Days Later, He Was in a Salvadoran Prison.
Albert Jesús Rodríguez Parra was one of more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants the Trump administration sent to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. After his release, he says he wants the world to ...
www.propublica.org
July 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
14/ Rodríguez told me he wants the world to know what happened in El Salvador — daily beatings, humiliation, psychological abuse.
“There is no reason for what I went through,” he said. “I didn’t deserve that.”
www.propublica.org/article/vene...
“There is no reason for what I went through,” he said. “I didn’t deserve that.”
www.propublica.org/article/vene...
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1/ Early on in President Trump’s second term, I spent a few weeks observing Chicago’s immigration court to get a sense of how things were changing.
One afternoon in March, the case of a 27-year-old Venezuelan asylum-seeker caught my attention.
I want to tell you his story 👇
One afternoon in March, the case of a 27-year-old Venezuelan asylum-seeker caught my attention.
I want to tell you his story 👇
July 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
1/ Early on in President Trump’s second term, I spent a few weeks observing Chicago’s immigration court to get a sense of how things were changing.
One afternoon in March, the case of a 27-year-old Venezuelan asylum-seeker caught my attention.
I want to tell you his story 👇
One afternoon in March, the case of a 27-year-old Venezuelan asylum-seeker caught my attention.
I want to tell you his story 👇
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Our investigation revealed how a little-known Microsoft program could leave some of the U.S. government’s most sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from its leading cyber adversary.
TL;DR, these are the 9 biggest takeaways ⤵️
TL;DR, these are the 9 biggest takeaways ⤵️
July 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Our investigation revealed how a little-known Microsoft program could leave some of the U.S. government’s most sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from its leading cyber adversary.
TL;DR, these are the 9 biggest takeaways ⤵️
TL;DR, these are the 9 biggest takeaways ⤵️
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As John Oliver mentioned, even Luke Seaborn, the de-facto face of Georgia's Medicaid work requirement program, was kicked off of it — twice: propub.li/45IRkqn
➡️ For more, read our full "Broken Pathways" series: www.propublica.org/series/broke...
➡️ For more, read our full "Broken Pathways" series: www.propublica.org/series/broke...
June 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
As John Oliver mentioned, even Luke Seaborn, the de-facto face of Georgia's Medicaid work requirement program, was kicked off of it — twice: propub.li/45IRkqn
➡️ For more, read our full "Broken Pathways" series: www.propublica.org/series/broke...
➡️ For more, read our full "Broken Pathways" series: www.propublica.org/series/broke...
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On tonight's @lastweektonight.com, John Oliver cited @savmargaret.bsky.social's reporting about the bureaucratic hurdles and technical glitches Georgians have faced under the state's Medicaid work mandate, as the GOP rushes to implement a national work requirement: propub.li/4kfg2SE
June 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
On tonight's @lastweektonight.com, John Oliver cited @savmargaret.bsky.social's reporting about the bureaucratic hurdles and technical glitches Georgians have faced under the state's Medicaid work mandate, as the GOP rushes to implement a national work requirement: propub.li/4kfg2SE
programmers with social skills be vibe decoding
June 8, 2025 at 4:25 AM
programmers with social skills be vibe decoding
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JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
May 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
First set of mail-in ballots for the Oakland mayoral election are in
Loren Taylor: 21,658, 48.96 %
Barbara Lee: 19,819, 44.81 %
Looks like mostly the hills are reporting so far, and they’re pulling hard for Taylor. The denser areas are slightly favoring Lee
alamedacountyca.gov/rovresults/2...
Loren Taylor: 21,658, 48.96 %
Barbara Lee: 19,819, 44.81 %
Looks like mostly the hills are reporting so far, and they’re pulling hard for Taylor. The denser areas are slightly favoring Lee
alamedacountyca.gov/rovresults/2...
Alameda County Election Results
alamedacountyca.gov
April 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
First set of mail-in ballots for the Oakland mayoral election are in
Loren Taylor: 21,658, 48.96 %
Barbara Lee: 19,819, 44.81 %
Looks like mostly the hills are reporting so far, and they’re pulling hard for Taylor. The denser areas are slightly favoring Lee
alamedacountyca.gov/rovresults/2...
Loren Taylor: 21,658, 48.96 %
Barbara Lee: 19,819, 44.81 %
Looks like mostly the hills are reporting so far, and they’re pulling hard for Taylor. The denser areas are slightly favoring Lee
alamedacountyca.gov/rovresults/2...
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THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
April 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
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March 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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