Ida B. Wells Society

We're excited to announce the Summer 2025 cohort of Ida B. Wells Society Investigative Interns! These 17 emerging journalists come from a broad spectrum of colleges and will be placed in some of the nation’s most prestigious news organizations. idabwellssociety.org/news/ida-b-wel…

Wyoming officially put an end to most of its gun-free zones. The change comes after states that have similar laws to Wyoming’s saw increases in firearms-related injuries after their laws’ passage. That’s according to an analysis written by @teamtrace. wyomingpublicmedia.org/politics-gover…

The sums amassed by the Trump Organization are far greater than those collected by the family during the president’s first term, when patronage of his hotels and golf courses was de rigueur to curry favor with the famously transactional commander-in-chief. apnews.com/article/trump-…

Beyond the numbers, the nine-newsroom collaboration also revealed the shocking conditions adults and children are subjected to, and debunked common misconceptions that the majority of these migrants knowingly choose these journeys. gijn.org/stories/how-th…

Law enforcement agencies have collaborated with private security to surveil largely peaceful protesters opposed to a Nevada mining project called Thacker Pass. propublica.org/article/thacke…

A surge in private equity funding for hospitals left a trail of crushing debts, patient detentions and broken promises. icij.org/investigations…

At @IRE_NICAR, journalists explained how oligarchs work with cross-border enablers and sophisticated tools to conceal their assets and government ties, and why reporters should take a collaborative approach to expose them & the public harms they generate. gijn.org/stories/tips-f…

To track how Trump’s executive orders affecting transgender people are being enforced nationwide, @TransJA and @MuckRock partnered to file public records requests. They have submitted 247 requests — and received just 42 responses. gijn.org/stories/foia-t…

When university president Gregory Washington received notice that the Trump administration had opened an investigation into complaints of antisemitism, he was “perplexed.” But there are signs it may be part of a coordinated campaign to oust him. propublica.org/article/george…

More than 1 million low-income households who depend on the nation’s public housing and voucher programs could be at risk of losing their government-subsidized homes under the Trump admin’s proposal to impose a two-year time limit on rental assistance. apnews.com/article/hud-se…

More cabins and buildings at Camp Mystic — the site of more than two dozen deaths in the Texas flood — were at risk of flooding than what the federal government had previously reported, according to new analysis from NPR, FRONTLINE and data scientists. npr.org/2025/07/09/nx-…

ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts. propublica.org/article/trump-…

The report follows an investigative series in recent years by NPR, in collaboration with @MarshallProj, which exposed abuse in federal prisons, including the overuse of restraints and shackles so tight that prisoners report scarring and permanent injury. npr.org/2025/07/14/nx-…

In both North Carolina and Texas's disasters, there was a disconnect between accurate weather alerts and on-the-ground action that could have saved lives. In both disasters, people were left in harm’s way. propublica.org/article/texas-…

The latest heatwave in England likely killed 263 Londoners, according to this report from Sky News which assessed how climate change is impacting heat waves across the country. gijn.org/stories/europe…

Howard Lutnick oversees the U.S. government’s efforts to monitor and predict the weather. The billionaire also ran a financial firm that stands to benefit if Trump’s admin follows through on a long Republican effort to privatize weather forecasting. apnews.com/article/trump-…

New from Society-@USATODAY intern Victoria Valenzuela: Advocates for immigrant domestic violence survivors say they're avoiding police, courts and even shelters out of fear ICE will deport them. usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

A new @propublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous. propublica.org/article/texas-…

Alexis Ratcliff is 19 and she's lived, since she was 13, in a hospital in North Carolina. This week, the disabled woman moved to her own apartment. But the Trump administration has zeroed out the money for the program that helped Ratcliff move. npr.org/2025/07/01/nx-…

Elon Musk's companies hired more lobbyists this year than any other since 2021, according to data from the Texas Ethics Commission. Musk influenced several new Texas laws this year. How his lobbyists came about these wins, however, is more of a mystery. texastribune.org/2025/07/03/elo…

Gigablue says it has designed particles that will trap carbon in the sea. But outside scientists say questions remain about whether the tech works as described. Their questions showcase tensions in an industry built on little regulation & big promises. apnews.com/article/climat…