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Eleven states don't track or reveal COVID-19 hospitalizations

by Curtis Gilbert

State health officials in Washington and California are scrambling to create mechanisms for hospitals to report their COVID-19 patients in real time.

How have you been impacted by the coronavirus?

The APM Reports team is investigating the ongoing effects of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Through our reporting, and with help from community members like you, we hope to shed light on how people are responding to the disease

Vermont police shooting was preventable, report finds

by Curtis Gilbert

A state commission spent two years investigating the 2016 death of Phil Grenon, who was killed by officers after a Taser failed to subdue him.

First-graders in Oakland, California, practice reading.

Experts say widely used reading curriculum is failing kids

by Emily Hanford

A first of its kind review finds Lucy Calkins' materials don't align with the science of reading.

Mississippi prosecutor Doug Evans takes himself off the Curtis Flowers case

by Parker Yesko

The district attorney who's tried Flowers six times for the same crime will no longer handle the prosecution.

What Loper's about-face means for the Curtis Flowers case

by Parker Yesko

The Mississippi judge has the power to prevent a seventh trial.

Curtis Flowers released on bail

by Parker Yesko

A Mississippi judge allows Flowers to leave jail to await a possible seventh trial.

The day in photos: Curtis Flowers' release

Scenes from the extraordinary day the Mississippi man was freed on bail.

Doug Evans sued for using race in jury selection

by Parker Yesko

The NAACP and four black plaintiffs take Mississippi prosecutor Doug Evans to court to halt the "odious practice" of "racially discriminatory jury selection."

Voting rights advocates call on Georgia to halt controversial purges

by Angela Caputo

Following an APM Reports investigation, the League of Women Voters wants the state to eliminate its "use it or lose it" policy.

protesters against the Vietnam War march past the White House

Soldiers for Peace

Opposition to the Vietnam War among active duty GIs and veterans was organized, intense, and widespread. Yet it goes virtually forgotten in public recollections of the era.

Georgia nearly purged hundreds of eligible voters by mistake

by Geoff Hing

APM Reports identified 294 people wrongly included on a list of voters on track to have their registrations canceled.

Eleven states don't track or reveal COVID-19 hospitalizations

How have you been impacted by the coronavirus?

Mississippi prosecutor Doug Evans takes himself off the Curtis Flowers case

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The latest updates on the Curtis Flowers case

The invention of a disease and the pursuit of one molecule

How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers

Less reliable than their maker has claimed, the results can be deadly

Soldiers for Peace

Water pipes are crumbling and poor people are paying the price

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What good is a history major?

Graduation rate for Native students surges at the University of Minnesota

Black girl, white college

College administrators struggle with whether to close their classrooms in response to COVID-19

Recent Stories

Eleven states don't track or reveal COVID-19 hospitalizations

How have you been impacted by the coronavirus?

Vermont police shooting was preventable, report finds

Experts say widely used reading curriculum is failing kids

Mississippi prosecutor Doug Evans takes himself off the Curtis Flowers case

What Loper's about-face means for the Curtis Flowers case

Curtis Flowers released on bail

The day in photos: Curtis Flowers' release

Doug Evans sued for using race in jury selection

Voting rights advocates call on Georgia to halt controversial purges

Soldiers for Peace

Georgia nearly purged hundreds of eligible voters by mistake