ProPublica Narrated

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  This Coach Is Banned From Working With Kids. Why Is He Still Coaching? 18.09.2026 40min

  Even though an oversight group found that Texas girls’ volleyball coach Ryan Richardson engaged in sexual misconduct with a minor, sports organizations have failed to stop him from coaching. By Molly Hensley-Clancy. Co-published with The Washington Post. Originally published Aug. 20, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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  On This Nearly Deserted Alaska Island, You Pay to Keep Hundreds of Empty Buildings Wired for Internet 11.09.2026 14min

  U.S. phone customers pay more than $340,000 a year for an Anchorage company to keep homes and buildings on Alaska’s Adak Island wired for obsolete internet service. All but a few of them sit empty. By Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News. Co-published with Anchorage Daily News. Originally published July 20, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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  This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead. 04.09.2026 18min

  Nick Adams’ Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness has brought in millions in donations and helped him land a State Department appointment, but records show there is almost no indication FLAG was spending that money on its stated mission. By Kali Bomeli. Originally published July 28, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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  My Maddening Quest to Find Out if Blueberries Come From Farms Where Workers Were Harmed 01.09.2026 5min

  Max Blau spent a year reporting on abuses of farmworkers. It left him wondering: Is there any way to find out whether the produce he buys at the grocery store comes from farms with a record of mistreating workers? By Max Blau. Originally published July 21, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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  A Youth Sports Giant Promised Reforms to Protect Kids From Sexual Abuse. Most Never Happened. 28.08.2026 44min

  More than a decade after the Amateur Athletic Union promised to implement “historic child protection measures,” it still hasn’t done so, leaving hundreds of thousands of kids at risk. Some AAU athletes have had devastating experiences. By Molly Hensley-Clancy. Co-published with The Washington Post. Originally published Aug. 13, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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  Left in the Dust: How a Billionaire-Owned Concrete Plant Took Over a Detroit Community 21.08.2026 24min

  After a company erected a concrete plant in a quiet neighborhood with the aid of the city, residents began battling clouds of dust and other problems. They say local and state officials have been little help. By Jena Brooker, BridgeDetroit. Co-published with BridgeDetroit. Originally published July 6, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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  This Private School Had Students Scrub Floors and Attack a Fellow Classmate. The State Still Funds It. 14.08.2026 30min

  One of the few requirements for Arkansas private schools is that they have an American flag and a flagpole. But millions in state funds go to the largely unmonitored schools while complaints about safety and fraud have gone unanswered, parents say. By Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen. Co-published with Arkansas Times. Originally published July 15, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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  These Immigrant Kids Were Once Protected. Under Trump, Their Deportations Have Tripled. 07.08.2026 22min

  As Trump cracks down on unaccompanied minors living in the U.S., a couple of traffic tickets put Elder Chavez on a path toward deportation. “I’m just waiting here,” he told ProPublica. “I really don’t know what’s going to happen to me.” By Mica Rosenberg and Jeff Ernsthausen. Originally published July 6, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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  “He Didn’t Need to Die.” How an Immigration Detention Center Repeatedly Failed to Address a Mental Health Crisis. 31.07.2026 21min

  Geraldo Lunas Campos repeatedly raised concerns about his mental health before he died at Camp East Montana. Records paint a portrait of how the Texas facility’s staff failed to adequately respond. By Perla Trevizo, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune. Co-published with The Texas Tribune. Originally published July 3, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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  With a Chance at Freedom, They Faced an Unexpected Obstacle: Their Own Lawyers 24.07.2026 24min

  Pennsylvania courts allow attorneys to argue against their convicted clients’ bid for justice. It has resulted in people spending years or decades in prison before being freed based on issues lawyers overlooked or rejected. By Samantha Melamed and Dylan Purcell, The Philadelphia Inquirer. Co-published with The Philadelphia Inquirer. Originally Published May 19, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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  Beyond Denial: How Oil Execs Shaped a Landmark Climate Study 17.07.2026 44min

  BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation. By Maddie Stone, Drilled, with additional reporting by Amy Westervelt, Drilled, and Katie Worth, ProPublica. Co-published with Drilled. Originally published June 25, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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  “That Guy is Still Out There” 10.07.2026 1h 2min

  Five years after Anthony Broadwater was belatedly cleared for the sexual assault of author Alice Sebold, the questions of how he came to be wrongly convicted and how one or more serial rapists operated for years with little consequence have only deepened. By Joaquin Sapien. Originally published June 30, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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  This Convicted Felon Gets $1 Million a Year to Sell Obsolete Internet Service. You Pay for It. 03.07.2026 26min

  Roger Shoffstall spent three years in prison for tax evasion. Still, each year the federal government pays his Alaska company, Summit Telephone, for internet service that’s slower than in most of the U.S. By Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News. Co-published with Anchorage Daily News. Originally published May 19, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio.Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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  He Was Fired for Sexually Harassing Students. California Allowed Him to Keep Teaching Anyway. 26.06.2026 26min

  Math teacher Jason Agan was deemed “unfit to teach.” But the finding was never made public. This is how the state allowed him — and dozens of other educators found to have committed sexual harassment or misconduct — to keep their credentials. By Holly McDede, KQED, and Mollie Simon, ProPublica. Co-published with KQED. Originally published May 12, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio.Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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  She Faced a Life-Threatening Miscarriage. Under Arkansas’ Abortion Ban, Even Calls to the Governor’s Office Didn’t Help. 19.06.2026 37min

  Her case shows how abortion bans have left hospital lawyers, not doctors, deciding who gets care — and how lawmakers and regulators have failed to change that. By Kavitha Surana. Originally published May 26, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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  In This Church, Child Sexual Abuse Has Gone Unchecked for So Long That It Spans Generations 12.06.2026 22min

  The Old Apostolic Lutheran Church’s culture of forgiving and forgetting sins has absolved abusers and silenced victims across the U.S. and Canada, ensnaring parents, children and grandchildren in the same cycle of abuse. By Andy Mannix and Jeremy Kohler. Co-published with Minnesota Star Tribune. Originally published June 4, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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  Oily Sludge Is Flooding Their Dream Home. Oklahoma Regulators Say They Can’t Help. 05.06.2026 10min

  The Merediths were forced to abandon their house after it filled with black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite evidence of oil and gas pollution, the state “wanted to act like it would go away,” the family says. By Nick Bowlin, The Frontier, and Katie Campbell, ProPublica. Co-published with The Frontier. Originally published May 18, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio.Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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  Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth 29.05.2026 20min

  The vitamin K shot, a lifesaving injection given to newborns to prevent uncontrollable bleeding of the brain and intestines, has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement. By Duaa Eldeib. Originally published May 6, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio.Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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  Prosecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme “Locked Up.” Under Trump, They Were Told Not to Pursue Charges. 22.05.2026 20min

  Before the 2024 election, federal prosecutors were “full steam ahead” looking into how a prison gang in Puerto Rico gave drugs to inmates if they voted for a GOP gubernatorial candidate. After Trump’s election, the investigation evaporated. By Raquel Rutledge. Originally published May 5, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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  Kids Are Being Harmed by Tear Gas, Pepper Spray Under Trump. There Could Be Long-Term Consequences. 15.05.2026 25min

  In several cities, judges have chastised federal immigration officers, saying they used excessive force. One former Department of Homeland Security leader called ProPublica’s findings a “bright red flag.” By Lisa Song, Maya Miller and Melissa Sanchez, with research reporting by Mariam Elba. Originally published May 7, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.