News you might be missing- Friday edition

pexels-photo-518543.jpegSome good journalism you might not otherwise see.


In Pennsylvania, It’s Open Season on Undocumented Immigrants/ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/pennsylvania-ice-undocumented-immigrants-immigration-enforcement


Out of poverty, into the middle class/The Hechinger Report

http://hechingerreport.org/out-of-poverty-into-the-middle-class/


STRIKING TEACHERS IN COAL AND GAS COUNTRY ARE FORCING STATES TO RETHINK ENERGY COMPANY GIVEAWAYS/The Intercept

https://theintercept.com/2018/04/12/teachers-strike-west-virginia-oklahoma-kentucky-fossil-fuels/


Pruitt’s Tall Tale on Toxic Cleanups/Factcheck.org

https://www.factcheck.org/2018/04/pruitts-tall-tale-on-toxic-cleanups/


THE WEEKEND READER

Treatment Overkill: A series that examines medical overtreatment: unneeded scans, surgery, and therapy/ KHN

https://khn.org/news/tag/treatment-overkill/


 

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Author: nickpattersonfreelance

I'm a professional reporter, writer, editor, teacher, storyteller. A former travel and features editor for Southern Living, I started Velleity because people keep offering me travel stuff and you may as well benefit from it.

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