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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?
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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?
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So why do some residents — including many hospital staffers — turn to a free clinic for care?
THREAD 🧵
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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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How did a century-old community hospital in a small Georgia city grow into a sprawling healthcare system that dominates the local economy?
By waging a years-long battle to eliminate its competition and become the only game in town. (THREAD)
By waging a years-long battle to eliminate its competition and become the only game in town. (THREAD)
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
How did a century-old community hospital in a small Georgia city grow into a sprawling healthcare system that dominates the local economy?
By waging a years-long battle to eliminate its competition and become the only game in town. (THREAD)
By waging a years-long battle to eliminate its competition and become the only game in town. (THREAD)
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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?”
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NEW: The leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community in Minnesota enabled a child abuser by pressuring his victims to forgive and forget his sins — so that they could never speak of them again.
With @startribune.com
With @startribune.com
Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
NEW: The leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community in Minnesota enabled a child abuser by pressuring his victims to forgive and forget his sins — so that they could never speak of them again.
With @startribune.com
With @startribune.com
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A huge thanks to @otisrtaylorjr.bsky.social & Holly McDede for being the best hosts!
@propublica.org audience editor @busyisby.bsky.social (my fellow Bay Area gal) and I loved visiting the @kqednews.kqed.org newsroom and talking shop with reporters & editors.
@propublica.org audience editor @busyisby.bsky.social (my fellow Bay Area gal) and I loved visiting the @kqednews.kqed.org newsroom and talking shop with reporters & editors.
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A huge thanks to @otisrtaylorjr.bsky.social & Holly McDede for being the best hosts!
@propublica.org audience editor @busyisby.bsky.social (my fellow Bay Area gal) and I loved visiting the @kqednews.kqed.org newsroom and talking shop with reporters & editors.
@propublica.org audience editor @busyisby.bsky.social (my fellow Bay Area gal) and I loved visiting the @kqednews.kqed.org newsroom and talking shop with reporters & editors.
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thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
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November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
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On Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. ET, ProPublica reporter @andykroll.bsky.social will be on Reddit answering your questions about his investigation of Russ Vought’s rise from the Senate mail room to Trump’s “shadow president.”
Set a reminder: www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...
Set a reminder: www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...
October 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
On Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. ET, ProPublica reporter @andykroll.bsky.social will be on Reddit answering your questions about his investigation of Russ Vought’s rise from the Senate mail room to Trump’s “shadow president.”
Set a reminder: www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...
Set a reminder: www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...
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new via @objectivejournos.bsky.social -- @jewishcurrents.bsky.social reporter emily wilder & 15 other journalists with the freedom flotilla to gaza intending to cover its efforts to break israel's siege were detained by israeli military forces this morning: objectivejournalism.org/2025/10/jewi...
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October 9, 2025 at 3:40 AM
new via @objectivejournos.bsky.social -- @jewishcurrents.bsky.social reporter emily wilder & 15 other journalists with the freedom flotilla to gaza intending to cover its efforts to break israel's siege were detained by israeli military forces this morning: objectivejournalism.org/2025/10/jewi...
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We ❤️ @ire.org! @propublica.org employees wore buttons & flyered at the IRE gala to rally support for our fight for a fair contract.
The future of investigative journalism depends on protecting the workers who make it possible.
You can help by signing our petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
The future of investigative journalism depends on protecting the workers who make it possible.
You can help by signing our petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
September 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
We ❤️ @ire.org! @propublica.org employees wore buttons & flyered at the IRE gala to rally support for our fight for a fair contract.
The future of investigative journalism depends on protecting the workers who make it possible.
You can help by signing our petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
The future of investigative journalism depends on protecting the workers who make it possible.
You can help by signing our petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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We’re holding a lunch-out today to demand that @propublica management agree to a fair discipline and performance evaluation system. Just today, a member of our Bargaining Committee and Unit Council was fired as a result of ProPublica's flawed system.
August 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We’re holding a lunch-out today to demand that @propublica management agree to a fair discipline and performance evaluation system. Just today, a member of our Bargaining Committee and Unit Council was fired as a result of ProPublica's flawed system.
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It was a pleasure meeting so many media professionals at #AAJA25 @aajaofficial.bsky.social in Seattle last week.
We invite you to stay connected with @niemanreports.org:
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We invite you to stay connected with @niemanreports.org:
📑 Read our latest issue: niemanreports.org/issues/sprin...
🖥️ Explore our latest stories: niemanreports.org/articles/
August 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It was a pleasure meeting so many media professionals at #AAJA25 @aajaofficial.bsky.social in Seattle last week.
We invite you to stay connected with @niemanreports.org:
📑 Read our latest issue: niemanreports.org/issues/sprin...
🖥️ Explore our latest stories: niemanreports.org/articles/
We invite you to stay connected with @niemanreports.org:
📑 Read our latest issue: niemanreports.org/issues/sprin...
🖥️ Explore our latest stories: niemanreports.org/articles/
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The number of people arguing with this number because “Alt National Park Service said it was 11 million” is kind of staggering to me. Folks, Alt NPS is not real, okay? None of the “alt” accounts are. They don’t have special knowledge. They pulled that number out of thin air/their ass
Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop!
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
"No Kings Day" protests turn out millions
Our unofficial estimate is that around 4 million people attended a protest event yesterday. Anti-Trump resistance is outpacing 2017.
www.gelliottmorris.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The number of people arguing with this number because “Alt National Park Service said it was 11 million” is kind of staggering to me. Folks, Alt NPS is not real, okay? None of the “alt” accounts are. They don’t have special knowledge. They pulled that number out of thin air/their ass
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as a text-based creature in an increasingly video-first world I'd like to be cherished as a sort of charismatic but doomed animal, to be fed treats in my enclosure until I meet my inevitable demise, after which my taxidermied corpse might greet visitors in a lobby somewhere
May 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
as a text-based creature in an increasingly video-first world I'd like to be cherished as a sort of charismatic but doomed animal, to be fed treats in my enclosure until I meet my inevitable demise, after which my taxidermied corpse might greet visitors in a lobby somewhere
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For generations of Black workers, federal government jobs have provided a path into the middle class. The Trump administration's workforce cuts are now throwing that sense of stability up in the air.
Federal work shaped a Black middle class. Now it's destabilized by Trump's job cuts
For generations of Black workers, federal government jobs have provided a path into the middle class. The Trump administration's workforce cuts are now throwing that sense of stability up in the air.
www.npr.org
April 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
For generations of Black workers, federal government jobs have provided a path into the middle class. The Trump administration's workforce cuts are now throwing that sense of stability up in the air.
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Our podcast producer @hashtagjames.bsky.social is looking for folks living with Long COVID (& other COVID-realist folks) to submit voice memos reflecting on LC, the pandemic, and their experiences for a 5-year-anniversary (of the public health emergency declaration) episode tinyurl.com/TST5yearspod
March 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Our podcast producer @hashtagjames.bsky.social is looking for folks living with Long COVID (& other COVID-realist folks) to submit voice memos reflecting on LC, the pandemic, and their experiences for a 5-year-anniversary (of the public health emergency declaration) episode tinyurl.com/TST5yearspod
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Journalist use alt text on your text screenshots challenge
March 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Journalist use alt text on your text screenshots challenge
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Current and former federal workers: We’re here in D.C. sending out our signal 🚨
Contact us confidentially on Signal at 917-512-0201 or go to propublica.org/tips.
Contact us confidentially on Signal at 917-512-0201 or go to propublica.org/tips.
February 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Current and former federal workers: We’re here in D.C. sending out our signal 🚨
Contact us confidentially on Signal at 917-512-0201 or go to propublica.org/tips.
Contact us confidentially on Signal at 917-512-0201 or go to propublica.org/tips.
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Today’s millennial product of excellence. You’re not making spaghetti at home, you are a sophisticated culinary expert who spends 8 dollars for only the finest of Italy
February 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Today’s millennial product of excellence. You’re not making spaghetti at home, you are a sophisticated culinary expert who spends 8 dollars for only the finest of Italy
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Just saw a post where someone said that use of em dashes (—) was a giveaway that you're using AI for writing. Uh, no. It could just mean you like to use em dashes.
February 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Just saw a post where someone said that use of em dashes (—) was a giveaway that you're using AI for writing. Uh, no. It could just mean you like to use em dashes.
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people really need to take this as an antidote to doomerism. how people react genuinely changes things. it's not lol nothing matters, even if that's how it feels.
the order said “all.” not “limited.” they’re backpedaling now because people are furious. if they walk this whole thing back because the reporting caused a shitstorm they weren’t prepared for, you can thank marisakabas.bsky.social - who broke the story first - by subscribing here. I just did.
January 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
people really need to take this as an antidote to doomerism. how people react genuinely changes things. it's not lol nothing matters, even if that's how it feels.
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In winter through early spring, you can sometimes find unspoiled, still-bright groundcherries sitting in the latticed remnants of their husks, like hearts suspended in paper ribcages
January 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
In winter through early spring, you can sometimes find unspoiled, still-bright groundcherries sitting in the latticed remnants of their husks, like hearts suspended in paper ribcages
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THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
January 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
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One doctor’s recommendation to deny a 43-year-woman coverage “contained errors on practically every aspect” of her condition, the Labor Department said in 2012.
United and other insurers continued to hire the doctor over the next decade.
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United and other insurers continued to hire the doctor over the next decade.
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Insurers Continue to Rely on Doctors Whose Judgments Have Been Criticized by Courts
In dozens of cases ProPublica reviewed, judges found that some doctors working for these companies engaged in “selective readings” of medical evidence and “shut their eyes” to medical opinions opposing their conclusions.
propub.li
December 30, 2024 at 1:00 PM
One doctor’s recommendation to deny a 43-year-woman coverage “contained errors on practically every aspect” of her condition, the Labor Department said in 2012.
United and other insurers continued to hire the doctor over the next decade.
propub.li/3BQjJ1e
United and other insurers continued to hire the doctor over the next decade.
propub.li/3BQjJ1e