I wrote about how fliers in my mailbox for 'toddler milk' helped inspire an international investigation.

I found out how the U.S. undercuts foreign attempts to regulate such advertising.

propublica.org/article/toddle…

DOJ’s investigation into RealPage and alleged rental housing price-fixing has turned criminal, Josh Sisco reports.

RP software collects sensitive data from competing, big landlords and uses an algorithm to suggest rents.

RealPage denies wrongdoing.
politico.com/news/2024/03/2…

'By the time he was 3, he reached his peak weight of about 66 pounds — the same as an average 9-year-old. He was drinking six or seven bottles a day, each holding about 12 ounces of toddler milk.'

Heather Vogell ProPublica #longreads propublica.org/article/how-am…

Docs offer a rare glimpse inside the fed govt, where trade and health officials battled over the US position on a WHO resolution abt restricting marketing for “toddler formula.”
They shed light on how the US often took up the baby formula industry’s cause: projects.propublica.org/toddler-formul…

From Canada to Kenya to Vietnam, the US has waged a global campaign on the baby-formula industry's behalf, opposing regs that would restrict marketing or require additional safety precautions.

'I think it is shocking,' says 1 expert.
Heather Vogell ProPublica
propublica.org/article/how-am…

Such a pleasure speaking with Jennifer White on 1A this morning about our story on the US’s efforts on behalf of the baby formula industry to stomp out regulation around the globe.

Listen here: the1a.org/segments/ameri…

Read here: propublica.org/article/how-am…

Take a look at this heated editing fight in document Heather Vogell obtained. It’s between US Trade officials and US health officials over regulations on the marketing of formula globally. Guess who won? Really worth looking at the whole thing projects.propublica.org/toddler-formul…

See for yourself: Government documents obtained by ProPublica show a stark rift between trade and health officials over international efforts to regulate toddler milk. The records provide a candid glimpse into U.S. policymaking around children's health. projects.propublica.org/toddler-formul…

The US has been working on behalf of the baby formula industry to quash regulation around the globe — even for questionable products like “toddler milk,” which critics call unhealthy and doctors say is unnecessary. My story: propublica.org/article/how-am…

Heather Vogell went to Thailand and obtained shocking US records to document an outrage: How the US joins global formula makers to block other countries from limiting misleading advertising for products like “toddler milk” (which is, of course, not milk). propublica.org/article/how-am…

**Extraordinary** story on how the US undermines global health: How the U.S. Waged a Global Campaign Against Baby Formula Regulation propublica.org/article/how-am… Heather Vogell

NEW: California's homeless population up to 181,399, a nearly 6% increase since last year. More than two-thirds are unsheltered.

The homeless population would rank as the state's 25th largest city, bigger than Oceanside, Pasadena and Berkeley huduser.gov/portal/sites/d…

Breaking: US DOJ is backing tenants in a massive price-fixing lawsuit that accuses tech firm RealPage of helping landlords collude, resulting in inflated rents across the country.

RealPage, which has denied the allegations, seeks to dismiss the suit. propublica.org/article/doj-ba…

1/ Today’s the day!

Our podcast “We Don’t Talk About Leonard” is out!

It’s about Leonard Leo, who's responsible for the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority.

But he's much more powerful than that

w/ Ilya Marritz @andykroll @eisingerJ & @katyaotm

propublica.org/article/we-don…

Our 2019 stories revealed discrepancies in Trump’s reporting to local tax officials and lenders.
“It really feels like there’s two sets of books,” an expert told us.
This week, a NY judge ruled Trump and his companies engaged in fraud.
propublica.org/article/trump-…

A new interactive in our series:

“In the first wide-ranging analysis of school board unrest, @ProPublica found nearly 60 incidents that led to arrests or criminal charges. Almost all were in suburban districts, and nearly every participant was white.”
projects.propublica.org/school-board-m…

Readership of our story: 2mln pageviews & counting.

“It’s possible that Alito has won the argument w/ the audience he cares the most about. But it seems equally plausible that he drew even more attention to the very story he was trying to knock down.” propublica.org/article/behind…

A 11-year-old boy, who’s Black, called 911

Police came to his house & shot him.

“His words were, ‘Why did he shoot me? What did I do?’” his mom said.

There’s body-worn camera footage

But police won’t release it. They won’t even show it to the family.

washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05…

NEW:

Harlan Crow paid Thomas for property.

The law explicitly requires disclosure of property sales.

Thomas didn't disclose anything.

Here's Thomas' signature on the undisclosed deal.

propublica.org/article/claren…

By Justin Elliott Josh Kaplan & Alex Mierjeski