Extraordinary Journalism

Renters in Texas struggled to stay in their homes after the state left them largely unprotected during the pandemic. Two people died after Sacramento County sent a mental health patient to the wrong clinic. Former students finally felt heard after The Kansas City Star’s reporting on years of abuse prompted the Missouri legislature to change the law. 

McClatchy journalists told their communities these stories and many more. Our newsrooms helped residents navigate a gas shortage in the Southeast and an extension of the Canadian border closure. They explained the impact of a long-ago traffic stop on a Black man in South Carolina. And they told the story of a Mississippi high school pitcher who threw a no-hitter two days after his father died.

Read on for the latest edition of Extraordinary Journalism.

‘I thought there was a moratorium?’ How Texas forgot renters during the pandemic Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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Mental health patient was sent to the wrong clinic, and two were killed. Who’s to blame? The Sacramento Bee

The Sacramento Bee

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‘We are finally being heard.’ Students cheer as Missouri passes reform school bill The Kansas City Star

The Kansas City Star

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Long lines growing at NC gas stations as Colonial Pipeline hack spurs ‘panic buying’ The News & Observer

The News & Observer

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Report: U.S., Canada to extend border closure until conditions ‘change very substantively’ The Bellingham Herald

The Bellingham Herald

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USC President Robert Caslen resigns, Pastides to serve in interim role The State

The State

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White supremacist F. Glenn Miller is dead in a Kansas prison. Forget him but not his crimes Kansas City Star

Kansas City Star

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What the Texas Congress vote really says about Donald Trump and the Republican Party Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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A traffic stop 21 years ago took an SC man’s driver’s license. His life went with it The Island Packet

The Island Packet

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Sound of Judgment: In a small NC town, a battle for racial justice confronts bloody past and uncertain future The News & Observer

The News & Observer

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More Stanislaus County kids died in 2020, and not from COVID-19. What caused the deaths? The Modesto Bee

The Modesto Bee

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Violent deaths of 2 women in Puerto Rico stoke sorrow, outrage as femicides mount El Nuevo Herald

El Nuevo Herald

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‘Can Adidas pay for my flight?’ Texts show link with ex-Duke stars Zion, Frank Jackson. The News & Observer

The News & Observer

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Two days after his father’s death, a Mississippi high school pitcher threw a two-hitter Sun Herald

Sun Herald

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Horse racing again mired in bad publicity? It’s Rombauer to the rescue Lexington Herald-Leader

Lexington Herald-Leader

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