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Aliyya Swaby

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Health Centers Meant to Make Care Affordable Are Suing Patients for Unpaid Bills

Patients’ finances can be devastated by lawsuits, especially with the interest charges, lawyer fees, and court costs.

27.12.2025 10

Truthout

Aliyya Swaby

These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills.

The post These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills. appeared first on...

09.12.2025 5

ProPublica

Aliyya Swaby

Middle schoolers made a TikTok portraying a school shooting. They were charged with a crime

Middle school cheerleaders in Tennessee faced disorderly conduct charges over satirical TikTok posts

29.07.2025 10

Salon

Aliyya Swaby

Middle School Cheerleaders Made a TikTok Video Portraying a School Shooting. They Were Charged With a Crime.

by Patricia Callahan ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as...

28.07.2025 90

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Tennessee’s Law on School Threats Ensnared Students Who Posed No Risks. Two States Passed Similar Laws.

by Sharon Lerner and Lisa Song ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon...

10.06.2025 3

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Aliyya Swaby

A Tennessee School Agreed to Pay $100,000 to Family of 11-Year-Old Student Arrested Under School Threats Law

by Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, and Paige Pfleger, WPLN/Nashville Public Radio ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power....

29.05.2025 9

ProPublica

Aliyya Swaby

A Tennessee School Expelled a 12-Year-Old for a Social Post. Experts Say It Didn’t Properly Assess If He Made a Threat.

by Aliyya Swaby ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing...

27.05.2025 20

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Aliyya Swaby

First Came the Warning Signs. Then a Teen Opened Fire on a Nashville School.

by Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, and Paige Pfleger, WPLN/Nashville Public Radio ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power....

08.02.2025 9

ProPublica

Aliyya Swaby

How Many Students Have Been Expelled Under Tennessee’s School Threats Law? There’s No Clear Answer.

by Aliyya Swaby ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing...

28.01.2025 3

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Aliyya Swaby

Two Families Sue After 11-Year-Old and 13-Year-Old Students Were Arrested Under Tennessee’s School Threat Law

by Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, and Paige Pfleger, WPLN/Nashville Public Radio ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power....

13.01.2025 20

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Aliyya Swaby

A 13-Year-Old With Autism Got Arrested After His Backpack Sparked Fear. Only His Stuffed Bunny Was Inside.

by Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, and Paige Pfleger, WPLN/Nashville Public Radio ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power....

13.11.2024 50

ProPublica

Aliyya Swaby

An 11-Year-Old Denied Making a Threat and Was Allowed to Return to School. Tennessee Police Arrested Him Anyway.

by Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, and Paige Pfleger, WPLN/Nashville Public Radio ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power....

30.10.2024 7

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Aliyya Swaby

Georgia’s Top GOP Lawmaker Seeks Tougher Action Against Students Who Make Threats. But It May Not Make Schools Safer.

by Aliyya Swaby ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights...

14.09.2024 10

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Aliyya Swaby

A 10-Year-Old Pointed a Finger Gun. The Principal Kicked Him Out of His Tennessee School for a Year.

by Aliyya Swaby ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights...

23.08.2024 70

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Aliyya Swaby