ProPublica Helps You Localize the Stimulus Plan Money

ProPublica is an “independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. Our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories, stories with ‘moral force.’ We do this by producing journalism that shines a light on exploitation of the weak by the strong and on the failures of those with power to vindicate the trust placed in them,” according to their mission statement. They are funded by the Sandler Foundation and other philanthropic interests. They have been working hard to make it easy for people who live on the main streets and the back streets of the US to figure out how the stimulus plan money is flowing into neighborhoods. Check out your neighborhood using their new tracking site.