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Lexi Churchill

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
6
Latest publication
Sep 2, 2026
Outlet visibility, for ProPublica
Top 500K sites
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Jul 18, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Lexi Churchill

    Several States Rejected This Private School Chain as a Charter. Now It’s Eligible for Texas’ Taxpayer-Funded Vouchers. (opens the original)

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    These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. The rejections piled up one after another as leaders of Alpha School, a growing network of private school campuses, tried to convince states that their artificial-intelligence-led teaching model belonged in publicly funded charter schools. The Alpha system is centered on the idea that students can “crush academics,” like reading and math lessons, in just two hours a day. AI software teaches the lessons. The huma

  2. Article · Jul 21, 2026 · Lexi Churchill, ProPublica-Texas Tribune

    How a man once ordered to pay libel damages helped launch an investigation into Islamic private schools (opens the original)

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    Desiree Rios for ProPublica and Texas Tribune This story was originally published by ProPublica and Texas Tribune. Nearly a decade ago, a British court ordered a man named Sam Westrop to pay the equivalent of more than $173,000 in libel damages after he published an article on his website calling the founder of a London-based Islamic TV channel a “convicted terrorist.” Westrop eventually admitted the underlying evidence for the claim was not reliable, according to court filings, and corrected th

  3. Article · Jul 18, 2026 · Lexi Churchill

    How a Man Once Ordered to Pay Libel Damages Helped Launch an Investigation Into Islamic Private Schools (opens the original)

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    The post How a Man Once Ordered to Pay Libel Damages Helped Launch an Investigation Into Islamic Private Schools appeared first on ProPublica.

  4. Article · Jul 18, 2026 · Texas Tribune, By Lexi Churchill, The Texas Tribune And Propublica

    How a man once ordered to pay libel damages helped launch an investigation into Islamic private schools (opens the original)

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    By Lexi Churchill, The Texas Tribune And Propublica This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. Nearly a decade ago, a British court ordered a man named Sam Westrop to pay the equivalent of more than $173,000 in libel damages after he published an article on his website calling the founder of a London-based Islamic T

  5. Article · Jul 18, 2026 · Lexi Churchill

    How a Man Once Ordered to Pay Libel Damages Helped Launch an Investigation Into Islamic Private Schools (opens the original)

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    Nearly a decade ago, a British court ordered a man named Sam Westrop to pay the equivalent of more than $173,000 in libel damages after he published an article on his website calling the founder of a London-based Islamic TV channel a “convicted terrorist.” Westrop eventually admitted the underlying evidence for the claim was not reliable, according to court filings, and corrected the story on his website. “There simply was no evidence to support the allegation of terrorism,” the judge in the cas

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