Richard Tofel

Richard Tofel was the founding general manager of ProPublica from 2007-2012, and became president on January 1, 2013. He has responsibility for all of ProPublica's non-journalism operations, including communications, legal, development, finance and budgeting, and human resources.

President Donald Trump hosts a roundtable on February 6th, 2018, in Washington, D.C.
Economics

The Legal Case That Could Potentially Disrupt Trump's Signature Tax Cut

A lawsuit filed last month by four states attacks the legislation as it resulted in much higher federal taxes for many residents of high-tax states.

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Economics

That Time a Newspaper Stared Down the Country’s Largest Advertiser and Won

A little-remembered incident helped establish the notion that news organizations could and should preserve their independence from advertisers.