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How the IRS's Nonprofit Division Got So Dysfunctional

The IRS division responsible for flagging Tea Party groups has long been an agency afterthought, beset by mismanagement and financial constraints.
Your Hospital May Be Hazardous To Your Health

Your Hospital May Be Hazardous To Your Health

The Fed’s Credibility Problem

The Fed's Credibility Problem

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Has Your Health Professional Received Drug Company Money?

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Transcript: What’s Going on at Gitmo?

In case you missed it, here's some key takeaways from our discussion with journalists covering Guantanamo.

The Story Behind Our Hospital Interactive

In a five-day hackathon, ProPublica and PBS Frontline team up to create an interactive story exploring six myths about hospitals and patient safety.

The Most Important #Muckreads on Rape in the Military

A new Pentagon report says 26,000 service members were sexually assaulted in 2012. For context, we’ve rounded up some of the best journalism on sexual assault in the U.S. armed forces.

On Victory Drive, Soldiers Defeated by Debt

A federal law is supposed to protect service members from predatory lending. But lenders exploit loopholes, trapping military personnel in high-interest debt.

Discussion: Installment Loans and the Shifting Debt Industry

Join our discussion Thursday at 2 PM ET on how installment loans can hurt borrowers, and how regulation could be strengthened.

IRS Office That Targeted Tea Party Also Disclosed Confidential Docs From Conservative Groups

The IRS’s Cincinnati office last year sent ProPublica the unapproved applications for several conservative groups.

‘Act of Congress’ Stresses Hopeful Creation of Dodd-Frank, Omits Grim Ending

A new book from long-time Washington Post editor Robert Kaiser follows the creation of Dodd-Frank, but doesn't follow up to see how things turned out.

Nonprofit Explorer

Use our database to find almost 616,000 tax-exempt organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as well as download their tax filings going back as far as 2001.

Resources for Investigating Tax-Exempt Organizations

In addition to our Nonprofit Explorer interactive database, here are some resources for researching charities and other tax-exempt organizations.

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Medicare Drug Program Fails to Monitor Prescribers, Putting Seniors and Disabled at Risk

Medicare Drug Program Fails to Monitor Prescribers, Putting Seniors and Disabled at Risk

Prescription data obtained by ProPublica show wide use of antipsychotics, narcotics and other drugs dangerous for older adults, but Medicare officials say it's not their job to look for unsafe prescribing or weed out doctors with troubled backgrounds.

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Out of Order

The innocent can wind up in prison. The guilty can be set free. But New York City prosecutors who withhold evidence, tolerate false testimony or commit other abuses almost never see their careers damaged.

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Reversal of Fortune: A Prosecutor on Trial

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Living Apart

The authors of the 1968 Fair Housing Act wanted to reverse decades of government-fostered segregation. But leaders from both parties failed to effectively enforce the law and integrate housing.

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Feds Turn Up Heat on Westchester

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Dollars for Doctors

ProPublica is tracking the financial ties between doctors and medical companies.

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Pay to Prescribe? Two Dozen Doctors Named in Novartis Kickback Case

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The Story Behind Our Hospital Interactive

The Story Behind Our Hospital Interactive

In a five-day hackathon, ProPublica and PBS Frontline team up to create an interactive story exploring six myths about hospitals and patient safety.

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Guns

We’re investigating the policy, politics and players around guns in America.

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Kansas Gov. Insists it’s OK to Ignore Federal Gun Laws

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