June 2012 Archives
Land of the Free: the Best Investigative Reporting on U.S. Prisons
We highlight some of the most revealing journalism on the U.S. prison system.
State-by-State: How Health Reform Could Expand Medicaid
The Supreme Court ruled that states can opt out of the health care law's Medicaid expansion without losing federal funding for Medicaid. We map out what might happen if they do.
Mystery After the Health Care Ruling: Which States Will Refuse Medicaid Expansion?
The Supreme Court ruling allows states to decline the Medicaid expansion included in the Affordable Care Act without losing federal money for their existing Medicaid programs. If the 26 states that challenged the law opt out, an estimated 8.5 million fewer people would be covered by Medicaid.
How a Lone Grad Student Scooped the Government and What It Means for Your Online Privacy
Hobbled by government filters, a withering budget and limited legal clout, the Federal Trade Commission struggles to police an army of data miners bent on exploiting our online footprints.
How Mitt Romney Followed Me Around the Internet
Romney's campaign is using the same ad targeting tactics as airlines and shoe stores.
Podcast: The Poison Beneath Us
Abrahm Lustgarten walks us through his new series on injection wells and how they might quickly become the nation's next big water pollution problem.
Political Ad Transparency Rule Clears Another Hurdle
Over the objection of broadcasters, the Office of Management and Budget OKs measure to put political ad information on the Internet.
Cellphone Companies Will Share Your Location Data - Just Not With You
Who does your location information really belong to?
Obama’s Last Move on Illegal Immigrants Resulted in Little Change
Last year, the Obama administration tried to make it easier for some illegal immigrants to stay in the country. Few were helped. Will it be any different this time?
The Best, Most Revealing Reporting on Our Healthcare System
Our roundup of standout reporting on health care in the U.S. and the struggle to fix it.
Drone Documents: Why The Government Won’t Release Them
The government has rebuffed attempts by the American Civil Liberties Union and The New York Times to obtain documents related to drone strikes and targeted killing. We lay out their argument.
The Facts Behind Obama’s Executive Privilege Claim
President Obama has invoked executive privilege to keep documents from Congress about botched Operation Fast and Furious. Just what is executive privilege, and what might happen next?
Polluted Water Fuels a Battle for Answers
For most of the last decade, Rev. David Hudson has pressed regulators to find out whether his town’s water contamination is related to injection wells. He’s still waiting.
An Unseen Leak, Then Boom
Gas seeps from underground injection wells and triggers explosions in a Kansas town.
Whiff of Phenol Spells Trouble
A landmark case in Ohio topples scientific assumptions as wells guaranteed to entrap waste for at least 10,000 years spring a leak in less than 25.
Injection Wells: The Poison Beneath Us
Lax oversight, uncertain science plague program under which industries dump trillions of gallons of waste underground
By the Numbers: The U.S.’s Growing For-Profit Detention Industry
From private prisons to immigration detention, we break down the numbers and companies in the industry.
Republicans Back Down On Effort to Defund Transparency Rule
A House committee drops legislation that would have blocked an FCC rule to put political ad data online.
