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by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - May 6, 2009 1:47 pm EDT

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Whitehouse.gov Reinserts Call to ‘Repeal’ Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - May 2, 2009 10:55 am EDT

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by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - April 16, 2009 3:45 pm EDT

Frontline on International Bribery

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - April 7, 2009 5:39 pm EDT

Introducing Our Stimulus Blog

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - March 3, 2009 3:01 pm EDT

Light Posting Alert

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - February 16, 2009 9:34 am EDT

Introducing ShovelWatch.org: Tracking the Stimulus From Bills to Building

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - February 9, 2009 10:20 am EDT

AG Nominee Holder Suggests Secret Memos May Be Released

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - February 2, 2009 5:25 pm EDT

Missing Memos: Take A Look Yourself

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - January 29, 2009 1:30 pm EDT

Obama Begins to Fulfill Gitmo Promise

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - January 22, 2009 4:32 pm EDT

Tracking Obama’s Promises

by Eric Umansky and Scott Klein, ProPublica - January 20, 2009 12:40 pm EDT

Light Posting Alert

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - January 19, 2009 11:40 am EDT

Gitmo Database Details 779 Prisoners’ Cases

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - January 15, 2009 4:28 pm EDT

How You Can Help Us Flag Great Journalism (Now Even Easier!)

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - December 30, 2008 12:01 pm EDT

ProPublica: Steal Our Stories!

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - December 24, 2008 12:59 pm EDT

Browse Iraq Reconstruction History For Yourself

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - December 15, 2008 6:06 pm EDT

Obama Announces (Controversial) EPA Pick

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - December 15, 2008 5:29 pm EDT

Tell Us About Yourselves

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - December 9, 2008 5:17 pm EDT

Bush—By Your Numbers

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - December 8, 2008 11:01 am EDT

Obama Details Promises for Transparency

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - November 7, 2008 5:32 pm EDT

What Happens if Felon-Senator Stevens Wins?

Eric Umansky and Jesse Nankin, ProPublica - November 5, 2008 1:01 pm EDT

AIG’s Risk Models Missed Major Risks

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - November 3, 2008 11:48 am EDT

Former Prosecutor: War Crimes Case “Eviscerated”

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - October 31, 2008 1:14 pm EDT

Pentagon Investigating Gitmo Abuse? Who Knows

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - October 29, 2008 4:39 pm EDT

Gitmo Tribunal: Things Fall Apart

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - October 29, 2008 10:40 am EDT

Dems Warn Banks: Lend Bailout Money—or Else

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - October 28, 2008 10:43 am EDT

Gitmo Dismissals Don’t Include One of Most Problematic Cases

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - October 22, 2008 10:50 am EDT

Admin on Gitmo: We’re Staying the Course

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - October 21, 2008 9:00 am EDT

After Earful From Senators, AIG Suspends Lobbying

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - October 20, 2008 4:29 pm EDT

Banks Hoarding Bailout Money

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - October 17, 2008 10:39 am EDT

The Gutting of the SEC

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - October 15, 2008 10:20 am EDT

A Quick Note, And a Good Explainer

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - October 13, 2008 10:49 am EDT

Gov’t-Owned AIG: We’re Still Lobbying!

by Eric Umansky and Sharona Coutts, ProPublica - October 10, 2008 3:52 pm EDT

McCain Campaign Works to Discredit Coming ‘Troopergate’ Report

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - October 10, 2008 10:18 am EDT

Talking With ‘The Trillion Dollar Meltdown’s’ Charles Morris

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - October 8, 2008 1:47 pm EDT

Little Scrutiny of Gov’t's Rapid Financial Rule Changes

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - October 8, 2008 10:01 am EDT

DOJ: We’re Not Releasing Gitmo Detainees

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - October 7, 2008 5:01 pm EDT

Judge Orders 17 Gitmo Detainees Released

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - October 7, 2008 11:38 am EDT

Did Lehman Bros. Lie to Investors?

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - October 6, 2008 10:46 am EDT

How Will The McCain Campaign ‘Get Rid’ of Corruption on Wall Street?

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - October 3, 2008 4:48 pm EDT

SEC Oversight of Investment Banks Was in Shambles

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - October 3, 2008 10:23 am EDT

The Six Gitmo Prosecutors Who Protested

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - October 1, 2008 12:59 pm EDT

SEC ‘Clarifies’ Accounting Rule, But Lobbyists Want More

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - October 1, 2008 10:35 am EDT

Former Gitmo Prosecutor: Detainee Was Child Soldier and ‘Duped’

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - September 29, 2008 4:38 pm EDT

How AIG Imploded

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - September 29, 2008 10:23 am EDT

Another Gitmo Prosecutor Resigns in Protest

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - September 25, 2008 10:50 am EDT

Talking with the Washington Post’s Barton Gellman

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - September 23, 2008 4:28 pm EDT

Lobbyists Successful in Early Changes to Bailout Bill

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - September 22, 2008 10:37 am EDT

Interactive Map of Bridge—and Road—to ‘Nowhere’ Project

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - September 18, 2008 9:41 am EDT

Palin’s Office Rebuffs Investigators, Press

by Eric Umansky, ProPublica - September 17, 2008 10:30 am EDT
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Eric Umansky wrote Slate’s “Today’s Papers” feature from 2001 through 2006. He then received a Gordon Grey fellowship from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Earlier in his career, Umansky was a senior associate editor of Brill’s Content magazine, and the editor of MotherJones.com.

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