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The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.
The Inside Story of How de Blasio Promised, Then Thwarted NYPD Accountability
Bill de Blasio once pledged powerful oversight of the police. Then he became mayor. Insiders reveal what happened next.
ProPublica’s Tax Revelations Lead to Calls for Reforms — and Investigation
The Secret IRS Files series has already sparked a conversation about the fairness of the U.S. tax code and raised privacy concerns.
The Secret IRS Files series has already sparked a conversation about the fairness of the U.S. tax code and raised privacy concerns.
Some Hospitals Kept Suing Patients Over Medical Debt Through the Pandemic
Court actions by hospitals to collect patient debt dropped sharply during the pandemic. But a new study says some of the nation’s largest hospital systems kept filing lawsuits, liens and garnishments — and most were nonprofit.
Court actions by hospitals to collect patient debt dropped sharply during the pandemic. But a new study says some of the nation’s largest hospital systems kept filing lawsuits, liens and garnishments — and most were nonprofit.
Featured Reporting on the Crisis
An Online Lender Gave Hundreds of PPP Loans to Fake Farms. Now Congress Is Investigating.
A House committee has opened a probe into loans by Kabbage and other fintech companies after ProPublica reported that millions had gone to businesses that do not exist.
A Crisis of Undiagnosed Cancers Is Emerging in the Pandemic’s Second Year
A factory worker didn’t want to call in sick or catch COVID-19, so she tried to ignore the pain. Now she has stage 4 cancer.
Inside the Tax Records of the .001%
A massive trove of tax information obtained by ProPublica, covering thousands of America’s wealthiest individuals, reveals what’s inside the billionaires’ bag of tricks for minimizing their personal tax bills — sometimes to nothing.
“The Best Bargain in the History of Law Enforcement” — and the High Cost of Not Testing Backlogged Rape Kits
After NYPD Found “No Wrongdoing” in Officer’s Killing of Kawaski Trawick, a Watchdog Finds Fireable Offenses
ProPublica a Finalist for Pulitzer Gold Medal
“I Finally Got to the Mountaintop and I Failed”
After Grace’s Story, Michigan Will Study Its Juvenile Justice System
Oregon House Moves to Curb Forest Institute’s Power and Budget
The Bureau of Indian Education Hasn’t Told the Public How Its Schools Are Performing. So We Did It Instead.
How We Analyzed the Performance of Bureau of Indian Education Schools
Amid Calls for Reform, Maine’s Criminal Defense System Reaches a “Breaking Point”
How We Calculated the True Tax Rates of the Wealthiest
The Secret IRS Files Short Form: A Quick Guide to What We Uncovered
The Government Is Here to Help Small Businesses — Unless They’re Cooperatives
There Have Been Huge Gaps in FBI Hate Crime Data for Years. A New Law Aims to Fix That.
ProPublica Seeks New Applicants for Its Local Reporting Network
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