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Timeline: The Tortured History of the Senate’s Torture Report
Two weeks ago, the Senate Intelligence Committee voted to declassify the executive summary of its report about the CIA’s detention and interrogation program. And it’s still not going to be published just yet. What has taken so long?
Introducing Landline and Stateline: Two Tools For Quick Vector Maps in your Browser
Today we're releasing code to make it easier for newsrooms to produce maps quickly.
Podcast: The (Tax) Industry Behind the Outrage
People "opposed" to return-free tax filing are speaking out with letters and op-eds from industry players, and some of them don't even know it.
Shake-Up Inside Forensic Credentialing Org
The nation's largest forensic expert college will sell its forensic accounting division, following a series of investigations by ProPublica and Frontline.
Long After Sandy, Red Cross Post-Storm Spending Still a Black Box
Donors gave $312 million after the storm, but it’s not clear how exactly the money was spent.
Segregation Now: 60 Years After Brown v. Board
Join us April 17: ProPublica investigates the resegregation of Southern schools 60 years after the Supreme Court outlawed “separate but equal” education.
What Newly Released Docs Tell Us About the IRS and How It Handles Dark Money Groups
Here are five takeaways ProPublica found from the documents released Wednesday by a House committee.
The Department of Labor’s Internships Investigations
In 2010, the Labor Department issued a new fact sheet clarifying when an intern needs to be paid under federal labor law. We collected the case files for all the internship investigations the Labor Department concluded in the three years after issuing new regulations.
How the Labor Department Has Let Companies Off the Hook for Unpaid Internships
Four years after warning for-profit companies about unpaid internships, the agency has investigated relatively few employers for wage violations.
Medicaid Programs Drowning in Backlog
With open enrollment over for private health insurance claims, states are struggling to process hundreds of thousands of Medicaid applications.
Brooklyn Man Walks Out of Court, Cleared of Murder After 24 Years in Prison
Jonathan Fleming and his family were overjoyed today after the Brooklyn District Attorney dismissed murder charges against him based on evidence withheld at his 1990 trial.
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What Newly Released Docs Tell Us About the IRS and How It Handles Dark Money Groups
Here are five takeaways ProPublica found from the documents released Wednesday by a House committee.
Obamacare and You
Medicaid Programs Drowning in Backlog
With open enrollment over for private health insurance claims, states are struggling to process hundreds of thousands of Medicaid applications.
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The U.S. Government: Paying to Undermine Internet Security, Not to Fix It
One lesson of the Heartbleed bug is that the U.S. needs to stop running Internet security like a Wikipedia volunteer project.
Dollars for Doctors
How Industry Money Reaches Physicians
ProPublica is tracking the financial ties between doctors and medical companies.
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Leaders of Teaching Hospitals Have Close Ties to Drug Companies, Study Shows
Fracking
Gas Drilling's Environmental Threat
Vast deposits of natural gas have brought a drilling boom across much of the country, but the technique being used, called hydraulic fracturing, is suspected of causing hundreds of cases of water contamination. Now environmentalists and lawmakers are pushing for closer oversight of the gas industry, which is pushing back.
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In Fracking Fight, a Worry About How Best to Measure Health Threats
Patient Safety
Exploring Quality of Care in the U.S.
Beyond Ratings: More Tools Coming to Pick Your Doctor
For years, patients have had few ways to compare doctors beyond their reputations. With a huge Medicare data release this week, that may soon change.
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Judge Throws Out Murder Charge in Mississippi Fetal Harm Case
The ruling means that the woman whose drug use had her facing a possible life term can at most be charged with manslaughter in the death of her stillborn daughter.
Internships
The Department of Labor’s Internships Investigations
In 2010, the Labor Department issued a new fact sheet clarifying when an intern needs to be paid under federal labor law. We collected the case files for all the internship investigations the Labor Department concluded in the three years after issuing new regulations.
Temp Land
Working in the New Economy
Temp employment is climbing to record levels following the Great Recession. The system benefits brand-name companies but harms American workers through lost wages, high injury rates, few if any benefits, and little opportunity for advancement.
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