August 2012 Archive
Akin Controversy Stirs GOP: Where Do Republicans Stand on Abortion Exemption?
Akin clings to Senate nomination, as his party scrambles to limit damage.
Ask Kim Barker Anything About Campaign Finance (a Reddit Chat)
ProPublica reporter Kim Barker will be your guide to all things campaign finance this Thursday on Reddit from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Dark Money: Methodology
How we calculated the numbers in our Dark Money application.
How Nonprofits Spend Millions on Elections and Call it Public Welfare
Some tax-exempt groups underreported their political activities in 2010 to the IRS, ProPublica finds, using tactics that are being used to pour dark money into campaigns on an even larger scale this year.
How Some Nonprofit Groups Funnel Dark Money Into Campaigns
Explore how tax-exempt groups active in the 2010 election spent millions of dollars on campaigns, sometimes reporting less political spending to the Internal Revenue Service than they did to election officials.
The Best Watchdog Journalism on Elderly Care
This week, we launched an interactive tool that lets you search nursing home inspection reports. Here are the types of stories that could be buried in those files.
Pennsylvania is Just the Latest Ruling Upholding Voter ID Law
Courts have ruled a number of times on the controversial laws, often in support of them.
How Politicians and the Press Overstated Military Budget Cuts by $100 Billion
Opponents of military budget cuts set to go into effect next year — as well as the media — have repeatedly cited an inaccurate, inflated figure
Tipsheet: How to Use Nursing Home Inspect
Tips to help you get the best results from your searches.
What We Found Using Nursing Home Inspect
We’ve made it easy to search nearly 118,000 deficiencies found during government inspections at 14,565 nursing homes nationwide.
Is $22.5 Million a Big Enough Penalty for Google?
The Federal Trade Commission called the penalty for privacy violations "substantial," but it amounts to a mere five hours' worth of revenue for the search colossus.
Two Dark Money Groups Outspending All Super PACs Combined
Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS and Americans for Prosperity, a group backed by the Koch brothers, have put almost $60 million so far into ads to influence the presidential race, an analysis of new spending estimates shows.
Heat Wave: The Best Reporting on Our Rising Temperatures
A roundup of accountability journalism on the local effects of rising temperatures around the country and the world.
Announcing $22.5 Million Fine, FTC Says It Investigated Google’s Internet Tracking Early On
The trade commission now says it was looking into Google "well before" the company was outed by published reports saying the company secretly tracked Internet users.
The For-Profit Higher Education Industry, By the Numbers
A recent Senate report gave a poor grade to for-profit colleges and universities. We break down the numbers.
Militant Reaffirms Role of Pakistan in Mumbai Attacks
U.S. and Indian officials say weeks of interrogating Zabiuddin Ansari yielded new evidence that Pakistani intelligence officers helped plan and direct the 2008 terror onslaught that cost six Americans and 160 others their lives.
