June 2013 Archive
Introducing ProPublica: The Magazine
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Senator Asks States If They Alert Medicare to Problem Physicians
Citing a ProPublica investigation, Iowa Republican Charles Grassley said that if Medicaid and Medicare don’t share information on bad doctors, patients could be at risk.
To Cope with Sequester, Justice Department Staffs Unpaid Attorneys
DOJ has defended hiring of unpaid special assistant U.S. attorneys, who do much of the same work as their paid counterparts.
The Expendables: How the Temps Who Power Corporate Giants Are Getting Crushed
America is now dotted with “temp towns” – places where it’s difficult to find blue-collar work except through a temp agency and where workers often suffer lost wages, no benefits and high injury rates.
Los Sacrificables: Como Los Temps Que Dan Fuerza A Grandes Empresas Están Siendo Aplastados
Hoy Estados Unidos está salpicado de “temp towns” – lugares donde es difícil encontrar trabajo manual si no es a través de una agencia de empleo temporal y donde los obreros frecuentemente sufren la pérdida de sueldos, ausencia de beneficios y altas proporciones de lesiones laborales.
Graphic: How to Fit 17 People in a Minivan
Workers in several cities told ProPublica that they feel pressure to take the vans or buses contracted by temp agencies to their jobs.
Kickstarter Lessons for Journalists
We're wrapping up our first-ever Kickstarter. Here's a bit about what we learned.
Top Medicare Official: ‘We Can and Should Do More' to Oversee Drug Plan
Under pressure, Medicare's director tells a Senate panel the agency will intensify the search for abusive prescribing patterns and undertake other reforms.
NSA: Responding to this FOIA Would Help “Our Adversaries.”
Here’s what I got when I asked the NSA if they’re collecting my metadata.
Why the Supreme Court May Rule Against the Voting Rights Act
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments challenging Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. Here's why it matters.
Top Medicare Prescribers Rake In Speaking Fees From Drugmakers
Pay-to-prescribe is illegal, but doctors say they haven’t been influenced by the money they get for promoting drugs they also prescribe to large numbers of their patients.
Class Action: A Challenge to the Idea that Income Can Integrate America’s Campuses
Monday’s less-than-dramatic Supreme Court decision on a potentially decisive affirmative action case will likely stir talk of using class considerations to achieve diversity in the country’s colleges. Everyone thinks it sounds good. But some scholars say America's campuses will never be meaningfully racially diverse under such programs.
Not Authorized to Prescribe Drugs? Medicare Pays Anyway.
Massage therapists, athletic trainers, interpretersand others who aren’t allowed to write prescriptions apparently issued at least417,000 under Medicare.
Watching the Detectives: Will Probe of Cop’s Cases Extend to Prosecutors?
A review of 50 Brooklyn murder prosecutions could free men from prison and ruin the reputation of the former detective who helped make the cases. Some insist the prosecutors who worked alongside the accused detective should not be spared scrutiny.
