July 2014 Archive
Sugar Plant Removed Safety Device 13 Days before Temp Worker’s Death
Janio Salinas was buried alive in sugar. A newly released accident report and an undercover investigation by Univision reveal the obstacles OSHA faces in its temp worker safety initiative.
Dispatches From Freedom Summer
A variety of voices revisit the events and lessons of Mississippi’s long hot summer of 1964.
The Cost of Texas' 'Miracle' Economy, Gag Orders and EPA Interference (MuckReads Weekly)
Some of the best #MuckReads we read this week. Want to receive these by email? <a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/the-cost-of-texas-mircale-economy-gag-orders-and-epa-interference-muckreads#mc_embed_signup">Sign up</a> to get this briefing delivered to your inbox every weekend.
A Disappearing Planet
Today's extinction rates rival those during the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
Privacy Tools: How to Block Online Tracking
Many companies track your behavior and request information about you without explicitly asking for your permission. Here’s how to combat the trackers.
Aggressive Tactic on the Fracking Front
A Pennsylvania gas company offers residents cash to buy protection from any claims of harm.
Pentagon Finally Decides to Dig Up Remains of Long Lost Soldier
After a ProPublica story, the military will exhume a grave in the Philippines that may hold the remains of Bud Kelder, an American POW whose family has long been fighting the Pentagon to get him home.
