July 2016 Archive
The Dig: Is Your School’s Plan Right for Your Special Needs Child?
School districts create roadmaps to help special needs kids thrive. But parents need to dig to find out if they’re working.
Health Gadgets and Apps Outpace Privacy Protections, Report Finds
In 2009, Congress asked for recommendations on what to do about information that falls outside the privacy law known as HIPAA. Today, health officials released their report, but offered no suggestions.
ProPublica is Hiring a Senior Reporting Fellow
We are looking for a recent college or journalism school graduate to work as a senior reporting fellow in our newsroom.
The Best Reporting on Mike Pence Through the Years
Through accountability stories and other in-depth reports, we took a look back at the career of the Indiana governor who Donald Trump has picked as his running mate.
SRSLY: Fool Me Twice, Shame on You; Fool Me Three Times, I’m a Medical Board
Your three-minute read on the best reporting you probably missed.
The Great Republican Crack-up
Dayton was once a bastion of the GOP establishment. The story of how the city changed helps explain the rise of Donald Trump.
Wisconsin Court: Warning Labels Are Needed for Scores Rating Defendants’ Risk of Future Crime
The court said judges can look at the scores – so long as their limitations are made clear.
As Cases Multiply, Officials Scramble to Stop Abuse of Nursing Home Residents on Social Media
Iowa health officials recently discovered it wasn’t against state law for a nursing home worker to share a photo on Snapchat of a resident covered in feces. They are trying to change that.
Behind the Supreme Court’s Abortion Decision, More Than a Decade of Privately Funded Research
Research funded by the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation and others not only helped spur the nation’s top court to strike down key parts of a Texas abortion law, but also has fueled a string of other changes making abortion more accessible.
What Newt Gingrich Really Thinks of Donald Trump
In a private speech recorded in February, the onetime Speaker of the U.S. House, now reportedly on the shortlist to be Trump’s running mate, said Trump would lose in a landslide if he didn’t evolve to be more like Ronald Reagan than Barry Goldwater. He added that no one knows what a Trump presidency would be like — not even Trump.
Denmark Seeks EU Fix To ‘Div-Arb’ Deals
A Danish member of the European Parliament is asking the trading bloc’s executive arm to examine the tax avoidance deals, which are going on in at least 13 member states of the European Union.
5 Things I Learned Making a Chart Out of Body Parts
The story behind a graphic on insurance that turned into an unlikely viral hit.
In Bill, Lawmakers Propose New Limits for Seizing Workers’ Pay Over Old Debts
Last week, two lawmakers introduced a bill to put new limits on what debt collectors can take from debtors’ paychecks and bank accounts. It is the first legislation to address the issue in decades and follows a series of ProPublica stories about the widespread practice of garnishment.
Denmark Is Big Victim Of Wall Street Tax Avoidance Deals
The complex transactions add up to a meaningful loss of revenue from dividend taxes Danish taxpayers would otherwise get.
‘No Field Test is Fail Safe’: Meet the Chemist Behind Houston’s Police Drug Kits
Decades after L.J. Scott developed a test for cocaine, his invention played a role in hundreds of wrongful convictions in Houston.
ISIS via WhatsApp: ‘Blow Yourself Up, O Lion’
A trove of communications from ISIS plots and activity in Europe reveals a mix of direct control and improvisation and shows the crucial importance of encrypted messaging tools. “Detonate your belt in the crowds,” one message declared.
