May 2017 Archive
A Drug Quintupled in Price. Now, Drug Industry Players Are Feuding Over the Windfall.
Amid public concern over spiking drug prices, a powerful middleman is suing a tiny drugmaker over unpaid rebates and fees. The maker calls the suit baseless; analysts say the suit offers a window into an opaque world.
A Few Things Got Left Out of The Daily Caller’s Report on Confederate Monument Rally
A reporter for the conservative news site neglected to mention he’d given a speech in front of protesters in support of white nationalism.
Doctor’s Records in U.S. Doping Investigation Don’t Match Patients’ Copies
Houston endocrinologist Jeffrey Brown was also part of a 2015 investigation by ProPublica and the BBC of the Nike Oregon Project and coach Alberto Salazar.
Announcing ProPublica’s 12 Diversity Scholarship Recipients
These 12 talented journalists will get $500 each to attend NAHJ, NABJ, AAJA or NAJA.
Kafka in Vegas
Fred Steese served more than 20 years in prison for the murder of a Vegas showman even though evidence in the prosecution’s files proved he didn’t do it. But when the truth came to light, he was offered a confounding deal known as an Alford plea. If he took it he could go free, but he’d remain a convicted killer.
Vegas Judge Had Long History of Prosecutorial Misconduct
The behavior of Bill Kephart, who led the murder prosecution of Fred Steese, was repeatedly lambasted by the Supreme Court of Nevada. But that didn’t stop him from becoming a judge. This month he was charged with misconduct in that position too.
Prosecutors Race to Keep Notorious Angel-of-Death Behind Bars
Texas is scheduled to release Genene Jones, a former nurse and suspected serial killer of children, early next year. Today, prosecutors in San Antonio moved to prevent her release, bringing a new murder charge against Jones in connection with the death of a child 35 years ago.
Three Strategies to Defend GOP Health Bill: Euphemisms, False Statements and Deleted Comments
Since the passage of the American Health Care Act, Republican members of Congress have tried to swing public opinion to their side. ProPublica has been tracking what they’re saying.
In a Lonely Corner of Coney Island, a Fight Over Care for the Vulnerable
Life at Oceanview Manor Home for Adults is at the center of the latest court battle involving the New York State Department of Health.
Trump Administration Says It Isn’t Anti-Science As It Seeks to Slash EPA Science Office
The Office of Research and Development has been at frontlines of virtually every environmental crisis. Trump wants to cut its funding in half.
Trump’s Immigration Pick Attacked Obama Programs in Ghost-Written Senate Letters
If letters written by Lee Francis Cissna, the president’s nominee to head U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, are any guide, he’s poised to dismantle Obama-era policies like a humanitarian program for Central American children.
The Beleaguered Tenants of ‘Kushnerville’
Tenants in more than a dozen Baltimore-area rental complexes complain about a property owner who they say leaves their homes in disrepair, humiliates late-paying renters and often sues them when they try to move out. Few of them know that their landlord is the president’s son-in-law.
Got a Story About Age Discrimination in the Workplace? We Want to Hear From You.
We know American employers don’t always treat older workers fairly. We need your help figuring out what that looks like.
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