Gulf Spill Victims’ ‘Escalated’ Claims Still Languishing

Claimants, demonstrating financial hardship, who have been promised expedited payment on damage claims are still waiting, in some cases for weeks or months, for checks. Their claims have supposedly been “escalated,” but many are finding that escalation is a relative term.

Some of the Complaints Levied Against Lt. Dwayne Scheuermann

No Discipline for New Orleans Cop in 15 Shooting Incidents, 50 Complaints

Wells Fargo Case Belies Claim It Always Verifies Mortgage Paperwork

Wells Fargo says it has avoided much of the foreclosure paperwork problem because employees verify every mortgage document they sign, but a bankruptcy case shows that's not always the case.

How News Organizations Can Localize Coverage From 'Dollars for Docs'

Newspapers across the country localized our "Dollars for Docs" investigation for their communities.

Read: The Depositions That Sparked the Foreclosure Scandal

In depositions both old and new, employees at servicers, foreclosure-mill law firms, and other players describe how they processed foreclosures. Read it in their words.

ProPublica Editor Paul Steiger Discusses Emerging Ethical Questions for Journalists

Paul Steiger offers his thoughts about some of the new ethical questions that need to be addressed by members of the news media as part of the McGill lecture series at the University of Georgia.

Reminder: Dollars for Docs Conference Call Happening This Afternoon

Dollars for Docs Media Roundup

Media appearances by Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein.

Payments to Doctors by Most Pharma Companies Still Remain Secret

Consumers concerned about drug company payments to their doctors will have to wait until 2013 for physician payment data from all pharmaceutical companies to be made publicly available.

How the Drug Companies Say They Screen Their Speaker Docs

The seven drug companies that have disclosed their payments to doctors say they screen their "speakers" but many do not check state medical disciplinary databases.

Intelligence Chief to Review Handling of Mumbai Tips

The Director of National Intelligence will review the handling of David Coleman Headley, the former U.S. informant and confessed plotter of the Mumbai attacks in 2008

Doctors on Pharma Payroll: What Our Partners Found

While it’s not illegal for doctors to promote prescription drugs and accept payments from drug companies, such arrangements do raise ethical questions that some institutions have found concerning enough to try to limit.

Editor's Note: Dollars for Docs

The stories ProPublica is publishing today on the drug industry are part of a broader effort to expand the possibilities of collaborative journalism.

Lawsuits Say Pharma Illegally Paid Doctors to Push Their Drugs

Pharma companies are being accused in lawsuits of paying doctors to push off-label uses of their drugs or financially rewarding doctors for prescribing their brand-name medications.

Docs on Pharma Payroll Have Blemished Records, Limited Credentials

Hundreds of doctors paid by pharmaceutical companies to promote their drugs have been accused of professional misconduct, were disciplined by state boards or lacked credentials as researchers or specialists, ProPublica has found. We compiled data from seven companies, covering $257.8 million in payouts since 2009 for speaking, consulting and other duties