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In Minn. Redistricting Battle, Powerful Players Clash — With Citizens on...
by Lois Beckett and Olga Pierce Update: On November 29, Minnesota’s redistricting panel denied Common Cause’s attempt to file an amicus brief that would have provided commentary on maps drawn by the...
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Florida Sanctions Top Medicaid Prescribers — But Only After A Shove
by Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein At Dr. Huberto Merayo’s bustling psychiatry practice in Coral Gables, Fla., hundreds of poor patients on Medicaid walked away each year with prescriptions for...
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Top MuckReads: Infant Mortality, Sandusky’s Charity, Guns for Felons
by Daniel Victor Here are this week's top must-read stories from #MuckReads, ProPublica's ongoing collection of the best watchdog journalism. Anyone can contribute by tweeting a link to a story and...
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Super PAC Man Gobbles Up Regulators’ Time, Patience
by Kim Barker In the peculiar post-Citizens United world of political money, Josue Larose has assumed a new alter-ego: Super PAC man. Since the Supreme Court ruling paved the way for groups to raise...
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Uncoordinated Coordination: Six Reasons Limits on Super PACs Are Barely...
by Marian Wang This post has been updated. Ask any campaign-finance expert about Super PACs and you’ll likely keep hearing one word: “coordination.” That’s because Super PACs — the super-powered...
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“The Perfect Terrorist” Investigation Debuts Tomorrow
by Mike Webb Tomorrow, ProPublica and PBS FRONTLINE will publish the results of a months-long investigation into how David Coleman Headley worked as a spy for the Pakistan’s Inter-Services...
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‘Spillionaires’ Powerbroker Loses Re-election Bid
by Kim Barker A southeast Louisiana powerbroker at the heart of a ProPublica investigation into "spillionaires," or people profiting from the BP oil spill clean-up, has lost his bid for reelection....
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Making Margin Call: An Interview with Writer/Director J.C. Chandor
by Jake Bernstein The genesis of Margin Call occurred in 2005 when the film's writer and director J.C. Chandor and some friends dabbled in New York's red-hot real estate market. To their surprise, a...
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Margin Call: A Small Movie Unveils Big Truths About Wall Street
by Jake Bernstein Spoiler alert: This article discusses key scenes from the film. J.C. Chandor has embraced Rahm Emanuel's dictum "never let a serious crisis go to waste." The 37-year-old writer and...
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Top MuckReads: Spooky Surveillance, Nonviolent Youths in Adult Jails
by Daniel Victor Here are this week's top must-read stories from #MuckReads, ProPublica's ongoing collection of the best watchdog journalism. Anyone can contribute by tweeting a link to a story and...
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Chat with Sebastian Rotella about the “Perfect Terrorist” Investigation
by Mike Webb ProPublica’s Sebastian Rotella and Frontline producer Tom Jennings will participate in a chat at 11am Eastern today to discuss their findings in the David Coleman Headley investigation....
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Our Reading Guide on Congressional Dysfunction
by Lois Beckett Congress’ approval rating is abysmal, and the failure of the congressional “super committee” to find a compromise on reducing the national debt has set off a new round of...
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Senator Seeks Answers on X-Ray Body Scanners
by Michael Grabell The top Republican on the Senate homeland security committee is seeking answers after the head of the Transportation Security Administration backed off a promise to study the health...
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Testing Program Fails Soldiers, Leaving Brain Injuries Undetected
by Joaquin Sapien and T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, and Daniel Zwerdling, NPR A version of this story was co-produced with NPR and aired on All Things Considered. (Check here for local listings.) In...
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Why a Federal Judge Trashed the SEC’s Settlement With Citigroup
by Marian Wang When the Securities and Exchange Commission struck a deal with Citigroup over a failed security that the bank sold to investors, we asked whether regulators had handed Citigroup too...
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Company Backs out of $45 Million Deal to Buy Troubled Wyoming Gas Field
by Abrahm Lustgarten A deal to sell a controversial central Wyoming natural gas field has fallen apart amidst allegations that drilling there has caused water pollution. Texas-based Legacy Resources...
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Government Settles Case Brought by First Anthrax Victim for $2.5 Million
by Greg Gordon, McClatchy Newspapers, Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica and Mike Wiser, PBS Frontline WASHINGTON – While denying negligence by one of its premier bio-weapons labs, the government has agreed...
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Crony Capitalism? Hank Paulson’s Extraordinary Meeting
by Jesse Eisinger Yesterday, federal judge Jed Rakoff slammed the Securities and Exchange Commission for making a toothless settlement with Citigroup over financial crisis misdeeds, arguing that it...
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Please Join Robert Redford in Supporting ProPublica
by Richard Tofel Holiday time is the season for giving of all sorts -- including supporting organizations and causes that make a difference. We hope that, as the end of the year approaches, you’ll...
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Decoding the Payroll-Tax Cut: How Well Does It Work?
by Marian Wang As Congress tries to deal with its long list of unfinished business, among the top and most contentious items has been the proposed extension of the payroll-tax cut. It has...
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