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Germany Waves ‘Auf Wiedersehen’ to Costly Wall Street Tax Scheme
by Cezary Podkul The German Parliament voted Thursday to end a trading strategy that helps foreign investors, many of them Americans,avoid an estimated $1 billion or more a year in taxes on dividends...
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Sen. Warren Slams For-profit College Accreditor for ‘Appalling Record of...
by Annie Waldman Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., released a report today slamming an accreditor of for-profit colleges for its “appalling record of failure.” “Students and taxpayers have paid the...
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Why Are Hate Crime Statistics So Poorly Tracked?
by Adam Harris .player_box { display: none; } div.article-inline-image.Right.demobbed {display: none;} Last June, a gunman opened fire at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church – a historic black...
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The Senate’s Popular Sentencing Reform Bill Would Sort Prisoners By ‘Risk Score’
by Lauren Kirchner At a time when Democrats and Republicans in Congress can’t agree on just about anything, there is one issue that unites them: the urgent need for criminal justice reform. A Senate...
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On Agent Orange, VA Weighs Politics and Cost Along With Science
by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh, The Virginian-Pilot, This story was co-published with the Virginian-Pilot. Last year, a group of federal scientists was debating whether as many...
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It’s Not Me, It’s You: Tips for Strong Relationships With Sources
by T. Christian Miller The Dig An investigative reporter’s candid advice for uncovering life’s everyday truths T. Christian Miller Later this week, many of the nation’s best investigative journalists...
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New York Lawmakers Race to Toughen Oversight of Nurses and Other Professionals
by Jessica Huseman and Rosalind Adams for ProPublica, Spurred by concerns about problem nurses, New York lawmakers are racing to pass legislation to toughen oversight of more than 50 types of licensed...
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Education Department Recommends Killing Accreditor of For-profit Colleges
by Annie Waldman Updated (Jun. 15, 2016): The article has been updated to include comment from ACICS. A much-criticized college accreditor that regulates hundreds of for-profit schools should have its...
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Senator: Red Cross Misled Congress, Refused To ‘Level With the People’ on...
by Justin Elliott, ProPublica, and Laura Sullivan, NPR, This story was co-published with NPR. A blistering Senate report on the American Red Cross raises fundamental questions about the integrity of...
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SRSLY: Everyone Has an Opinion, and Not Much Else…
by David Epstein SRSLY The best reporting you probably missed David Epstein Welcome to SRSLY, an (experimental) newsletter highlighting under-exposed accountability journalism. We'll distill the...
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Reliving Agent Orange: What The Children of Vietnam Vets Have To Say
by Terry Parris Jr. and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh, The Virginian-Pilot For the past year, ProPublica and The Virginian-Pilot have examined how Agent Orange has impacted the...
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A Father’s War, A Son’s Toxic Inheritance
by Stephen M. Katz for ProPublica and The Virginian-Pilot, as told to Mike Hixenbaugh and Charles Ornstein This story was co-published with The Virginian-Pilot. The package from my father arrived in...
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Missing Lead Tests, an Underground Economy in NYC and More in MuckReads Weekly
by Adam Harris h3 { font-size:1.2em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top:1.4em; } blockquote { line-height: 1.5em; } Some of the best #MuckReads we read this week. Want to receive these by email? Sign up...
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How a Shootout on a Guatemalan Highway Opened Window to Corruption
by Joaquin Sapien .player_box { display: none; } div.article-inline-image.Right.demobbed {display: none;} In 2013, ProPublica reporter Sebastian Rotella got a tip on an assassination attempt against...
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Latest Attempt at Police Transparency Fails In California
by A.C. Thompson Updated (Jun. 20, 2016): This article has been updated with a comment from the deputy sheriff’s association in California. There are numerous law enforcement scandals unfolding in...
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Feed Me, Pharma: More Evidence That Industry Meals Are Linked to Costlier...
by Charles Ornstein Evidence is mounting that doctors who receive as little as one meal from a drug company tend to prescribe more expensive, brand-name medications for common ailments than those who...
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We Want You to Help Report on the Red Cross
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This Is What New York’s ‘Voluntary Compliance’ For Landlords Looks Like
by Cezary Podkul If you park your car illegally in New York City, chances are you’ll have a $115 ticket waiting for you when you return. If you’re a New York City landlord and you overcharge tenants...
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The Terror Suspect Who Had Nothing To Give
by Raymond Bonner, special to ProPublica, “I would be strapped to a board by my arms and legs and by my waist (which was very painful because of my wound.) Guards with black costumes, masks and black...
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SRSLY: #SorryNotSorry, a Popular Hashtag — Also Tony Blair on Iraq
by David Epstein SRSLY The best reporting you probably missed David Epstein Welcome to SRSLY, an (experimental) newsletter highlighting under-exposed accountability journalism. We'll distill the...
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