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Company That Sued Soldiers Settles Colorado Lawsuit
by Paul Kiel In 2014, ProPublica published an investigation of USA Discounters, a subprime lender that, contrary to its name, specialized in enticing military service members into overpaying for...
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Gimme a Break! IRS Tax Loophole Can Reward Excessive Water Use in...
by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica’s reporting on the water crisis in the American West has highlighted any number of confounding contradictions worsening the problem: Farmers are encouraged to waste...
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A Good Cop
by Joe Sexton This story was co-published with The New Yorker. In the 1990s, cop reporting was not a strength of the New York Times, and I’d often get calls from the Metro desk asking if I could help...
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Why We Are Publishing Videos the LAPD Wouldn’t Release
by Stephen Engelberg Related story: Videos Surface of a Death in Custody the LAPD Didn’t Want Released Videos have become a critical aspect of the latest national reckoning with deadly interactions...
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Videos Surface of a Death in Custody the LAPD Didn’t Want Released
by Topher Sanders Early on the afternoon of June 4, 2012, Vachel Howard was handcuffed to a bench inside the Los Angeles Police Department’s 77th Street Station Jail. He was 56 years old, and had been...
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New Jersey Legislators Move to Reform Aggressive Student Loan Program
by Annie Waldman New Jersey lawmakers have announced a series of measures addressing student debt issues this week, including one bill aimed at reforming the state’s controversial student loan...
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Why Are We Still Wasting Billions on Homeland Security Projects That Don’t...
by Stephen Engelberg This story was co-published with The Atlantic. The turbulent months after the 9/11 attacks were notable for something that did not happen. Even though al-Qaeda had killed...
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Dozens of New York Officials Support Tenants’ Lawsuit Over Rent Stabilization
by Marcelo Rochabrun More than three dozen New York officials stepped into a high-profile court battle over rent stabilization yesterday, filing a brief on behalf of tenants who have sued their Lower...
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Aging But Not Aged Olympians
by David Epstein and Michael Joyner, The athlete had dedicated nearly his whole life to a single pursuit, made the Olympics before he could drive, but wasn’t satisfied there. No, that only whetted his...
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Wal-Mart Has a Serious Crime Problem: MuckReads Weekly
by Adam Harris Some of the best #MuckReads we read this week. Want to receive these by email? Sign up to get this briefing delivered to your inbox every weekend. Wal-Mart is one of the largest...
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Uncovering a $1 Billion Deal to Detain Unauthorized Immigrants
by Annie Waldman .player_box { display: none; } div.article-inline-image.Right.demobbed {display: none;} Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it would phase out its use of private...
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Drug and Device Makers Pay Thousands of Docs with Disciplinary Records
by Jessica Huseman This story was co-published with NPR's Shots blog. Pharmaceutical and medical device companies are continuing to pay doctors as promotional speakers and expert advisers even after...
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A Spike in Rates of Pregnancy-related Deaths in Texas Spurs Soul-searching
by Nina Martin Last week, researchers studying maternal mortality in the U.S. reported an ominous trend: The rate of pregnancy-related deaths in Texas seemed to have doubled since 2010, making the...
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Median Income Is Down, But Public College Tuition Is Way Up
by Fan Fei From 2000 to 2014, the average cost of in-state tuition and fees for public colleges in America rose 80 percent. During that same time period, the median American household income dropped...
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SRSLY: New Motto For the Rio Paralympics: Faster, Higher … Broker?
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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Doctors Accused of Sexual Abuse Are Rarely Punished: MuckReads Weekly
by Adam Harris Some of the best #MuckReads we read this week. Want to receive these by email? Sign up to get this briefing delivered to your inbox every weekend. When doctors are accused of sexually...
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Hacking the American College Application Process
by Annie Waldman .player_box { display: none; } div.article-inline-image.Right.demobbed {display: none;} In recent years, foreign students have streamed into American universities, their numbers...
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Illinois Sues Controversial Drug Maker Over Deceptive Marketing Practices
by Jessica Huseman Illinois’ attorney general has filed suit against Insys Therapeutics, accusing the controversial pharmaceutical company of using deceptive marketing practices — including paying an...
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California and EPA Poised to Expand Pollution of Potential Drinking Water...
by Abrahm Lustgarten As the western United States struggles with chronic water shortages and a changing climate, scientists are warning that if vast underground stores of fresh water that California...
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Using Prisoner Phone Calls to Convict? NY’s Highest Court Puts Critical...
by Joe Sexton Two years ago, a New York City man named Marcellus Johnson was convicted of robbery — in part as a result of incriminating telephone conversations that had been recorded while he was...
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