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Is CISPA SOPA 2.0? We Explain the Cybersecurity Bill
by Megha Rajagopalan Update (4/26): An earlier version of this story said a proposed amendment by Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., had helped gain support for CISPA. Schiff’s amendment, which among other...
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FCC-Required Political Ad Data Disclosures Won’t Be Searchable
by Justin Elliott (4/27/12): This post has been updated. The Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 this morning to require broadcasters to post political ad data on the Web, making it easier for...
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The Best Watchdog Journalism on Campaign Finance
by Blair Hickman This week, we’re exposing the world of campaign finance post-Citizens United, the 2010 Supreme Court case that opened the door to super PACs. The stories fall into three categories:...
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In the Evening Hours, CISPA Gets Some New Features
by Megha Rajagopalan Yesterday, we reported on the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, and the debate it has inspired about the privacy of your Internet data and security. The...
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VA Nurses Scrutinized After Patient Deaths in Two States
by Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein After a patient died last year at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Manhattan, federal inspectors discovered nurses in his unit had a startling gap in their skills:...
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AT&T, Feds Ignore Low-Price Mandate Designed to Help Schools
by Jeff Gerth At the dawn of the Internet era, Congress set out to avert a digital divide between rich and poor students. In a landmark bill, lawmakers required the nation’s phone companies to provide...
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New Study Predicts Frack Fluids Can Migrate to Aquifers Within Years
by Abrahm Lustgarten A new study has raised fresh concerns about the safety of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, concluding that fracking chemicals injected into the ground could migrate toward...
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Air Force Pilots Balk at Flying the World’s Most Expensive Fighter Jet
by Cora Currier The pricey F-22 Raptor jet has just gotten back up in the air, but the safety problem that grounded it doesn’t seem to be resolved. Last year, the F-22 was grounded for four months...
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Congressman Unfriends Bahrain
by Justin Elliott Last month we told the unlikely story of how Eni Faleomavaega, the congressional delegate from American Samoa, had become one of Bahrain's most reliable friends on Capitol Hill....
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How Does the FDA Monitor Your Medical Implants? It Doesn’t, Really
by Lena Groeger May 8: This post has been updated and corrected. Each prescription drug you take has a unique code that the government can use to track problems. But artificial hips and pacemakers?...
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Podcast: AT&T Neglects Low-Price Requirement to Help Poor Students
by Minhee Cho As part of a government program developed in the '90s, millions of consumers are charged a small fee on top of their cell phone bill every month to help subsidize the cost of telecom and...
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TSA Reveals Passenger Complaints … Four Years Later
by Michael Grabell .DC-note-container {margin-bottom: 12px;} From intrusive pat-downs to body scans to perceived profiling, the Transportation Security Administration always seems to be the target of...
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The Best, Most Disgusting Reporting on Food Safety
by Blair Hickman The recent brouhaha over pink slime (and other lovely mass meat production processes) is only the beginning. Here’s our roundup of some standout reporting about the food on your...
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At Last! After 15 Years, Govt Tells Phone Companies to Follow Low-Price Rule...
by Jeff Gerth After 15 years of neglect, federal regulators are finally planning to tell phone companies selling services to schools and libraries how to comply with a rule requiring them to charge...
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40 Acres and a Rule: Draft Federal Fracking Regs Cover Only A Sliver of Land
by Lena Groeger Last week’s media coverage of the Obama administration’s newly-proposed fracking rules focused so heavily on how drilling companies would have to disclose the chemicals they use that...
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American Pain Foundation Shuts Down as Senators Launch Investigation of...
by Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber A version of this story was published in The Washington Post. As the U.S. Senate Finance Committee launched an investigation Tuesday into makers of narcotic...
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Timeline: How Obama Compares to Bush on Torture, Surveillance and Detention
by Cora Currier and Lena Groeger
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Lobbyists Arranged N.Y. Congressman’s $20,000 Trip To Taiwan
by Justin Elliott Update May 11, 2012: Rep. Bill Owens announces he will reimburse costs for Taiwan trip. Two days after Christmas last year, Rep. Bill Owens, D-N.Y., and his wife, Jane, boarded a...
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Top MuckReads: Toxic Chemicals, Sexual Abuse and ‘Hiroshima’ War Tactics
by Blair Hickman 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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