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Reading Guide: Segregation in America
by Cora Currier and Blair Hickman This week, our colleague Nikole Hannah-Jones offered an in-depth look at the many ways the U.S. government has failed to enforce the Fair Housing Act to fight...
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Why Do Hospital Generators Keep Failing?
by Charles Ornstein It is a hospital's nightmare: The power goes out and backup generators don't kick in, leaving critically ill patients without the mechanical help they need to breathe. It happened...
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Podcast: How HUD Failed to Enforce the Fair Housing Act
by Mike Webb On Monday, ProPublica published a major look at how the Department of Housing & Urban Development has failed to enforce the Fair Housing Act's requirements for cities to create...
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Soft on Segregation: How the Feds Failed to Integrate Westchester County
by Nikole Hannah-JonesNov 2: This post has been updated. The city of Rye, nestled along the scenic Long Island Sound in affluent Westchester County, N.Y., represents the best of suburban living....
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Dark Money Group’s Bank Records Suggest Ties to Campaign Work
By Kim Barker, ProPublica, and Rick Young and Emma Schwartz, FrontlineBank documents for a controversial conservative social welfare nonprofit released Friday by Montana officials contradict assertions...
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Find Voting Rights Violations in Nursing Homes
by Jennifer LaFleurTaloria Stevenson Green has voted in every election since 1972, casting her ballot at a polling place across the street from her Washington, D.C. home. But last year, she moved...
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Dark Money Group’s Donors Revealed
by Kim Barker, ProPublica, and Rick Young and Emma Schwartz, FrontlineNov. 5: This post has been updated.This story was co-published with PBS Frontline. The donors wrote notes on their checks like "Go...
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Key Montana Senate Race Draws Deluge of Dark Money
by Kim Barker Montana is known for its big skies, jagged mountains and open roads. Not so much for people. Yet as much as $40 million is being spent to tell the state's 675,000 registered voters who...
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Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About Voter ID Laws
by Suevon LeeThis post is being kept up-to-date. It was first published on July 23. Voter IDs laws have become a political flashpoint in what's gearing up to be another close election year. Supporters...
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Five of the Most Confusing Ballots in the Country
by Suevon LeeWhen voters finally get to the polls tomorrow, they may run into more than a big crowd. Voters in many states will be facing a slew of confusing measures and often overly long...
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Your ‘Free the Files’ Election Day Challenge: Liberate Las Vegas
by Amanda Zamora , Jeremy B. Merrill and Al ShawThe high rollers hitting Las Vegas have been betting on politics this fall, with more political ads airing in Sin City than any other media market in...
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Why It May Be Illegal to Instagram Your Ballot
by Lois BeckettTuesday, Nov. 6, 1:42 p.m. This post has been updated.Proud voters are already posting photos of their ballots on Instagram—sometimes with the names of their chosen candidates filled...
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Problems Voting? Share Your Story
by Cora Currier and Blair HickmanWe outlined seven anticipated problems at the polls – from confusion over voter ID laws to disruptions caused by Hurricane Sandy. Now, we're collecting your stories on...
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Dark Money and the 2012 Election: We Need Your Help!
by Paul Steiger and Stephen EngelbergWhen historians dissect the 2012 elections, they will almost certainly look beyond the daily ebb and flow of momentum to a larger truth: This was the year outside...
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Welcome to Election Day: Seven Things That Could Go Wrong (or Already Have)
by Suevon LeeUpdate: We've compiled reports that offer a look at how Election Day has gone thus far. Nov. 6: This post has been corrected.Get ready. Here are all the things that could go wrong (or...
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Obama’s Microtargeting ‘Nuclear Codes’
by Lois Beckett Time magazine's Michael Scherer talked with a group of Obama campaign advisers this past weekend, and provided an inside look at some of the data and targeting tactics behind the...
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The Outlook for “Obamacare” in Two Maps
by Tracy Weber and Charles OrnsteinIt wasn’t just President Barack Obama who won Tuesday. His signature health care plan did as well. But while the Affordable Care Act remains alive, less clear is how...
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Read the Documents Treasury Has Been Keeping Secret
by Paul KielIn 2010 and 2011, ProPublica submitted Freedom of Information Act requests for documents showing how the government supervised its flagship foreclosure prevention effort, the Home...
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Secret Documents Show Weak Oversight of Key Foreclosure Program
by Paul KielThe Obama administration launched its main program to prevent foreclosures in the spring of 2009 with $50 billion and abundant promises. What the Home Affordable Modification Program, or...
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Meet the 10 People Leading ProPublica’s Free the Files Effort
by Amanda Zamora #ftf-image {width:630px !important;}The task was steep. Nearly six weeks ago, ProPublica issued a call for volunteers willing to help us extract key data locked inside thousands of...
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