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Are Voter ID Laws Here to Stay?
by Suevon Lee Voter ID laws were one of the most contentious issues of the past election season. (Here is everything you need to know about the laws.) Proponents insisted IDs should be required at...
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Mexico’s Newspapers Shy From Covering the Drug Gangs Behind Continuing Violence
by Stephen Engelberg Mexico's regional newspapers are publishing more stories about murders linked to the drug trade, but they remain reluctant to write what they know about the organizations...
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Karl Rove’s Dark Money Group Promised IRS It Would Spend ‘Limited’ Money on...
by Kim Barker In a confidential 2010 filing, Crossroads GPS — the dark money group that spent more than $70 million from anonymous donors on the 2012 election — told the Internal Revenue Service that...
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The Best Reporting on Guns in America
by Blair Hickman , Suevon Lee and Cora CurrierUpdate: With today's shooting in Newtown, Conn., this article, first published July 24, 2012, unfortunately seems relevant again.In the wake of last...
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Cheat Sheet: BofA Supplied Default Answers for ‘Independent’ Foreclosure...
by Paul Kiel The Independent Foreclosure Review is the government's main effort to compensate homeowners for harm they suffered at the hands of banks — and, as its name indicates, it's supposed to be...
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What’s New In Nursing Home Inspect
by Charles Ornstein and Lena GroegerToday we’re updating our Nursing Home Inspect tool to include more information about federal sanctions against nursing homes across the country, including fines and...
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Two Deaths, Wildly Different Penalties: The Big Disparities in Nursing Home...
by Charles Ornstein and Lena Groeger .nh-image { float:left }To see the federal government’s inconsistent oversight of nursing homes, one needs only to look at what happened after two residents died —...
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Updated Nursing Home Inspection Tool
by Lena Groeger and Charles OrnsteinWe’ve updated our app with new data and a new design, making it easier to find nursing home problems in your state.
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Did You Buy a Variable Annuity with Lifetime Guarantee Benefit? Tell Us Your...
by Jake BernsteinIn the early 2000s, life insurers introduced a new retirement product – variable annuities with guaranteed living withdrawal benefits (GLWB).The lifetime withdrawal benefit was...
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Seven of the Most Striking Ways States Have Loosened Gun Laws
by Suevon LeeFriday’s deadly rampage at a Connecticut elementary school marked the 13th mass shooting in the United States this year. Among the 11 deadliest shootings in U.S. history, more than half...
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Key Convictions Overturned in Killing by New Orleans Police
by A.C. Thompson A federal appellate court has overturned the convictions of two former New Orleans police officers imprisoned in connection with the killing of Henry Glover after Hurricane Katrina,...
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TSA to Commission Independent Study of X-Ray Body Scanners
by Michael Grabell Following months of congressional pressure, the Transportation Security Administration has agreed to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to study the health effects of...
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We’ve Nationalized the Home Mortgage Market. Now What?
by Jesse Eisinger At the height of the 2008 financial crisis, the country heatedly debated whether to nationalize the failing banking system. Both the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations...
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Podcast: Water Pollution and Underground Aquifers
by Mike Webb Last week, Abrahm Lustgarten reported on how the Environmental Protection Agency has allowed companies to release toxic materials into underground aquifers that supply more than half of...
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Pardon Attorney Misrepresented Facts to White House in Clarence Aaron Case
by Dafna Linzer The U.S. Pardon Attorney failed to accurately share key information with the White House regarding a federal inmate seeking a commutation, the Justice Department's Inspector-General...
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For Grieving Father Struggling With Dead Son’s Student Debt, Resolution Comes...
by Marian WangIt's been four long years for Francisco Reynoso. The California gardener whose son died in a car accident in 2008 left him buried in grief — and in student debt. At last, the bereaved...
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How We Used Facebook to Power Our Investigation Into Patient Harm
by Blair Hickman .propub-listicle h2 { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 28px !important; padding-top: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0em; }A typical investigation might proceed like this:...
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How Much Did Sheldon Adelson Really Spend on Campaign 2012?
by Theodoric Meyer Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino magnate and emblem of the Citizens United-era of campaign finance, spent gobs of money on the 2012 elections — more money than anyone else in...
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What Kind of Body Scanner Does Your Airport Have?
by Al Shaw and Michael GrabellNearly 100 backscatter scanners were removed from major airports recently to speed up lines. See if they’re still in use at your airport.
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Housing Segregation: The Great Migration and Beyond
by Jeff LarsonExplore the great migration of African Americans from 1940 to 2000 and segregation in Northern cities.
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