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World Bank’s IFC Arm Responds to Our Critique of Its Poverty Fighting
Below is a letter from an official of the World Bank's International Finance Corp., taking issue with our article posted Jan. 2 and co-published with Foreign Policy magazine. It is followed by our...
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Facing a Second Trial, Ernie Lopez Takes Plea Deal
by A.C. ThompsonThis story was co-published with PBS Frontline. Ernie Lopez, an Amarillo man whose sexual assault conviction was reversed after experts questioned the forensic evidence used against...
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Five Federal Policies on Guns You’ve Never Heard Of
by Suevon Lee U.S. gun policy is set by both state and federal law. We previously published an explainer on the ways states have eased gun restrictions. But federal policy, too, has become more gun...
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Feds Replace Flawed Foreclosure Review With Vague $8.5 Billion Settlement
by Paul Kiel The Independent Foreclosure Review was supposed to be a full and fair investigation of the big banks' foreclosure abuses, and it was trumpeted as the government's largest effort to...
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Home Builders Lobby Weakens Drywall Legislation
by Joaquin Sapien Last week, federal lawmakers trumpeted the passage of the Drywall Safety Act of 2012 as a bipartisan victory for thousands of homeowners harmed by contaminated drywall. "This is a...
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Although a Fugitive, Accused Guatemalan War Criminal Hasn’t Run Far
by Sebastian Rotella Retired Col. César Adán Rosales Batres, a veteran of the elite Kaibil commandos of the Guatemalan Army, is a wanted war criminal and a fugitive with an Interpol warrant on his...
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What a New Doctor Learned About Medical Mistakes From Her Mom’s Death
by Marshall AllenFor Dr. Elaine Goodman, the strongest lessons in patient safety didn’t come from her training. They came from her mother’s death. Goodman had just finished her first year of medical...
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Feds Release Nursing Home Inspections, Free of Censor’s Marks
by Charles OrnsteinIn response to a Freedom of Information Act request by ProPublica, the government has released unredacted write-ups of problems found during nursing home inspections around the...
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In Minnesota, Democratic Grandmas Gather Data About Their Neighbors
by Lois Beckett In Minnesota, Democratic volunteers scour their local newspapers each morning for letters to the editor with a political slant. They pay attention to the names of callers on radio...
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Everything We Know So Far About Drone Strikes
by Cora CurrierJan. 11, 2013: this post has been corrected.You might have heard about the “kill list.” You’ve certainly heard about drones. But the details of the U.S. campaign against militants in...
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How a Government Report Spread a Questionable Claim About Iran
by Justin ElliottSeveral media outlets reported this month on an alarming finding from a new U.S. government study: Iran’s intelligence ministry, as CNN put it, constitutes “a terror and assassination...
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Revealed: America’s Arms Sales To Bahrain Amid Bloody Crackdown
by Justin ElliottDespite Bahrain’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, the U.S. has continued to provide weapons and maintenance to the small Mideast nation.Defense Department documents...
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Where Congress Stands on Guns
by Lena GroegerIn the aftermath of the Newtown tragedy, President Obama on Wednesday will announce new national gun control measures. He has already urged members of Congress to do the same. Here is...
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Congressman Introduces Bill to Prod Administration on Fair Housing Enforcement
by Nikole Hannah-Jones As the nation prepares to celebrate the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday Monday, Congressman Al Green, a Texas Democrat, has introduced a bill, for the fourth time, to...
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Support for Mumbai Terror Group Lands Chicagoan 14-Year Prison Term
by Sebastian RotellaUpdate (1/17): This story has been updated and expanded to reflect results of Tahawwur Rana's sentencing hearing. CHICAGO — A federal judge Thursday sentenced a Chicago immigration...
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Hacktivism: Civil Disobedience or Cyber Crime?
by Christie ThompsonWhen Reddit co-founder and internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz committed suicide last Friday, he was facing up to 13 felony counts, 50 years in prison, and millions of dollars...
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Four Graphs That Show How Democrats Predict Your Political Beliefs
by Lois BeckettWe wrote last week about Democratic volunteers in Minnesota who feed information about their neighbors into the party’s voter database. The data points they collect — like the campaign...
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Why 58 Representatives Who Voted for Hurricane Katrina Aid Voted Against Aid...
by Theodoric Meyer When Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, Congress passed two relief bills almost unanimously. But when it comes to Hurricane Sandy, some in Congress seem to have had a change of heart....
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TSA Removes X-Ray Body Scanners from Airports
by Mark Schoofs div.edPicks ul {clear: right; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 10px; list-style:disc;} div.edPicks ul li {margin:0 0 5px 15px; position relative;} The Transportation...
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For Obama, More Prose than Poetry in Second Inaugural
by Richard TofelAs we did four years ago, we asked Richard Tofel, ProPublica’s president and author of a book on President Kennedy’s inaugural address, to provide instant analysis of today’s speech....
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