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Why Can’t Linda Carswell Get Her Husband’s Heart Back?
by Marshall Allen Explore Sources: OFF | ON (What's this?) “Your husband is dead,” the doctor told Linda Carswell. This was not supposed to happen. Jerry Carswell had been admitted to Christus St....
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Senator Wants Answers on Program to Test Soldiers for Brain Injuries
by Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, and Daniel Zwerdling, NPR Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., has demanded answers from the military about its neurological testing program, sending a letter citing findings...
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Government Runs Late With Rules For Disclosing Drug Company Payments to Doctors
by Robin Respaut The federal government has fallen behind in its effort to publish the payments that pharmaceutical and medical device companies make to physicians. It might even miss a deadline to do...
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U.S. Sues To Recover $446 Million From Hezbollah-Connected Firms
by Sebastian Rotella Federal prosecutors fired another broadside Thursday in a massive case accusing the Hezbollah militant group of financing itself through the global drug trade, filing a civil...
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Drywall Manufacturer Agrees to Settlement
by Joaquin Sapien Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin has agreed to pay millions of dollars to settle legal claims arising from the sale of defective Chinese drywall, attorneys for the company and homeowners...
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Results of ProPublica’s 2011 Reader Survey
by Richard Tofel The results of our latest survey of ProPublica readers are in, and we wanted to take this opportunity to tell you about... well, you. Before we do, a big "thank you" to the 2,583 of...
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Top MuckReads: Dubious Medicine, Dirty Underwear and Gas Drillers
by Daniel Victor 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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Perry More Generous With Pardons Than Romney
by Lois Beckett As governor of Texas, Rick Perry has allowed the executions of 238 people, including at least one, Cameron Todd Willingham, who may have been innocent. Perry has turned away the...
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Sweating Bullets: Body Scanners Can See Perspiration as a Potential Weapon
by Michael Grabell and Christian Salewski, ProPublica While X-ray body scanners used in airports face concerns about potentially increasing cancer cases, a safer type of scanner has been plagued by...
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Fight Over Obama’s Recess Appointments Puts Stranglehold on Key FinReg, Labor...
by Marian Wang It’s no secret that Republicans don’t like the idea of President Obama exercising his power to make recess appointments. As we noted earlier this year, they’ve repeatedly used a...
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Congress Moves Toward Tougher Stand on Pipeline Safety, But is it Enough?
by Lena Groeger A bill to strengthen pipeline safety regulations passed the House and Senate last week and now awaits President Obama’s signature. But while many applaud Congress’s move toward more...
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Gone Without a Case: Suspicious Elder Deaths Rarely Investigated
by Chisun Lee and A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, and Carl Byker, PBS "Frontline" Nothing, it seemed, was unusual about Joseph Shepter's death. A retired U.S. government scientist, Shepter spent his final...
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How Democrats Fooled California’s Redistricting Commission
by Olga Pierce and Jeff Larson This spring, a group of California Democrats gathered at a modern, airy office building just a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol. The meeting was House members only — no...
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California Republicans Call for Official Investigation of Dems’ Redistricting...
by Lois Beckett Early reactions to ProPublica’s report on the ways California Democrats manipulated the state’s citizen redistricting commission split along partisan lines. The Chairman of...
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Just How Good Are the TSA’s Body Scanners?
by Michael Grabell It was the end of a four-hour congressional hearing, and Florida Rep. John Mica was fuming at Transportation Security Administration officials. The TSA had begun deploying hundreds...
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Top MuckReads: Gang-Politician Alliances, Adoption Fraud and NATO’s Bungled...
by Daniel Victor 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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The Champion of Painkillers
by Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber .DC-note-container {margin-bottom: 14px;} A version of this story ran in the Washington Post. The news about narcotic painkillers is increasingly dire: Overdoses...
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Two Leaders in Pain Treatment Have Long Ties to Drug Industry
by Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein Google Dr. Scott Fishman, chairman and president of the American Pain Foundation, or Dr. Perry Fine, a prominent board member, and it's quickly clear that their...
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Answering Your Questions on Our California Redistricting Story
by Olga Pierce , Jeff Larson and Lois Beckett Earlier this week, we reported on efforts by California’s Democratic congressional delegation to influence the state's redistricting commission. As we...
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Statement from California Citizens Redistricting Commission Responding to Our...
A statement from Commissioner Stan Forbes, current Chair of the Citizens Redistricting Commission: "Of course partisan political interests tried to influence the Commission's independent process, but...
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