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Four Years Ago Obama Promised to Investigate Afghan Massacre. Has Anything...
by Cora CurrierIn his first year in office, President Barack Obama pledged to “collect the facts” on the death of hundreds, possibly thousands, of Taliban prisoners of war at the hands of U.S.-allied...
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Five Ways Congress is Trying to Curb Rape in the Military
by Christie ThompsonWhen the Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on the U.S. military’s sexual assault crisis, lawmakers grilled Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine officials on the alarmingly...
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No Warrant, No Problem: How the Government Can Still Get Your Digital Data
by Theodoric Meyer and Peter Maass
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Rape and Other Sexual Violence Prevalent in Juvenile Justice System
by Joaquin Sapien Hundreds of teen-agers are raped or sexually assaulted during their stays in the country's juvenile detention facilities, and many of them are victimized repeatedly, according to a...
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The Best Stories on the Government’s Growing Surveillance
by Christie ThompsonOn Wednesday, the Guardian published documents revealing the government has been collecting months’ worth of telephone “metadata” on millions of Verizon customers. The Washington...
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Mass Surveillance in America: A Timeline of Loosening Laws and Practices
by Cora Currier , Justin Elliott and Theodoric MeyerThe evolution of the National Security Agency’s dragnet under Presidents Bush and Obama.
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The NSA Black Hole: 5 Basic Things We Still Don’t Know About the Agency’s...
by Justin Elliott and Theodoric MeyerLast week saw revelations that the FBI and the National Security Agency have been collecting Americans’ phone records en masse and that the agencies have access to...
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Podcast: The Story Behind Investigating Internships
by Mike Webb Late last month, ProPublica launched a Kickstarter to cover the costs of hiring an intern to help with our internships investigation. Our intern will create a microsite on the intern...
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Worried about the Mass Surveillance? How to Practice Safer Communication
by Quinn Norton, Special to ProPublicaWith all the news coming out about possible mass surveillance and the relationship between an alphabet soup of federal agencies and the companies that hold huge...
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Betting Against the Future: How Industry Loses When Interns Go Unpaid
by Hanna TrudoPerhaps you’ve heard that ProPublica has launched an investigation into internships. If you’re not familiar with our latest project, here’s the gist: we want to document the emerging...
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Housing Crisis: Widespread Discrimination; Little Taste for Enforcement
by Nikole Hannah-Jones The results of Tuesday's U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development national study on the persistence of housing discrimination are unlikely to shock: Racial and ethnic...
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Have Unpaid Internships Affected your Career? Help us Investigate
by Christie ThompsonLast month, we launched our investigation into the booming intern economy. We’re looking into companies that violate labor laws by staffing unpaid interns who function as regular...
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Without a Final Map, New York Rebuilds on Uncertain Ground
by Al ShawWith warmer weather arriving, long-shuttered train lines reopening and a revamped boardwalk, people are flocking back to the beachfront on the Rockaways in Queens. And they’re not just...
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New Maps and a New Plan for New York
by Al Shaw and Jeff LarsonFEMA’s released new, preliminary flood insurance maps for New York City, which specify how likely areas are to flood. The new maps, which replace maps that used data from...
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Defenders of NSA Surveillance Omit Most of Mumbai Plotter’s Story
by Sebastian RotellaJune 12: This story has been updated with NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander's Senate testimony on surveillance.Defending a vast program to sweep up phone and Internet data under...
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Gitmo Diary: Visiting the U.S.’s Most Infamous Courtroom
by Cora Currier .article-full .article > p.gitmo_caption { font-size:13px; font-style:italic; color:#999; padding-top:5px }I’m down at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, where Abd al Rahim al Nashiri is...
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Walmart Accepted Clothing from Banned Bangladesh Factories
by Michael Grabell Since the Rana Plaza building collapse killed more than 1,100 people in April, retailers have faced mounting pressure to improve safety at Bangladesh garment factories and to sever...
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Time Out: Federal Complaint Alleges Rampant Abuse in Texas Truancy Program
by Joaquin SapienJune 12, 2013: This story has been updated with Judge Clay Jenkins's comment and full statement, as well as the Mesquite school district statement on its website.School tardiness and...
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Unpaid Interns Win Major Ruling in ‘Black Swan’ Case — Now What?
by Blair Hickman and Jeremy B. Merrill .DC-note-container { margin-bottom: 10px; }Yesterday, a federal judge issued the first major ruling on the illegality of unpaid internships in recent years,...
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