Why NSA Snooping Is Bigger Deal in Germany
by Jannis Brühl Germans like posting baby pictures, party snapshots and witty comments on Facebook just like anyone else. They just do not want to get caught doing it. Many of us use fake names for...
View ArticlePodcast: Inside the High-Cost Lending Industry
by Minhee ChoHigh-cost lenders have long offered payday and installment loans to those with bad credit as a quick way to get cash in an emergency without any questions or hassle. But with annual...
View ArticleGitmo Soldiers Get 9/11 History Lessons
by Cora CurrierYoung soldiers at Guantanamo Bay would have been in grade school when the 9/11 attacks occurred. But the government is making sure the terrorist attacks are fresh in their minds.The FBI...
View ArticleMarch on Washington Anniversary: Great Reads on Racial Justice
by Christie ThompsonOn August 28, 1963, hundreds of thousands marched in Washington, D.C., to demand jobs and freedom for Black Americans. Fifty years later, less than half of Americans say the U.S....
View ArticleJournalists: Send ProPublica Your Redaction Classics
by Amanda Zamora and Al ShawThe Obama administration’s take on transparency can be rather opaque. Send us your most memorable FOIA documents for our Redaction Classics collection.
View ArticleIn Effort to End Prison Rape, Questions About a Monitor’s Independence
by Joaquin SapienAfter more than a decade of national legislative efforts to end prison rape, this month was supposed to produce a significant victory: formal audits of prisons and jails around the...
View ArticleOne Step Closer To Getting Her Husband’s Heart Back
by Marshall AllenLinda Carswell has passed a major milestone in her quest to get her husband’s heart back. A Texas appeals court ruled Thursday against the hospital that has been blocking her from...
View ArticleTo Dodge Law, High-Cost Lender Offers Cash for Free
by Paul KielAlarmed by the explosion of high-cost lending in the state, cities across Texas have passed ordinances to prevent the cycle of debt that short-term, high-cost loans can create.But some big...
View ArticlePodcast: What We Know (And Don’t Know) About the Drone War
by Minhee Cho Drones, or “unmanned aerial vehicles” as the military prefers to call them, have been used to strike al Qaeda targets in Yemen, Pakistan and Somalia as a centerpiece of the Obama...
View ArticleWhy We Published the Decryption Story
by Stephen Engelberg and Richard TofelSept. 6: This Closer Look has been updated with a response from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. ProPublica is today publishing a story in...
View ArticleRevealed: The NSA’s Secret Campaign to Crack, Undermine Internet Security
by Jeff Larson, ProPublica, Nicole Perlroth, The New York Times, and Scott Shane, The New York Times .commons-link-inactive { display: none !important; }Note: This story is not subject to our Creative...
View ArticleFor Prosecutor Under Fire, A Verdict at the Polls
by Joaquin Sapien The year was 1990. George H.W. Bush was president. The song “Hold On” by Wilson Phillips was number one on the Billboard chart. And Charles “Joe” Hynes, celebrated for his role as a...
View ArticleDiscussion: How Can the U.S. Better Regulate and Improve Elder Care?
by Blair HickmanLive chat with Center for Investigative Reporting and ProPublica: Where do we go when we can no longer care for ourselves?As America's population ages, assisted living facilities have...
View ArticleInside a New York Drug Clinic, Allegations of Kickbacks and Shoddy Care
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View ArticleJohns Hopkins and the Case of the Missing NSA Blog Post
by Jeff Larson and Justin ElliottCiting concerns about linking to classified material, Johns Hopkins University asked a professor this morning to remove a blog post discussing last week’s revelations...
View ArticlePublic Universities Ramp Up Aid for the Wealthy, Leaving the Poor Behind
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View ArticleFor Brooklyn Prosecutor, a Rare Reversal at the Polls
by Joe Sexton After 24 years in office, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes went down in defeat Tuesday night in New York City’s Democratic primary. In the end, both those who admired Hynes...
View ArticleFrom Russia With PR
by Justin ElliottToday, Vladimir Putin wrote an op-ed about Syria in the New York Times. The piece was placed by the public-relations giant Ketchum, Buzzfeed reported. On Nov. 16, 2012, we explored...
View ArticleEverything We Know About What Data Brokers Know About You
by Lois BeckettSept. 13: This story has been updated. It was originally published on March 7, 2013. We’re continuing to learn new details about how the American government is collecting bulk records...
View ArticleGovernment Standards Agency “Strongly” Suggests Dropping its Own Encryption...
by Jeff Larson and Justin ElliottFollowing revelations about the NSA’s covert influence on computer security standards, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, announced earlier...
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