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Top MuckReads: Birth Control, Romney’s Past and Cheating Doctors
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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EPA Sees Risks to Water, Workers In New York Fracking Rules
by Joaquin Sapien New York's emerging plan to regulate natural gas drilling in the gas-rich Marcellus Shale needs to go further to safeguard drinking water, environmentally sensitive areas and gas...
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Giffords May Get Better Brain-Injury Care Than Most of Her Constituents
by Lena Groeger In the minutes, hours and weeks after U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot at a meeting with her constituents in Tucson, Ariz., the public witnessed some of the very best brain-injury...
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Deutsche Analyst Sounded Alarm When Asked to Alter Numbers
by Carrick Mollenkamp, Special to ProPublica At a time when mortgage-backed securities were imploding and customers were fleeing the market, a junior analyst at Deutsche Bank AG protested when he was...
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Barbour Says Pardoned Murderers Deserved ‘a Second Chance’
by Dafna Linzer In an interview and opinion piece in the Washington Post, former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said this week he was confident that a group of convicted killers, rapists and other...
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In the Gusher of Super PACs, Even One Named ‘The Internet’
by Kim Barker Sure, there’s the GOP symbol, but the real elephant in the room at any of the Republican debates since December has been the super PAC, the turbocharged political action committee able...
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Years After Evidence of Fracking Contamination, EPA to Supply Drinking Water...
by Abrahm Lustgarten First, the earth around the rural town of Dimock, Pa., was cracked open as gas drillers used fracking to tap the vast energy supplies of the Marcellus Shale. Then, in April 2009,...
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Top MuckReads: Errant Alaskan Rescue, Nuclear Waste and Mitt’s Money
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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Actual Winner Unclear in Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas Redistricting
by Lois Beckett The Supreme Court ruled this morning that federal judges in Texas overstepped their bounds in drawing a minority-friendly set of interim maps for the state to use in the 2012...
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False Joe Paterno Death Report Relied on Faulty Sourcing
by Daniel Victor This story was co-published with Poynter. The Onward State tweet that erroneously reported Joe Paterno's death Saturday night and led to an avalanche of false reports in other outlets...
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Little Progress in Congress on Push for Forensic Standards
by Lena Groeger Three years ago, the influential National Academy of Sciences released a scathing report broadly condemning the work of criminal labs in the U.S. Too often, the report found, forensic...
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Senate Watchdog Targets High-Prescribing Medicaid Docs
by Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber An influential U.S. senator is grilling officials in nearly three-dozen states, demanding to know how they are cracking down on physicians who prescribe massive...
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Obama’s Unfulfilled State of the Union Goals
by Cora Currier President Barack Obama's previous State of the Union speeches have pushed passage of such hallmark initiatives as the stimulus bill, health-care reform, the drawdown of troops in Iraq...
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Inside Romney’s Tax Returns: A Reading Guide
by Lena Groeger In response to growing pressure from voters and competitors, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney released 550 pages of tax returns Tuesday, covering two years of income. As...
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House Panel Queries Attorney General About Pardon Office
by Dafna Linzer The House Judiciary Committee has asked Attorney General Eric Holder to outline any plans for changes to the Office of the Pardon Attorney in the wake of a ProPublica investigation...
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Obama’s Gerrymander
by Lois Beckett We’ve been following the ways that politicians and special interests try to influence the redistricting process for their own gain, often at the expense of voters. An article this week...
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Texas Court Voids Conviction in Child Death Case
by A.C. Thompson This story was co-published with PBS Frontline. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals today set aside the conviction of Ernie Lopez, an Amarillo man found guilty in 2003 of sexually...
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Bill Would Require Independent Study of X-Ray Body Scanners
by Michael Grabell Sen. Susan Collins, the top Republican on the homeland security committee, plans to introduce a bill in the coming days that would require a new health study of the X-ray body...
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Dems Governors’ Gathering Gets Big Bucks Selling Prime Spot Next to Gov. Cuomo
by Cora Currier New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will spend this weekend discussing infrastructure projects at the Democratic Governors Association's winter policy meeting. The meeting will focus on...
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Drive-by Scanning: Officials Expand Use and Dose of Radiation for Security...
by Michael Grabell We're seeking anyone who has had personal experience with certain X-ray devices. Please see the bottom of the story for information on how you can contribute. U.S. law enforcement...
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