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Muckreads Podcast: ‘The Bully Pulpit’ With Doris Kearns Goodwin
by Nicole Collins BronzanToday ProPublica’s Stephen Engelberg is joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin to talk about her new book, “The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William...
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ER Wait Watcher
by Lena Groeger , Sisi Wei and Mike TigasWhich emergency room will see you the fastest? We’ve got a handy guide for impatient outpatients.
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You Know Who Else Uses Unpaid Interns? Colleges and Universities
by Casey McDermottFor students interested in a career in sports management, Arizona State University has what seems like a great opportunity. The school’s athletic program, which boasts of 138...
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Stuck in Limbo With Breast Cancer as the Obamacare Deadline Looms
by Charles OrnsteinWhen New Jersey resident Jacqueline Clay contacted me Monday, she was panicked and desperate.Clay had applied for health insurance on the federal marketplace last month. She had...
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How Expensive Is Your College Internship? We Built an App for That
by Blair Hickman , Sisi Wei and Mike TigasToday, we’re launching the beta version of a tool that aims to bring greater transparency to the role schools play in promoting unpaid internships. Our app...
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Meet Our New Comments System – Where You Can Share Your Stories, Too
by Amanda Zamora and Blair HickmanYou may have noticed that comments look a little different on ProPublica. We’ve switched to Disqus, a commenting system that we hope will give you more options to...
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The Price of an Internship
by Blair Hickman , Sisi Wei and Mike TigasUnpaid internships can help young workers advance their career goals. But they can also vary significantly in cost and quality. Explore college internship...
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Missing: A Boy and The Evidence Against His Accused Killer
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Top MuckReads of 2013: NSA Surveillance, Temp Worker Dangers and Civil...
by Christie Thompson'Tis the season for "best of" lists. Here's our look back at the year in MuckReads, from the blockbuster leak of NSA documents, to an exposé of the underground exchange of adopted...
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This Year’s Best Reporting on Education
by Marian Wang span.bullet { margin-left: -10px; } .bullet-point { margin-left: -10px; } From jaw-dropping pay and perks at universities to a $1-billion plan to purchase iPads, here are some of 2013’s...
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Senators Press Medicare for Answers on Drug Program
by Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber A Senate committee chairman said he is concerned about the “serious vulnerabilities” detailed in a ProPublica report about scams that target Medicare’s popular...
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Sharpening the Government’s Blurry Maps
by Al Shaw and Theodoric MeyerIn recent years, Americans have witnessed the destructive power of floods again and again, from the damage inflicted on coastal New York and New Jersey by Hurricane Sandy...
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How to Improve Temp Worker Safety
by Michael Grabell The federal government could easily track injuries suffered by temporary workers by adding a checkbox to a government form that already exists. Such a move would give regulators the...
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Judge on NSA Case Cites 9/11 Report, But It Doesn’t Actually Support His Ruling
by Justin ElliottUpdate Dec. 28, 2013: In a new decision in support of the NSA's phone metadata surveillance program, U.S. district court Judge William Pauley cites an intelligence failure involving...
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The Fix Isn’t In: Why a Safety Device That Can Stop Overdoses by Kids Isn’t...
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For Brooklyn Prosecutor, a Troubled Last Term, and a Trail of Lingering...
by Joaquin SapienBy the spring of 2009, Charles“Joe” Hynes was nearing the end of his fifth term of service as Brooklyn’s District Attorney.His reputation was mixed: His office had been dogged for a...
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Last Chance This Year to Support Journalism in the Public Interest
by Richard Tofel Your last chance to make a tax-deductible contribution this year to ProPublica is fast approaching. We hope you’ll seize it. It’s been a year of great stories – but, even more...
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Medicare Moves to Tighten Oversight of Prescribers
by Charles Ornstein and Tracy WeberTen years after Medicare’s vaunted prescription drug program was signed into law, the Obama administration and Congress are re-evaluating whether it does enough to...
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Caught Up in a Medicare Drug Fraud
by Tracy Weber and Charles OrnsteinAt another time in her life, Denise Heap might have tossed aside the insurance forms listing the drugs prescribed to her mother.The“explanation of benefits” forms...
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