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MuckReads Podcast: Jim Dwyer on False Convictions
by Nicole Collins Bronzan .player_box { display: none; }Jim Dwyer of The New York Times visited the Storage Closet Studio recently to talk to ProPublica’s Joaquin Sapien about his new book, “False...
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Brooklyn DA Moves to Free Man after Long-Buried Evidence Surfaces
by Joaquin SapienAt a hearing tomorrow in Brooklyn Supreme Court, District Attorney Kenneth Thompson is expected to consent to the release of Jonathan Fleming, who has served more than 24 years in...
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Labor Department Intervenes on Behalf of Hearst Interns
by Kara BrandeiskyFor the first time, the U.S. Labor Department has gotten involved in a high-profile lawsuit brought by unpaid interns. On Friday, the federal agency filed an amicus brief in support...
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Timeline: The Tortured History of the Senate’s Torture Report
by Kara Brandeisky and Sisi WeiLast week, the Senate Intelligence Committee voted to declassify the executive summary of its report about the CIA’s detention and interrogation program. And it’s still...
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What’s It Like to Work in a World of Wage Discrimination?
by Blair HickmanIt is National Equal Pay Day, the day that represents how far into 2014 women must work to match how much men made in 2013. So we’re asking women to share their experiences with what...
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Brooklyn Man Walks Out of Court, Cleared of Murder After 24 Years in Prison
by Joaquin SapienIn a hearing that lasted less than 15 minutes, Jonathan Fleming's more than 24 years in prison came to an end. The 1990 murder conviction was expunged from his record, leaving his...
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Beyond Ratings: More Tools Coming to Pick Your Doctor
by Charles OrnsteinThis story was co-published with Los Angeles TimesThis week, the federal government is planning to release a massive database capable of providing patients with much more...
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Medicaid Programs Drowning in Backlog
by Charles Ornstein blockquote.medicaid-block { line-height: 22.4px; //padding-bottom: 10px; }Last week, federal health officials celebrated two milestones related to the Affordable Care Act. The...
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How the Labor Department Has Let Companies Off the Hook for Unpaid Internships
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The Department of Labor’s Internships Investigations
by Kara Brandeisky , Eric Sagara and Jeremy B. MerrillIn 2010, the Labor Department issued a new fact sheet clarifying when an intern needs to be paid under federal labor law. We collected the case...
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What Newly Released Docs Tell Us About the IRS and How It Handles Dark Money...
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Long After Sandy, Red Cross Post-Storm Spending Still a Black Box
by Justin Elliott and Jesse EisingerFollowing Superstorm Sandy, donors gave $312 million to the American Red Cross. How did the aid organization spend that money?A year and a half after the storm,...
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Shake-Up Inside Forensic Credentialing Org
by Leah Bartos, Special to ProPublicaThis story was co-published with FrontlineThere's been a major shake-up in one of the largest organizations that certifies forensic experts.The group, the American...
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TurboTax Maker Linked to ‘Grassroots’ Campaign Against Free, Simple Tax Filing
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Podcast: The (Tax) Industry Behind the Outrage
by Nicole Collins Bronzan .player_box { display: none; }A few months back, ProPublica's director of research, Liz Day, started to notice similar language in op-eds and letters opposing return-free tax...
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Have You Interned in Arts or Entertainment? Rate Your Internship
by Blair HickmanThis is the first in a series of in-depth explorations into what it’s like to intern for college credit in different industries. Sign up for our Reporting Network for updates.Our...
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The U.S. Government: Paying to Undermine Internet Security, Not to Fix It
by Julia AngwinThe Heartbleed computer security bug is many things: a catastrophictech failure, an open invitation to criminal hackers and yet another reason to upgrade our passwords on dozens of...
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Timeline: From Brown v. Board to Segregation Now
by Nikole Hannah-Jones , Amanda Zamora and Christie Thompson
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Even After Doctors Are Sanctioned or Arrested, Medicare Keeps Paying
by Charles OrnsteinThis story was co-published with NPRIn August 2011, federal agents swept across the Detroit area, arresting doctors, pharmacists and other health professionals accused of running a...
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