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Big Revamp of Pentagon’s Troubled Mission to Find Missing Soldiers Looks a...
by Megan McCloskey With Congressional pressure and media scrutiny intensifying, the defense secretary came out with a bold plan to fix the Pentagon's struggling mission to recover remains of missing...
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A Note to Our Readers on ‘Segregation Now’
Dear Readers,In 1954, Chief Justice Earl Warren, in his landmark Brown v. Board of Education opinion that sought to outlaw segregation in America’s schools, wrote, “Education is perhaps the most...
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Segregation Now: The Resegregation of America’s Schools
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Segregation Now
by Nikole Hannah-JonesThis story is not subject to our Creative Commons license.Though James Dent could watch Central High School’s homecoming parade from the porch of his faded-white bungalow, it had...
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Share Your Six Words on Race and Education in America
by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Christie ThompsonSegregation NowIntroFull TextDONATEMORETimelineSaving CentralMapEditor's NoteSegregation NowSix WordsMoreTimelineSaving CentralMapEditor's NoteDONATEShare...
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Weibo IPO Reveals a Company Struggling With Censorship
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Podcast: How Good Is Your Password?
by Nicole Collins Bronzan .player_box { display: none; }If you have so much as an email address, you’ve probably spent a good chunk of your time changing passwords in the wake of the Heartbleed...
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Republicans Say No to CDC Gun Violence Research
by Lois BeckettAfter the Sandy Hook school shooting, Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) was one of a few congressional Republicans who expressed a willingness to reconsider the need for gun control laws."Put...
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Meet the Doctor Who Gave $1 Million of His Own Money to Keep His Gun Research...
by Lois BeckettFederal funding for research on gun violence has been restricted for nearly two decades. President Obama urged Congress to allocate $10 million for new research after the Newtown school...
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MIA In The War On Cancer: Where Are The Low-Cost Treatments?
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Three Things Obama’s New Clemency Initiative Doesn’t Do
by Kara BrandeiskyToday, the Department of Justice outlined expanded criteria that could allow prisoners convicted of non-violent crimes to win early release from prison. Under the new initiative, the...
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Judge Tosses Retaliation Lawsuit by Fired N.Y. Fed Examiner
by Jake BernsteinA federal judge dismissed the claims of a former bank examiner at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York who says she was fired for refusing to change her finding that Goldman Sachs...
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What Happens When a Dark Money Group Blows Off IRS Rules? Nothing.
by Kim Barker and Theodoric MeyerTo see how easy it is for a dark money group to ignore the Internal Revenue Service, look no further than the loftily named Government Integrity Fund.The Fund, an Ohio...
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Podcast: Dysfunction and Accountability in Health Care
by Nicole Collins Bronzan .player_box { display: none; }This week, ProPublica reporter Charles Ornstein talks with David Goldhill, president and CEO of the game-show television network GSN, whose book...
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Liberal Outside Money Groups Spend Big in North Carolina
by Theodoric Meyer and Kim BarkerMost people have come to associate outside money — the hundreds of millions of dollars from politically active nonprofits and super PACs pouring into American...
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The Rise of Corporate Impunity
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Discussion: Why Are Big Companies Rarely Ever Punished?
by Blair HickmanToday, we co-published a story with the New York Times Magazine on the rise of corporate impunity. In sum: a series of missteps by the Department of Justice has left the agency...
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Dark Money Group Sues IRS Over Targeting, Disclosure
by Kim BarkerA conservative nonprofit sued the Internal Revenue Service Monday because the agency targeted it for extra scrutiny and disclosed the group's application for tax-exempt status to...
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Senate to Take Up Longshot Amendment to Regulate Campaign Finance
by Theodoric MeyerIn a gesture probably more symbolic than practical, the Senate may soon take up a constitutional amendment to give Congress and states the power to regulate political contributions...
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