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Podcast: SOPA Opera
by Minhee Cho When popular websites like Wikipedia and Reddit decided to blackout their pages last week in protest of SOPA, otherwise known as the Stop Online Piracy Act, the controversial bill got...
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By the Numbers: Life and Death at Foxconn
by Lois Beckett An investigative series by the New York Times and a performance piece by Mike Daisey featured on This American Life have put the spotlight on Foxconn, the Taiwanese company whose...
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Top MuckReads: Anti-Muslim Training, Sex Predators, And The Labor Behind iPads
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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Ernie Lopez to Face Charges Again
by A.C. Thompson A Texas district attorney has decided to re-try an Amarillo man on charges that he sexually assaulted a six-month old girl, just days after the state’s appeals court threw out his...
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Freddie Mac Bets Against American Homeowners
by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica and Chris Arnold, NPR News Jan. 30: Read the update to this article, "Bets Against Homeowners Must Stop, Freddie Mac Was Told." This story is not subject to our Creative...
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One Soldier’s Progress Against Traumatic Brain Injury
by Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, and Daniel Zwerdling, NPR When Army Sgt. Victor Medina returned home from Iraq in the summer of 2009, his life was a shambles. His tour had been cut short after he...
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Bets Against Homeowners Must Stop, Freddie Mac Was Told
by Jesse Eisinger and Cora Currier, ProPublica, and Chris Arnold, NPR This story was co-produced with NPR News. Freddie Mac agreed last month to stop making new bets against American homeowners after...
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How the Stimulus Revived the Electric Car
by Michael Grabell This story was adapted from "Money Well Spent?: The Truth Behind the Trillion-Dollar Stimulus, the Biggest Economic Recovery Plan in History," which will be published Tuesday by...
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Senators’ Bill Calls for Independent Study of Airport Scanners
by Michael Grabell A group of five Republican and Democratic senators on the homeland security committee introduced a bill today that would require an independent health study of the X-ray body...
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Allergan Erases Doctor Payment Records
by Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber Now you see it. Now you don't. Since April, drugmaker Allergan, best known for its wrinkle-fighting drugs Botox and Juvederm, has been posting on its website the...
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$10 Million Fine on Red Cross Highlights Its Troubled History of Blood Services
by Lena Groeger A few weeks ago, the Food and Drug Administration hit the American Red Cross with a nearly $10 million fine for safety violations, lax oversight and faulty testing of its blood...
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Why Fannie and Freddie Are Hesitating to Help Homeowners
by Cora Currier Earlier this week, ProPublica and NPR detailed how Freddie Mac placed bets against homeowners that paid off if borrowers were unable to refinance their mortgage loans. The story...
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Freddie Mac’s Regulator Says Trades Were Shut Down Because They Were “Risky”
by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica and Chris Arnold, NPR News Freddie Mac’s regulator gave new detail today on why it halted the company’s controversial trades in complex mortgage-backed securities last...
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Top MuckReads: Forgotten Fugitives, FDA Spies and Squashing Soldiers’ Suits
by Blair Hickman 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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Senator Demands Answers from Freddie Mac’s Regulator
Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica, and Chris Arnold, NPR News Senator Robert Casey (D-PA) sent a list of questions about Freddie Mac’s controversial trades to the mortgage giant’s regulator, highlighting how...
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With Spotlight on Super PAC Dollars, Nonprofits Escape Scrutiny
by Kim Barker , Al Shaw and Ariel Wittenberg When super PACs announced their 2011 fundraising numbers earlier this week, it provided an early glimpse into how the new way of financing political...
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Meet the Obscure Federal Regulator Who’s Not Helping Homeowners
by Cora Currier Last week, ProPublica and NPR raised questions about a risky investment strategy at Freddie Mac that would pay off if homeowners stayed trapped in expensive mortgages. It's just the...
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From Gung-Ho to Uh-Oh: Charting the Government’s Moves on Fracking
by Lena Groeger Fracking has only recently become a household word, but government involvement with the drilling technique goes back decades. We trace officials’ moves—and levels of caution—over time.
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Podcast: Fannie and Freddie’s Conflicted Role in the Housing Market
by Minhee Cho Last week, following up on our detailed investigation with NPR into Freddie Mac and its operations, ProPublica’s Cora Currier wrote an explainer laying out Freddie and Fannie’s...
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Komen’s Contortions: a Timeline of the Charity’s Shifting Story on Planned...
by Lena Groeger The Komen foundation’s decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood set off such an uproar that the charity quickly gave it back. We trace how their explanations changed along the way.
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