Top Billing: Meet the Docs who Charge Medicare Top Dollar for Office Visits
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View ArticleSentenced to Wait: Efforts to End Prison Rape Stall Again
by Joaquin SapienTexas prison inmates report being raped at some of the highest rates in the country, and the problem only seems to be worsening: The three most recent reports issued by the U.S....
View ArticleStudent Perspectives on Race and Education in Tuscaloosa
by Amanda Zamora .article-lead-image { z-index: 2; }“Skin color doesn’t define your intelligence.”“I am not what society thinks.”“Looking forward, not to the past.”These are just a few of the six-word...
View ArticleDiscussion: How To Protect Your Privacy Online
by Blair HickmanHappening now: Ask Jeff Larson and Julia Angwin your questions about surveillance, your privacy online and NSA reform on Reddit.The House is expected to vote soon on the USA Freedom...
View ArticlePodcast: Gun Violence in America
by Minhee Cho .player_box { display: none; }While we have clear data on murders from gun violence, no one seems to know how many Americans are shot – and survive – every year. In fact, the...
View ArticleFollowing Abuses, Medicare Tightens Reins on Its Drug Program
by Charles OrnsteinUpdate 05/20/2014 10:40 a.m.The federal government has granted itself potent new authority to expel physicians from Medicare if they are found to prescribe drugs in abusive ways,...
View ArticleQ&A: Elizabeth Warren on Spiraling Student Debt and What Should Be Done...
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View ArticleDemocrats Push to Restart CDC Funding for Gun Violence Research
by Lois BeckettUpdated 05/21/2014 1:56 p.m.: This story has been updated to include comments from the National Rifle Association and Rep. Maloney.Two Congressional Democrats are unveiling legislation...
View ArticleHummus Maker Warned of ‘Extreme Safety Risk’ Before Temp Worker’s Death
Megan Woolhouse, The Boston Globe, and Michael Grabell, ProPublica,This story was co-published with The Boston Globe.Twenty-eight-year-old Daniel Collazo was nearly done with his shift cleaning...
View ArticleIRS Delays New Rules for Dark Money Groups
by Theodoric MeyerAfter intense criticism from both ends of the political spectrum, the Internal Revenue Service has delayed indefinitely proposed rules that would have imposed new limits on social...
View ArticleAttorney General Holder Requires Recording of Interrogations, Unlike New York...
by Joaquin SapienAttorney General Eric Holder has ordered federal law enforcement agents to record all interrogations with suspects in custody.The policy was outlined in a memo sent to the Federal...
View ArticleHouse Committee Puts NSA on Notice Over Encryption Standards
by Justin ElliottAn amendment adopted by a House committee would, if enacted, take a step toward removing the National Security Agency from the business of meddling with encryption standards that...
View ArticlePodcast: A Bailout Botched by Centrists
by Nicole Collins Bronzan .player_box { display: none; }If former Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner has faced his share of criticism for his rocky tenure, Jesse Eisinger says, his new book makes...
View ArticleN.Y. Attorney General Pressed Red Cross on Post-Sandy Spending, Then Retreated
by Justin ElliottLast month we explored the role of the American Red Cross after Hurricane Sandy and the lack of transparency in how the charity spent more than $300 million raised after the storm....
View ArticleTyson Gay’s Coach Says He Didn’t Give Sprinter Banned Substances
by David EpsteinLast week, prominent sprint coach and Olympic gold medalist Jon Drummond unmasked himself as the target of a U.S. Anti-Doping Agency investigation when he filed a defamation lawsuit in...
View ArticleThe Best Reporting on Guns in America
by Blair Hickman , Hanqing Chen , Cora Currier , Lois Beckett and Suevon LeeUpdate: With last weekend's shootings in Santa Barbara, this collection, first published July 24, 2012, unfortunately seems...
View ArticleMedicare Overpays Billions for Office Visits, Patient Evaluations
by Charles OrnsteinMedicare spent $6.7 billion too much for office visits and other patient evaluations in 2010, according to a new report from the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health...
View ArticleShould a Mental Illness Mean You Lose Your Kid?
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View ArticlePodcast: Mental Illness and Parenting
by Nicole Collins Bronzan .player_box { display: none; }When is a mere diagnosis of mental illness enough to sever a parent’s ties to her child? And how much effort must child welfare officials...
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