Who Advised Cuomo on Mortgage Industry Investigation? A Mortgage Lobbyist.
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View ArticleWe’re Still Not Tracking Patient Harm
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View ArticleCalifornia Halts Injection of Fracking Waste, Warning it May Be Contaminating...
by Abrahm LustgartenCalifornia officials have ordered an emergency shut-down of 11 oil and gas waste injection sites and a review more than 100 others in the state's drought-wracked Central Valley out...
View ArticleSex Assault on Campus, Prisoner Abuse at Rikers and Dark Money Rising...
by Amanda Zamora“It wasn’t me, it was her,” the teammate replied. - Hobart and William Smith College’s handling of a young woman’s rape complaint offers a window into the adjudication of sexual...
View ArticleError: You Have No Payments from Pharma
by Charles OrnsteinThe federal government has a word for physicians who don’t have financial relationships with pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers: “Error.”Last week, the government began...
View ArticleMeet the Online Tracking Device That is Virtually Impossible to Block
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View ArticlePodcast: Glaser, Cuomo, and the Refusals That Made the Story
by Nicole Collins Bronzan .player_box { display: none; }Justin Elliott (@JustinElliott) was doing his poking around a year ago when he uncovered a story he hadn’t even known existed, he tells...
View ArticleNew York State of Fracking: A ProPublica Explainer
by Naveena SadasivamNew York is one of a handful of states around the country that currently has at least temporarily halted fracking. Since 2008, when the state was first confronted with interest in...
View ArticleA Brutal Loss, but an Enduring Conviction
by Nikole Hannah-JonesProPublicaShare on FacebookShare on TwitterCommentDonateMatthew Williams, special to ProPublicaDispatches from Freedom SummerA Brutal Loss, but an Enduring ConvictionRita Bender,...
View ArticleWhat We Learned Investigating Unpaid Internships
by Blair HickmanAfter a year scrutinizing the intern economy, ProPublica’s internship investigation is coming to an end. But before signing off, we wanted to do our own end-of-semester review.WHAT...
View ArticleEven After Open Enrollment, Activity Remains Unexpectedly High on Federal...
by Charles OrnsteinThis story was co-published with NPR's "Shots" blog.For months, journalists and politicians fixated on the number of people signing up for health insurance through the federal...
View ArticleUnder Water: The EPA’s Struggle to Combat Pollution
by Naveena SadasivamFor years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been frustrated in its efforts to pursue hundreds of cases of water pollution — repeatedly tied up in legal fights about...
View ArticleAre Patient Privacy Laws Being Misused to Protect Medical Centers?
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View ArticleInsta-Loophole: In Florida, High-Cost Lender Skirts the Law
by Paul KielThis story was co-published with The Tampa Bay Times.When Florida lawmakers banned high-interest car title loans in 2000, then-Gov. Jeb Bush proclaimed that the new law would protect...
View ArticleThank You for Your Service: How One Company Sues Soldiers Worldwide
by Paul KielThis article was co-published with The Washington Post.Army Spc. Angel Aguirre needed a washer and dryer.Money was tight, and neither Aguirre, 21, nor his wife had much credit history as...
View ArticleFor Lenders, Gaps in Federal Law Make Suing Soldiers Easy
by Paul KielThe law is clear: When far-flung members of the U.S. military are sued in civil court, judges must at least appoint lawyers for them.But that basic layer of protection hasn't provided much...
View ArticleThe Catholic Church’s Bogus Healer and More in MuckReads Weekly
by Amanda ZamoraIt all began in Lafayette. When a Louisiana diocese was rocked years ago by a pedophiliac priest, a bishop came in to “heal” the community. The bishop later led the U.S. church’s...
View ArticleUSA Discounters Responds to ProPublica Article
by Paul KielIn a press release Sunday, Virginia-based retailer USA Discounters said the company's practices and policies in dealing with military customers were "inaccurately" portrayed in my recent...
View ArticlePodcast: ‘No Credit? Need Credit?’ It’ll Cost You
by Nicole Collins Bronzan .player_box { display: none; }It’s a scene that plays out all across the country: a worker with steady income but little credit – say, a young service member – walks into a...
View ArticleCampus Sexual Assault: What Are Colleges Doing Wrong?
by Abbie Nehring, ProPublica,Update July 29: We have updated this article to include the responses universities gave to the stories. During their time at college, the Department of Justice estimates...
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