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Illinois Suspends Medical License of Leading Prescriber of Antipsychotic Drugs
by Charles OrnsteinIllinois medical regulators have indefinitely suspended the medical license of psychiatrist Michael Reinstein, who prescribed more of the most powerful and riskiest antipsychotic...
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Why is the Cuomo Administration Automatically Deleting State Employees’ Emails?
by Theodoric MeyerThis story was co-published with the Albany Times-Union and WNYC.New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s administration — which the governor pledged would be the most transparent in state...
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Pro-Troop Charity Shoots Back
by Liz DaySince ProPublica published its investigation last week into the practices of the pro-troop charity Move America Forward, officials with the group have stepped forward to defend it.The...
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Report: Drillers Illegally Using Diesel Fuel to Frack
by Naveena Sadasivam A new report charges that several oil and gas companies have been illegally using diesel fuel in their hydraulic fracturing operations, and then doctoring records to hide...
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Q&A: What Can U.S. Health Care Learn from the Ebola Outbreak?
by Marshall AllenJeanine Thomas is a well-known patient advocate and active member of ProPublica's Patient Harm Facebook Community. But this week, she contributed in another forum: the World Health...
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USA Discounters Agrees to Refund $5 Charge Collected in What Feds Called A...
by Paul KielUSA Discounters, a retail company that caters to service members, has agreed to refund $350,000 collected as part of what federal regulators termed a "fee scam.''The company also agreed to...
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Red Cross Reverses Stance on Sandy Spending “Trade Secrets”
by Justin ElliottIn June we reported that the Red Cross was resisting our request that the New York attorney general's office release information provided by the group on how it spent money after...
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Six Days in Ferguson: Voices from the Protests
by Lois BeckettOn Saturday afternoon, a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri shot and killed an unarmed black teenager, 18-year-old Michael Brown. The killing sparked immediate protests in Ferguson...
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The Militarization of U.S. Police Forces and More in MuckReads Weekly
by Amanda ZamoraThe militarization of police in Ferguson, Mo., is part of a national trend. The war on terror has helped transform local police forces around the country, flooding them with tactical...
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Government Will Withhold One-Third of the Records from Database of Physician...
by Charles OrnsteinNext month, when the federal government releases data about payments to physicians from pharmaceutical and medical device makers, one-third of the records will be withheld because...
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Podcast: The Pitfalls of Drug Testing in Sports
by Minhee Cho .player_box { display: none; }Anti-doping technology has vastly improved over the years, particularly with advances like the biological passport, which monitors fluctuations in the...
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Q&A: The Hidden Costs of Tobacco Debt
by Cezary PodkulWe recently wrote about the hidden cost of tobacco bonds– debts issued by states and other governments in the years following a historic 1998 legal settlement with Big Tobacco. That...
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How Tobacco Bonds Work, and What Can Go Wrong
by Cezary Podkul and David SleightIt all began when states settled their lawsuits against Big Tobacco.After a long fight, states would finally get billions to cover the health costs of smoking, in...
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What to Look For In Dueling Autopsies of Michael Brown
by A.C. ThompsonIn the next few weeks, separate teams of doctors will issue autopsy reports about Michael Brown, the unarmed African American shot to death by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri....
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The Best Reporting on Federal Push to Militarize Local Police
by Hanqing ChenProtests have continued for more than a week since the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. Police officers initially met protesters with full riot gear,...
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Long a Force for Progress, a Freedom Summer Legend Looks Back
by Nikole Hannah-JonesProPublicaListenShare on FacebookShare on TwitterCommentDonateEli Meir Kaplan, special to ProPublicaDispatches from Freedom SummerLong a Force for Progress, a Freedom Summer...
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Interview With Civil Rights Legend John Lewis: Audio
by Nikole Hannah-JonesProPublicaRead articleShare on FacebookShare on TwitterCommentDonateIn 1964, John Lewis was a barrier-breaking Freedom Rider, among the first to launch sit-ins and travel the...
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New York City Will Pay $10 Million to Settle Wrongful Conviction Case
by Joaquin SapienNew York City has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a wrongful conviction lawsuit filed by Jabbar Collins, who spent 15 years in prison for a murder he did not commit.The settlement...
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Paying Jabbar Collins $10 Million Doesn’t Address Problems With Prosecutors
by Joe SextonThis story was co-published with the New York Daily News.The dollar figure was so large and the public statements of vindication and concession so harmonious, one might have been tempted...
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Big Investors Push for Auditors to Sign Financial Statements
by Jesse EisingerAn industry group which represents some of the nation's largest investors is urging regulators not to back away from plans to require auditors to sign the financial statements they...
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