In California, Some Efforts to Toughen Oversight of Assisted Living Falter
by A.C. ThompsonCalifornia legislators and activists say attempts to reform the state's troubled assisted living industry are being obstructed — and they are placing much of the blame on the...
View Article“Less Lethal” Flash-Bangs Used in Ferguson Leave Some Feeling the Burn
by Abbie NehringPeter Callahan was caught between two police lines in the West Florissant section of Ferguson, Mo., on Sunday night, when something fiery hot singed his leg. A nearby protester's shirt...
View ArticleSouth Carolina’s Lax Domestic Abuse Laws and More in MuckReads Weekly
by Amanda Zamora Till death do us part. A seven-part series by the Post and Courier investigates domestic violence in South Carolina, which has accounted for 300 women being killed by their partners...
View ArticlePodcast: Why Settlements Don’t Fix Wrongful Convictions
by Nicole Collins Bronzan .player_box { display: none; }It may seem to some a happy ending: A Brooklyn man wrongly convicted in a 1994 murder is at last cleared -- after serving 16 years in prison --...
View ArticleThe Best Reporting on California’s Drought
by Claire Kelloway After a decade of relatively little rain, California is facing its third year of debilitating drought, and 2014 may be the driest in 500 years. The drought has placed a...
View ArticleIntelligence Gap: How a Chinese National Gained Access to Arizona’s Terror...
by Ryan Gabrielson, ProPublica, and Andrew Becker, CIRProPublicaShare on FacebookShare on TwitterCommentDonateIntelligence Gap: How a Chinese National Gained Access to Arizona’s Terror CenterThe...
View ArticleChina’s Cyber Attacks Tied to U.S. Companies, Contractors and Gov’t Systems
by Hanqing ChenU.S.-China tensions have risen recently over suspicions of Chinese nationals infiltrating U.S. company computer systems. In late May, the U.S. Justice Department accused five Chinese...
View ArticleComing Soon: Losing Ground
ProPublicaThe LensLosing GroundShare on FacebookShare on TwitterDonateSoutheast Louisiana is drowning, quickly.The Mississippi Delta is losing a football field of land every 48 minutes. In the next 50...
View ArticleLosing Ground: Southeast Louisiana is Disappearing, Quickly
by Bob Marshall, The Lens, Brian Jacobs and Al Shaw, ProPublica, Aug. 28, 2014Scientists say one of the greatest environmental and economic disasters in the nation’s history—the rapid land loss...
View ArticleDiscussion: Louisiana’s Disappearing Coast
by Scott KleinScientists say one of the greatest environmental and economic disasters in the nation’s history — the rapid land loss occurring in Southeast Louisiana — is rushing toward a catastrophic...
View ArticleMore Data to Be Withheld from Database of Physician Payments
by Charles OrnsteinA new problem has emerged with the federal government's Open Payments system, which is supposed to go live Sept. 30 and disclose payments to physicians by pharmaceutical and medical...
View ArticleOne Drug. Two Prices. A Reporter Struggles to Find Out the Cost of His Son’s...
by Charles OrnsteinThis story was co-published with the New York Times' The Upshot. It is not subject to our Creative Commons license.It's not easy being an educated health care consumer.I was...
View ArticleLouisiana Coroner Concludes Handcuffed Suspect Killed Himself and More in...
by Amanda Zamora“You can’t make me understand how my son took his left hand, when he was handcuffed behind the back, and shot himself.” A new coroner’s report on the death of a man who died in police...
View ArticleCalifornia Legislature Passes Bill to Protect Temp Workers
by Michael GrabellThe California legislature has passed a bill that would hold companies legally responsible if the temp agencies and subcontractors they hire cheat workers out of their wages or put...
View ArticlePodcast: Louisiana’s Shrinking Coastline
by Minhee Cho .player_box { display: none; }Last week, ProPublica and The Lens, a public interest newsroom in New Orleans, launched a multimedia project exploring how southeast Louisiana is rapidily...
View ArticleA Judge’s Status, Robed in Silence
by Terence McGinley, special to ProPublicaThe hall is cavernous on the fourth floor of the Queens Supreme Court building. Whispers feel magnified as they echo amid the marble floors and vaulted...
View ArticleIn His Professional Twilight, a Son of Mississippi Considers His Legacy on Race
by Joe SextonProPublicaDispatches from Freedom SummerShare on FacebookShare on TwitterCommentDonateStephen Jaffe/AFP/Getty ImagesDispatches from Freedom SummerIn His Professional Twilight, a Son of...
View ArticleHow New York and Illinois Curb a Key Labor Violation While Other States Fall...
by Ryann Grochowski Jones, ProPublica, and Mike Fitzgerald, Belleville News-Democrat, This story is part of the series called “Contract to Cheat” published by McClatchy DC. The series tracks how...
View ArticleWoman Involved in Security Lapse at Arizona Terror Center Stripped of...
by Ryan GabrielsonTo find out more about how a Chinese national gained access to Arizona's terror center, read last week's exclusive piece from ProPublica and The Center for Investigative...
View ArticleThe Hidden Cost of Gun Violence: Meet a Mother and Her 7-Year-Old With PTSD
by Lois BeckettThis story was co-published with Essence magazine. It is not subject to our Creative Commons license.Last October, Aireana and her boyfriend were driving through Oakland when a man on...
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