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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...

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“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...

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South 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...

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Podcast: 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 --...

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The 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...

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Intelligence 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...

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China’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...

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Coming 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...

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Losing 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...

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Discussion: 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...

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More 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...

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One 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...

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Louisiana 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...

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California 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...

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Podcast: 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...

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A 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...

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In 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...

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How 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...

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Woman 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...

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The 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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