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Missouri’s Misleading Execution Drug Claim and More in MuckReads Weekly
by Amanda Zamora“We will not use those drugs.” Except, they did. George Lombardi, Missouri’s corrections director testified in January that the state would not use Midazolam, a controversial sedative...
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Podcast: Guns, PTSD, and the ‘Data-Free Debate’
by Nicole Collins Bronzan .player_box { display: none; }The trauma that shooting victims suffer lasts long after their physical wounds heal. Oakland mother Aireana found that fear overcame her when...
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U.S. Company Helps Russia Block Prominent Putin Critic
by Sisi WeiThe Russian government’s efforts to silence critics is getting help from an unlikely source: a San Francisco-based blogging company.The company, LiveJournal, shows an error message to users...
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Why Gun Control Groups Have Moved Away from an Assault Weapons Ban
by Lois BeckettThe morning after the Sandy Hook shootings, Shannon Watts, a mother of five and a former public relations executive, started a Facebook page called "One Million Moms for Gun Control."...
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Investors Haul In Nearly Half the Tobacco Settlement Cash
by Cezary Podkul and Claire KellowayEach April, cigarette manufacturers pay states billions of dollars to reimburse them for the health-care costs of smoking. About $100 billion has been paid so far,...
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In Patz Case, a Critical Moment in Court at Last
by Joe SextonFor more about the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, a case that frustrated and mystified police for decades, read the story ProPublica produced with WNYC in 2013.From the moment...
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Why Do Democrats Keep Trying to Ban Guns That Look Scary, Not the Guns That...
by Lois BeckettThis story was co-published with the New York Times.Over the past two decades, the majority of Americans in a country deeply divided over gun control have coalesced behind a single...
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Border Patrol’s ‘Trigger-Happy’ Reputation and More in MuckReads Weekly
by Amanda Zamora“Oh, man. I hope I don’t get convicted for this.” What happens when a border patrol agent shoots and kills an unarmed teenager? Nothing, at least in the case of Juan Mendez. Mendez is...
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Getting Sued Over Debt: Readers Tell Their Stories
Debt collection has undergone an aggressive makeover in recent years, with more creditors and collectors going to court to win judgments against consumers, often seizing hundreds of dollars from each...
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Unseen Toll: Wages of Millions Seized to Pay Past Debts
by Paul Kiel, ProPublica, and Chris Arnold, NPR, This story was co-published with NPR.Back in 2009, Kevin Evans was one of millions of Americans blindsided by the recession. His 25-year career selling...
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Podcast: In Big Tobacco Cash, a Boon Turned Burden
by Nicole Collins Bronzan .player_box { display: none; }Remember the landmark Big Tobacco settlement in 1998 that awarded state and local governments billions of dollars a year to reimburse them for...
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Confession of Etan Patz’s Accused Killer Finally Aired in Court
by Joe SextonFor more about the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, a case that frustrated and mystified police for decades,read the story ProPublica produced with WNYC in 2013. Stan Patz, back...
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Old Debts, Fresh Pain: Weak Laws Offer Debtors Little Protection
by Paul Kiel, ProPublica, and Chris Arnold, NPR, This story was co-published with NPR.Like any American family living paycheck to paycheck, Conrad Goetzinger and Cassandra Rose hope that if they make...
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A New Way Insurers are Shifting Costs to the Sick
by Charles OrnsteinThis story was co-published with The New York Times' The Upshot. Health insurance companies are no longer allowed to turn away patients because of their pre-existing conditions or...
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Keep on Pushing
by Brentin Mock, Grist, ProPublicaDispatches from Freedom SummerShare on FacebookShare on TwitterCommentDonateT.J. Kirkpatrick, special to ProPublicaDispatches from Freedom SummerKeep on PushingFifty...
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Everything That’s Happened Since Supreme Court Ruled on Voting Rights Act
by Kara Brandeisky , Hanqing Chen and Mike Tigas .right-sidebar-media { width: 290px; float:right; margin: 0 0 12px 12px; } .right-sidebar-media h2.definition { font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;...
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How Detectives Coaxed Suspect in Etan Patz Murder to Confess
by Joe Sexton, ProPublica, and Nate Schweber, For more about the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, a case that frustrated and mystified police for decades,read the story ProPublica produced with...
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The Best Reporting on PTSD in Children Exposed to Violence
by Lois BeckettThis post, which has been updated with new stories, was originally published June 24, 2014. When people think of post-traumatic stress disorder, they often focus on military veterans....
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Podcast: How Insurers Are Charging You More for Your Generic Drugs
by Minhee Cho .player_box { display: none; }The Affordable Care Act bans insurance companies from discriminating against patients with pre-existing conditions. But some policy experts say insurers...
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Stanford Promises Not to Use Google Money for Privacy Research
by Julia Angwin and Robert FaturechiThis story was co-published with Mashable.Stanford University recently declared that it will not use money from Google to fund privacy research at its Center for...
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