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Fact-Checking Feinstein on the Assault Weapons Ban
by Lois BeckettIn the ten years since the federal assault weapons ban expired, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., has kept trying to renew the law, which she authored. In a press release this month...
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For Oil and Gas Companies, Rigging Seems to Involve Wages, Too
by Naveena SadasivamA ProPublica review of U.S. Department of Labor investigations shows that oil and gas workers – men and women often performing high-risk jobs – are routinely being underpaid, and...
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Inside the New York Fed: Secret Recordings and a Culture Clash
by Jake BernsteinBarely a year removed from the devastation of the 2008 financial crisis, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York faced a crossroads. Congress had set its sights on...
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Defense Department Proposes Broad Ban on High-Cost Loans to Service Members
by Paul KielThe Department of Defense released proposed rules today targeting the practices of a broad range of high-cost lenders and prohibiting them from charging service members interest rates over...
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Update: Congressional Reaction, Goldman Changes Conflicts Policy
Here are developments following our report about the New York Fed and Carmen Segarra’s secret recordings:Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, called for Senate hearings to...
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What We’ve Learned From Four Years of Diving Into Dollars for Docs
by Charles Ornstein , Eric Sagara and Ryann Grochowski JonesThis story was co-published with The New York Times.On Tuesday, the federal government is expected to release details of payments to doctors...
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Podcast: How ‘Wee Things’ Make a Big Difference in Design
by Minhee Cho .player_box { display: none; }When we look at a visualization, our brains throw away much of what we see. But small details like color, size or shape stand out from the rest, and those...
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California Governor Signs Bill to Protect Temp Workers
by Michael GrabellCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday signed into law a bill holding the state's employers legally responsible for wage and safety violations committed by their subcontractors and...
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What to be Wary of in the Govt’s New Site Detailing Industry Money to Docs
by Charles OrnsteinThis story was co-published with NPR's Shots blog.The government's release today of a trove of data detailing drug and device companies' payments to doctors has been widely hailed...
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Expert: Unlikely That Suspect in Patz Case Understood His Rights Before...
by Joe Sexton"You have the right to remain silent." "You have the right to a lawyer."The instructions – given by police every day and simulated on television seemingly every night – appear...
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Our First Dive Into the New Open Payments System
by Charles OrnsteinThe federal government unveiled data Tuesday detailing 4.4 million payments made to doctors and teaching hospitals by pharmaceutical and medical device companies.The launch of the...
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How Much of Your Data Would You Trade for a Free Cookie?
by Lois BeckettThis story was co-published with Mashable.In a highly unscientific but delicious experiment last weekend, 380 New Yorkers gave up sensitive personal information — from fingerprints to...
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Analysis: Government’s New Doctor Payments Website Worthy of a Recall
by Charles OrnsteinThis story was co-published with The New York Times' The Upshot.If the federal government's new Open Payments website were a consumer product, it would be returned to the...
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In Protecting the Elderly, California at Last Takes Steps to Catch Up
by A.C. ThompsonLast year ProPublica and PBS FRONTLINE took a close look at the fast-growing assisted living business, which provides housing and day-to-day help to the elderly and those too ill or...
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How the Supreme Court Could Scuttle Critical Fair Housing Rule
by Nikole Hannah-JonesThis post, which has been updated with new information, was originally published Feb. 8, 2013.Update Oct. 2, 2014: The U.S. Supreme Court announced today that it will take up a...
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Head of Flawed Effort to ID Missing Soldiers Loses Job
by Megan McCloskey The longtime scientific director of the problem-ridden Pentagon agency charged with identifying the remains of service members missing from past wars is out of a job.At a recent...
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Victims Being Billed for Rape and More in MuckReads Weekly
by Amanda Zamora"You never really think, 'Is rape covered by insurance?'" Eight days after a New Orleans woman was raped, she was billed $2,000 for her medical treatment (her insurance would pay...
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Medical Company May Be Falling Short of Its Patient-Safety Ideals
by Marshall Allen and Annie WaldmanThis story was co-published with NPR's Shots blog.When medical device entrepreneur Joe Kiani announced his commitment to eliminating medical mistakes, he did it with...
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Podcast: Your Privacy for a Sweet Treat
by Nicole Collins Bronzan .player_box { display: none; } When a Brooklyn artist set up shop at a festival offering cookies in exchange for personal data, she expected a torrent of refusals to make her...
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$1.1 Billion in Drug, Device Payments to Doctors Not Included in New Federal...
by Charles OrnsteinThe federal government's new database of drug and device industry payments to doctors is even more incomplete than has been reported previously.In a fact sheet posted online,...
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