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Red Cross’ Latest Claim Includes ‘Donations of Blood’
by Jesse Eisinger and Justin ElliottFor the Red Cross, 91 percent is a magic number.As ProPublica and NPR detailed in a story published today, the American Red Cross has often claimed that it spends...
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Louisiana’s Moon Shot
by Bob Marshall, The Lens, Al Shaw and Brian Jacobs, ProPublicaThe state hopes to save its rapidly disappearing coastline with a 50-year, $50 billion plan based on science that’s never been tested and...
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Podcast: Scrutinizing Conflicts of Interest and Profiteering in the Charter...
by Minhee Cho .player_box { display: none; }Charter schools funded by public education dollars are an increasingly popular alternative to traditional public schools. As the charter movement has spread...
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When Charter Schools Are Nonprofit in Name Only
by Marian WangThis post has been updated to include a response from National Heritage Academies.A couple of years ago, auditors looked at the books of a charter school in Buffalo, New York, and were...
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Reparations, Labor Rights and More in WhatsApp Chat on ‘Firestone and the...
by Terry Parris JrIn November, we published " Firestone and the Warlord," an examination into the relationship between one of America's most iconic companies and the Liberian warlord Charles Taylor.As...
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Timeline: The Tortured History of the Senate’s Torture Report
by Kara Brandeisky and Sisi WeiIt has been more than five years since the Senate began investigating the CIA’s detainee program, a period marked by White House indecisiveness, Republican opposition,...
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How Fear Of Occupy Wall Street Undermined the Red Cross’ Sandy Relief Effort
by Justin Elliott and Jesse EisingerIn the days after Superstorm Sandy, relief organizations were overwhelmed by the chaos and enormous need. One group quickly emerged as a bright spot. While victims...
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Top Fed Policy Group Brought Up Leak to Private Newsletter
by Jake BernsteinA leak of potentially market moving information from the Federal Reserve became a topic of conversation in the high-level Fed group that sets monetary policy.Responding to a Freedom...
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When The Tomatoes are Treated Better Than The Humans (MuckReads Weekly)
by Terry Parris Jr"They want us to take such great care of the tomatoes, but they don't take care of us." Half the tomatoes Americans eat come from Mexico. Then there are the melons, squash, bell...
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Using Prescriber Checkup: A Quick Guide
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As Controlled Substance Use Rises in Medicare, Prolific Prescribers Face More...
by Charles Ornstein and Ryann Grochowski JonesThis story was co-published with USA Today and NPR's Shots blog.Despite a national crackdown on prescription drug abuse, doctors churned out an...
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Podcast: Rise in Medicare’s Controlled Substance Prescriptions
by Sara Afzal .player_box { display: none; }In 2012, amid a national crackdown on misuse of dangerous controlled substances, doctors prescribed an even larger number of these drugs than they did in...
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NY State Official Raises Alarm on Charter Schools — And Gets Ignored
by Marian WangAdd another voice to those warning about the lack of financial oversight for charter schools. One of New York state's top fiscal monitors told ProPublica that audits by his office have...
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Inside the Firewall: Tracking the News That China Blocks
by Sisi WeiEvery day since Nov. 17, 2014, ProPublica has been testing whether the homepages of international news organizations are accessible to browsers inside China. Of the 18 in our test, 0 are...
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New York’s Gas Rush Poses Environmental Threat
by Abrahm LustgartenUpdate, Dec. 17, 2014: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced a ban on fracking in the state, citing both environmental and health risks. ProPublica was one of the first news...
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New York State Bans Fracking
by Abrahm LustgartenWhen natural gas companies first pressed into New York in 2008, state environmental regulators barely understood the process of "hydraulic fracturing." Today, six and a half years...
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Obama Issues 12 Pardons. That’s Still Far Fewer Than Predecessors
by Theodoric MeyerPresident Obama pardoned 12 people and commuted the sentences of 8 others, the Justice Department announced on Wednesday. Those actions still leave Obama well behind recent...
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Liberia’s Ebola Crisis: ‘I Keep Praying For My Country’
by Terry Parris JrOver the last several weeks, we've been talking to readers from around the world on WhatsApp about our investigation into Firestone's untold history with warlord Charles Taylor. Last...
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In a Rare Sanction, Top Track Coach Gets Eight-Year Suspension
by David EpsteinA panel of arbitrators on Wednesday banned Jon Drummond, the 2000 Olympic gold medalist and U.S. track and field coach, from the sport for eight years for his role in sprinter Tyson...
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From the E.R. to the Courtroom: How Nonprofit Hospitals Are Seizing Patients’...
by Paul Kiel, ProPublica, and Chris Arnold, NPR, This story was co-published with NPR.On the eastern edge of St. Joseph, Missouri, lies the small city's only hospital, a landmark of brick and glass....
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