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Illinois Revokes License of Temp Agency Check Cashing Store
by Michael GrabellIllinois regulators revoked the business license last month of a check cashing store featured in a ProPublica investigation of temp agencies and labor brokers in Chicago.The...
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Open Payments Explorer: How Much Industry Money Goes to Doctors and Teaching...
by Lena Groeger , Ryann Grochowski Jones , Charles Ornstein and Mike TigasBeginning in 2014, the federal government mandated that pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers publicly report...
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Vying for Market Share, Companies Heavily Promote ‘Me Too’ Drugs
by Charles Ornstein and Ryann Grochowski JonesThis story was co-published with the New York Times' The Upshot.For more than five decades, the blood thinner Coumadin was the only option for millions of...
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Massachusetts Tightens Rules on Restraining, Secluding Students
by Heather VogellSchools in Massachusetts will be subject to new limits on physically restraining or isolating public school students under reforms ushered in late last year.School staff members will...
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Senator Demands Answers on Red Cross’ Finances
by Justin Elliott and Jesse EisingerCiting an investigation by ProPublica and NPR, Sen. Charles Grassley is asking the American Red Cross to explain more clearly how it uses public donations,...
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Judge Orders NYPD to Release Records on X-ray Vans
by Michael GrabellThis story was updated at 12:55 p.m.A state judge has ordered the New York City Police Department to release records on a secretive program that uses unmarked vans equipped with...
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Florida’s Sex Crime Sting-and-Switch and More in MuckReads Weekly
by Amanda ZamoraThe Florida sex crime sting-and-switch. WTSP reports a pattern of police misconduct in its ongoing investigation of sex sting operations in Tampa Bay. In some cases, men were facing...
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Hotter Than Lava
by Julia Angwin and Abbie NehringProPublicaShare on FacebookShare on TwitterCommentDonateJustin Volz for ProPublicaHotter Than LavaEvery day, cops toss dangerous military-style grenades during raids,...
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The Human Toll of Flashbangs
by Abbie Nehring , Sisi Wei and Lena GroegerAt least 50 Americans have been seriously injured, maimed or killed by flashbangs since 2000. Here are their stories.
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Podcast: ‘NY Med’ Aired Patient’s Death Without Family’s Consent
by Sara Afzal .player_box { display: none; }As Anita Chanko watched ABC’s medical docu-series “NY Med,” the shock and outrage set in: she recognized the blurred out image of a man in the operating...
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Can You Judge Etan Patz’s Accused Killer Fairly? Here Are 109 Questions to Start
by Joe SextonUnderstood broadly, jury duty is an honor and privilege. Experienced daily, it can feel like a pain in the neck – the hours spent waiting, the complications of work or child care, the...
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Years After Tobacco Deals Sold, SEC Says Rating Agencies Still Conflicted
by Cezary PodkulIn our story last month about credit rating agencies and tobacco bonds, we detailed numerous instances in which bankers pressured Standard & Poor's, Fitch and Moody's to give...
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Zombie Cookie: The Tracking Cookie That You Can’t Kill
by Julia Angwin and Mike TigasAn online advertising clearinghouse relied on by Google, Yahoo and Facebook is using controversial cookies that come back from the dead to track the web surfing of...
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For Nonprofit Hospitals Who Sue Patients, New Rules
by Paul KielLast month, ProPublica and NPR detailed how one nonprofit hospital in Missouri sued thousands of lower income workers who couldn't pay their bills, then seized their wages, all while...
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Flashbangs, a ‘Candy Land’ VA Center and More in MuckReads Weekly
by Terry Parris JrWhat one cop said to another after burning a pregnant woman with a flashbang grenade: "Y'all done fucked up." Flashbangs were originally designed for military-style hostage rescues....
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7 Reproductive Rights Issues to Watch in 2015
by Nina MartinTo say abortion opponents are feeling fired up in 2015 would be a massive understatement.In their first week back at work, congressional Republicans introduced a sweeping prohibition on...
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Zombie Cookies Slated to be Killed
by Julia Angwin and Mike TigasTech company Turn said it would stop using tracking cookies that are impossible to delete. The decision came in response to a ProPublica article this week that revealed...
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Podcast: The Horrifying Truth About Police Use of Flashbangs
by Sara Afzal .player_box { display: none; }When French special forces wanted to stun the hostage takers at the kosher supermarket in Paris, they threw flashbangs – modified grenades that emit a...
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Supreme Court’s Latest Race Case: Housing Discrimination
by Nikole Hannah-JonesThis week, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up one of the most important civil rights cases of the last decade. If you’ve never heard of Texas Department of Housing and Community...
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Senator to Hospitals: Stop Suing Poor Patients
by Paul Kiel, ProPublica, and Chris Arnold, NPR, This story was co-published with NPR.Sen. Charles Grassley said nonprofit hospitals could be breaking the law when they sue poor patients over unpaid...
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