Clik here to view.
A Son Lost in Iraq, but Where Is the Casualty Report?
by Peter Sleeth, Special to ProPublica WELLSVILLE, Kan. — The day after Jim Butler learned his son had died in Iraq in 2003, a U.S. Army casualty officer showed up at the family's small ranch to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lost to History: Missing War Records Complicate Benefit Claims by Iraq,...
by Peter Sleeth, Special to ProPublica, and Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times #pubnotes {width: 300px; border-right: 10px solid #FFFFFF; float:left;} #pubnotes-content {height: 780px; border-right: 1px...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Outside Groups Dominated Las Vegas Airwaves in 2012 Campaign
by Theodoric MeyerDark money groups that don’t have to disclose their donors spent hundreds of millions in this election cycle. And now we’ve got a better idea of the extent of their spending in one...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Everything We Know (So Far) About Obama’s Big Data Tactics
by Lois BeckettFor the past nine months, we’ve been following how political campaigns use data about voters to target them in different ways. During the election, the Obama campaign, which had...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mapping Segregation in Westchester
by Nikole Hannah-JonesIt is one of the most common arguments used to justify federal inaction in pushing communities that get government housing dollars to become more racially diverse: Class, not...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ask Peter Sleeth Anything about Missing Iraq, Afghanistan Field Records...
by Amanda ZamoraOver the last decade, the U.S. military has destroyed or failed to keep millions of field records from Iraq and Afghanistan. The lapse in recordkeeping has left soldiers struggling...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What We Learned from Free the Files—and How to Make It Better
by Theodoric Meyer Back in August, the Federal Communications Commission forced the country's television stations to put their political advertising files — which reporters had been able to see only...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Was Petraeus Borked?
by Peter MaassThis story was co-published with The New Yorker and is not subject to our Creative Commons license. In 1987, when Judge Robert Bork was enmeshed in a partisan struggle over his Supreme...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Education Department Adopts Crucial Reform for Disabled Borrowers
by Sasha ChavkinThis story was co-published with The Chronicle of Higher Education. The Education Department enacted a crucial reform on behalf of borrowers who become disabled, issuing new rules...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pipelines Explained: How Safe are America’s 2.5 Million Miles of Pipelines?
by Lena Groeger .pipeline_img { float:left; padding:10px 0px; } .photo-caption { font-size:12px !important; } .data-module-preview { border:0px; } .data-module-preview img { border: 1px solid #C3C3C3;...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pipeline Safety Tracker
by Lena GroegerEvery year the nation’s oil and natural gas pipelines suffer hundreds of ruptures and spills. We map major pipeline accidents from 1986 to the present.
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Effect, If Any, Did Voter ID Laws Have on the Election?
by Suevon LeeElaine Schmottlach has been a ballot clerk in the small southeastern New Hampshire town of Nottingham – population, 4,785 – for the last 25 years. Yet when it came time for her to vote on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
TSA X-Ray Body Scanners Sit Idle in Warehouse
by Michael Grabell Last month, the Transportation Security Administration said it was moving nearly half its X-ray body scanners from some of the nation's biggest airports to smaller ones. But it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Did Scores of Military Units Lose Combat Records in the War on Terror? A...
by Amanda ZamoraThis week, Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter Peter Sleethanswered questions from Redditors on the revelation that field reports have been lost or are missing for many Army units deployed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
BP Agrees to Plead Guilty to Crimes in Gulf Oil Spill
by Abrahm Lustgarten BP agreed to plead guilty today to charges of manslaughter, environmental crimes, and lying to Congress in connection with the 2010 Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion, which...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Are You a U.S. Military Vet Who Can’t Obtain War Records? Tell Us Your Story
by Amanda ZamoraOver the last decade, scores of U.S. military units deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan have destroyed or failed to keep field reports of their activities, making it difficult for some...
View ArticleClik here to view.
High-Prescribing Chicago Psychiatrist Faces Federal Fraud Suit
by Charles Ornstein and Tracy WeberThe U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois filed a federal fraud lawsuit today against a Chicago psychiatrist profiled by ProPublica and the Chicago...
View ArticleClik here to view.
From Russia With PR
by Justin ElliottNov. 16, 2:50 p.m.This post has been updated.Several opinion columns praising Russia and published in the last two years on CNBC’s web site and the Huffington Post were written by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The 10 Most Common Nursing Home Violations
by Charles OrnsteinProPublica today is updating our Nursing Home Inspect tool, which now includes details of more than a quarter-million deficiencies identified by government regulators at U.S....
View ArticleClik here to view.
U.S. House Subcommittee Sets Hearing on Missing War Records
by Peter Sleeth, Special to ProPublicaNov. 16: This story has been updated. Missing military records from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — detailed in a ProPublica-Seattle Times investigation over...
View Article