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Did You Buy a Variable Annuity with Lifetime Guarantee Benefit? Tell Us Your...
by Jake BernsteinIn the early 2000s, life insurers introduced a new retirement product – variable annuities with guaranteed living withdrawal benefits (GLWB).The lifetime withdrawal benefit was...
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Seven of the Most Striking Ways States Have Loosened Gun Laws
by Suevon LeeFriday’s deadly rampage at a Connecticut elementary school marked the 13th mass shooting in the United States this year. Among the 11 deadliest shootings in U.S. history, more than half...
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Key Convictions Overturned in Killing by New Orleans Police
by A.C. Thompson A federal appellate court has overturned the convictions of two former New Orleans police officers imprisoned in connection with the killing of Henry Glover after Hurricane Katrina,...
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TSA to Commission Independent Study of X-Ray Body Scanners
by Michael Grabell Following months of congressional pressure, the Transportation Security Administration has agreed to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to study the health effects of...
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We’ve Nationalized the Home Mortgage Market. Now What?
by Jesse Eisinger At the height of the 2008 financial crisis, the country heatedly debated whether to nationalize the failing banking system. Both the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations...
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Podcast: Water Pollution and Underground Aquifers
by Mike Webb Last week, Abrahm Lustgarten reported on how the Environmental Protection Agency has allowed companies to release toxic materials into underground aquifers that supply more than half of...
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Head of Pardons Office Withheld Facts From White House in Key Case
by Dafna LinzerThis story has been updated with more details and comments and was co-published with The Washington Post. The head of the Justice Department's pardons office failed to accurately convey...
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For Grieving Father Struggling With Dead Son’s Student Debt, Resolution Comes...
by Marian WangIt's been four long years for Francisco Reynoso. The California gardener whose son died in a car accident in 2008 was left buried in grief — and in student debt. At last, the bereaved...
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How We Used Facebook to Power Our Investigation Into Patient Harm
by Blair Hickman .propub-listicle h2 { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 28px !important; padding-top: 1.3em; padding-bottom: 0em; }A typical investigation might proceed like this:...
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How Much Did Sheldon Adelson Really Spend on Campaign 2012?
by Theodoric Meyer Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino magnate and emblem of the Citizens United-era of campaign finance, spent gobs of money on the 2012 elections — more money than anyone else in...
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What Kind of Body Scanner Does Your Airport Have?
by Al Shaw and Michael GrabellNearly 100 backscatter scanners were removed from major airports recently to speed up lines. See if they’re still in use at your airport.
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Housing Segregation: The Great Migration and Beyond
by Jeff LarsonExplore the great migration of African Americans from 1940 to 2000 and segregation in Northern cities.
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No Sting: Feds Won’t Go Undercover to Prove Housing Discrimination
by Nikole Hannah-Jones The four-bedroom house advertised on Craigslist sounded like just what Claire Rembis and her husband had been looking for. It sat on two verdant acres with plenty of room for...
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How Dark Money Helped Republicans Hold the House and Hurt Voters
by Olga Pierce , Justin Elliott and Theodoric MeyerIn the November election, a million more Americans voted for Democrats seeking election to the U.S. House of Representatives than Republicans. But...
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IG Report: Senior Justice Department Official Shares Blame in Botched...
by Dafna Linzer In blasting the Justice Department's pardon office earlier this week, the agency's inspector general said senior department officials shared responsibility for failures in the case of...
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House Seats vs. Popular Vote
by Lena Groeger , Theodoric Meyer , Olga Pierce and Justin Elliott
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Support ProPublica’s Reporting Into the New Year
As the year comes to a close, we hope you'll support our efforts to hold the powerful to account by making a tax-deductible contribution to ProPublica. During the year just ending we produced...
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On a Wyoming Ranch, Feds Sacrifice Tomorrow’s Water to Mine Uranium Today
by Abrahm Lustgarten GILLETTE, Wyo. — On a lonely stretch at the edge of the Great Plains, rolling grassland presses up against a crowning escarpment called the Pumpkin Buttes. The land appears...
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In Montana, Dark Money Helped Democrats Hold a Key Senate Seat
by Kim BarkerDec. 27: This post has been corrected. In the waning days of Montana's hotly contested Senate race, a small outfit called Montana Hunters and Anglers, launched by liberal activists, tried...
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How Bad Is Our Debt Problem, Anyway? And Will a Deal Fix It?
by Theodoric Meyer President Obama will meet with congressional leaders today in another attempt to avert the fiscal cliff — the automatic tax increases and spending cuts set to take effect Jan. 1...
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