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Podcast: In Big Tobacco Cash, a Boon Turned Burden
by Nicole Collins Bronzan .player_box { display: none; }Remember the landmark Big Tobacco settlement in 1998 that awarded state and local governments billions of dollars a year to reimburse them for...
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Confession of Etan Patz’s Accused Killer Finally Aired in Court
by Joe SextonFor more about the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, a case that frustrated and mystified police for decades,read the story ProPublica produced with WNYC in 2013. Stan Patz, back...
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Old Debts, Fresh Pain: Weak Laws Offer Debtors Little Protection
by Paul Kiel, ProPublica, and Chris Arnold, NPR, This story was co-published with NPR.Like any American family living paycheck to paycheck, Conrad Goetzinger and Cassandra Rose hope that if they make...
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A New Way Insurers are Shifting Costs to the Sick
by Charles OrnsteinThis story was co-published with The New York Times' The Upshot. Health insurance companies are no longer allowed to turn away patients because of their pre-existing conditions or...
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Keep on Pushing
by Brentin Mock, Grist, ProPublicaDispatches from Freedom SummerShare on FacebookShare on TwitterCommentDonateT.J. Kirkpatrick, special to ProPublicaDispatches from Freedom SummerKeep on PushingFifty...
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Everything That’s Happened Since Supreme Court Ruled on Voting Rights Act
by Kara Brandeisky , Hanqing Chen and Mike Tigas .right-sidebar-media { width: 290px; float:right; margin: 0 0 12px 12px; } .right-sidebar-media h2.definition { font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;...
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How Detectives Coaxed Suspect in Etan Patz Murder to Confess
by Joe Sexton, ProPublica, and Nate Schweber, For more about the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, a case that frustrated and mystified police for decades,read the story ProPublica produced with...
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The Best Reporting on PTSD in Children Exposed to Violence
by Lois BeckettThis post, which has been updated with new stories, was originally published June 24, 2014. When people think of post-traumatic stress disorder, they often focus on military veterans....
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Podcast: How Insurers Are Charging You More for Your Generic Drugs
by Minhee Cho .player_box { display: none; }The Affordable Care Act bans insurance companies from discriminating against patients with pre-existing conditions. But some policy experts say insurers...
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Stanford Promises Not to Use Google Money for Privacy Research
by Julia Angwin and Robert FaturechiThis story was co-published with Mashable.Stanford University recently declared that it will not use money from Google to fund privacy research at its Center for...
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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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