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Crude Connections: Where Do Trains Carry Crude Oil?
by Yue QiuThe amount of crude oil being carried on America’s railroads has grown enormously in recent years. Though the routes taken by crude-bearing trains is hidden from the public, safety-incident...
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Leak at Federal Reserve Revealed Confidential Bond-Buying Details
by Jake BernsteinUpdate, Dec. 1, 5:55 p.m.: The Federal Reserve Board declined to respond to detailed questions about this article. The Inspector General also declined to comment. Former Fed Chairman...
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Podcast: Inside Our New York Fed Investigation
by Sara Afzal .player_box { display: none; }The inner workings of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York rarely come to light. But excerpts from a bank examiner’s secret recordings have made the Fed’s...
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Los Angeles and New York Pin Down School Kids and Then Say It Never Happened
by Annie WaldmanIn March 2012, police responded to a call from a Brooklyn public school about a five-year old autistic boy who was having a tantrum. Officers held down the kindergartener, who was then...
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Pregnancy Discrimination Case Reaches Supreme Court
by Nina MartinToday the U.S. Supreme Court will hold oral arguments in yet another blockbuster case at the intersection of sex discrimination, workplace law and reproductive justice. The central issue...
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The Red Cross CEO Has Been Serially Misleading About Where Donors’ Dollars...
by Jesse Eisinger and Justin Elliott, ProPublica, and Laura Sullivan, NPR, This story was co-produced with NPR.The American Red Cross regularly touts how responsible it is with donors' money. "We're...
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Will My Obamacare Health Plan Costs Go Up?
by Charles Ornstein , Lena Groeger and Yue QiuThe open enrollment season for health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act is open until Feb. 15, 2015. Our interactive tool lets you compare...
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$1 Spent on Politics = $760 Gained from Federal Gov’t and More in MuckReads...
by Terry Parris Jr$1 spent influencing politics = $760 received from the federal government. America's most politically active corporations – like Ford Motor Company, McDonald's and Bank of America –...
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Big Changes in Fine Print of Some 2015 Obamacare Plans
by Charles Ornstein , Lena Groeger and Ryann Grochowski JonesThis story was co-published with The New York Times' The Upshot.At first glance, the 2015 health plans offered by the Ohio nonprofit...
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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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