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Missing Lead Tests, an Underground Economy in NYC and More in MuckReads Weekly
by Adam Harris h3 { font-size:1.2em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top:1.4em; } blockquote { line-height: 1.5em; } Some of the best #MuckReads we read this week. Want to receive these by email? Sign up...
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This Is What New York’s ‘Voluntary Compliance’ For Landlords Looks Like
by Cezary Podkul If you park your car illegally in New York City, chances are you’ll have a $115 ticket waiting for you when you return. If you’re a New York City landlord and you overcharge tenants...
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The Terror Suspect Who Had Nothing To Give
by Raymond Bonner, special to ProPublica, “I would be strapped to a board by my arms and legs and by my waist (which was very painful because of my wound.) Guards with black costumes, masks and black...
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SRSLY: #SorryNotSorry, a Popular Hashtag — Also Tony Blair on Iraq
by David Epstein SRSLY The best reporting you probably missed David Epstein Welcome to SRSLY, an (experimental) newsletter highlighting under-exposed accountability journalism. We'll distill the...
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Abusive Doctors, Faulty Drug Tests and More in MuckReads Weekly
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How New Jersey Has Embraced ‘State-Sanctioned Loan-Sharking’ to Students
by Heather Vogell .player_box { display: none; } div.article-inline-image.Right.demobbed {display: none;} New Jersey has the country’s largest state-based student loan program. It’s also incredibly...
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‘No Field Test is Fail Safe’: Meet the Chemist Behind Houston’s Police Drug Kits
by Ryan Gabrielson Watch the Facebook Live Event Tune into The New York Times’ Facebook page to see ProPublica reporters discuss how chemical field tests are used. In 1973, L.J. Scott, Jr., was a...
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ISIS via WhatsApp: ‘Blow Yourself Up, O Lion’
by Sebastian Rotella After assembling suicide bomb vests for the attacks that slaughtered 130 people in Paris last November, Najim Laachroui went underground in his native Brussels. The 24-year-old...
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Denmark Is Big Victim Of Wall Street Tax Avoidance Deals
by Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, and Anne Skjerning and Tor Johannesson, Børsen, A Danish version of this article was published by Børsen. Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Merrill Lynch and other international...
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In Bill, Lawmakers Propose New Limits for Seizing Workers’ Pay Over Old Debts
by Paul Kiel For the first time in nearly 50 years, a new federal bill seeks to lower how much lenders and collectors can seize from debtors through the courts, revisiting caps set in 1968 by the...
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5 Things I Learned Making a Chart Out of Body Parts
by Lena Groeger This story was co-published with Source. Visual Evidence Data and design in everyday life Lena Groeger Last year, an interactive graphic about insurance turned out to be one of...
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Denmark Seeks EU Fix To ‘Div-Arb’ Deals
by Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, and Tor Johannesson, Børsen, A Danish politician is asking the European Commission to examine stock loan deals that drain the country and many of its neighbors of tens of...
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What Newt Gingrich Really Thinks of Donald Trump
by Robert Faturechi Updated (Jul. 15, 2016): Donald Trump on Friday morning picked Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate. Read more about Pence in our reporting roundup. Newt Gingrich, a leading...
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4 Ways Research Has Reframed the Abortion Debate
by Nina Martin This story was co-published with Mother Jones. Mental Health Since the 1990s, abortion opponents have worked to advance the idea that abortion causes long-lasting psychological damage...
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Behind the Supreme Court’s Abortion Decision, More Than a Decade of Privately...
by Nina Martin This story was co-published with Mother Jones. Back in January, as the Supreme Court was preparing for its most important abortion case in a generation, some four dozen social...
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As Cases Multiply, Officials Scramble to Stop Abuse of Nursing Home Residents...
by Charles Ornstein and Jessica Huseman, ProPublica, This story was co-published with NPR's Shots blog and the Des Moines Register. When a certified nursing assistant in Hubbard, Iowa, shared a photo...
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Wisconsin Court: Warning Labels Are Needed for Scores Rating Defendants’ Risk...
by Lauren Kirchner The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday raised concerns about a risk assessment tool that scores criminal defendants on their likelihood of committing future crimes and is...
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The Great Republican Crack-up
by Alec MacGillis ProPublica The Breakdown Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment Donate The Great Republican Crack-up Dayton was once a bastion of the GOP establishment. The story of how the city...
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SRSLY: Fool Me Twice, Shame on You; Fool Me Three Times, I’m a Medical Board
by David Epstein SRSLY The best reporting you probably missed David Epstein Welcome to SRSLY, an (experimental) newsletter highlighting under-exposed accountability journalism. We'll distill the...
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The Best Reporting on Mike Pence Through the Years
by Sarah Smith Indiana Gov. Mike Pence served five terms in Congress and worked his way up to a leadership role in the House. Since he has sealed his Congressional records until December 2022, we’ve...
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