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Play Our Experimental News Game: HeartSaver
by Sisi Wei , Amanda Zamora and Al ShawHeartSaver is an experiment in news game design, built in two days for the April 2013 GEN Editors’ Lab Hackathon. How many lives can you save?
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Feds Turn Up Heat on Westchester
by Nikole Hannah-JonesApril 24: This post has been updated to include the response from the Westchester Count Executive Rob Astorino. The showdown in Westchester County over a 4-year-old federal...
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In Key Senate Job, Ex-Lockheed Exec Replaced by Ex-Lockheed Lobbyist
by Justin ElliottLast year, we told you about how former Lockheed Martin executive Ann Sauer had been hired to be the top Republican staffer on the Senate Armed Services Committee.Sauer got $1.6...
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What Went Wrong in West, Texas — and Where Were the Regulators?
by Theodoric MeyerApril 25: This post has been corrected.A week after a blast at a Texas fertilizer plant killed at least 15 people and hurt more than 200, authorities still don’t know exactly why the...
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How Hezbollah Trained an Operative to Spy on Israeli Tourists
by Sebastian Rotella A rare inside look at Hezbollah during a recent terror trial in Cyprus portrayed a militant group with the prowess of an intelligence service: meticulous overseas reconnaissance,...
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Billions Proposed for New Border Security. Where Would the Money Go?
by Christie ThompsonFederal spending on border security is at an all-time high—and it would get even higher under the Gang of Eight’s new plan. The Senate immigration proposal, released last week,...
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Discussion: Are Temp Workers Earning Fair Wages?
by Amanda ZamoraTransportation networks for temporary workers are a staple of immigrant communities across the country. Vans and trucks ferry low-wage laborers to and from jobs at factories,...
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Taken for a Ride: Temp Agencies and ‘Raiteros’ in Immigrant Chicago
by Michael GrabellCHICAGO — Ty Inc. became one of the world's largest manufacturers of stuffed animals thanks to the Beanie Babies craze in the 1990s.But it has stayed on top partly by using an...
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Have You Worked With a Temp Agency? Help Us Investigate
Today we published an investigation on temp agencies in Chicago and the underground labor brokers (known as “raiteros”) who recruit and transport their workers. Reporter Michael Grabell spoke with temp...
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Reversal of Fortune: A Prosecutor on Trial
by Raymond Bonner, Special to ProPublica For 30 years, Ken Anderson was the face of law enforcement in Williamson County, Texas, first as a bearded district attorney asking the court for tough...
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House Finance Chair Hensarling Goes on Ski Vacation with Wall Street
by Justin ElliottIn January, Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, ascended to the powerful chairmanship of the House Financial Services Committee. Six weeks later, campaign finance filings and interviews...
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Nullification: How States Are Making It a Felony to Enforce Federal Gun Laws
by Lois BeckettIn mid-April, Kansas passed a law asserting that federal gun regulations do not apply to guns made and owned in Kansas. Under the law, Kansans could manufacture and sell semi-automatic...
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Pay to Prescribe? Two Dozen Doctors Named in Novartis Kickback Case
by Theodoric MeyerOn Jan. 23, 2008, the pharmaceutical company Novartis threw a party at a restaurant on Long Island. The party, which cost $1,250, was ostensibly for doctors to learn about...
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Kansas Gov. Insists it’s OK to Ignore Federal Gun Laws
by Lois BeckettThis post has been updated. As we detailed yesterday, dozens of states are considering bills that attempt to nullify federal gun laws. One such bill became a law last month in Kansas....
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Help Us Investigate Internships
by Blair Hickman and Jeremy B. MerrillSince the financial crash, jobs have held a top spot in public discussion. But among all the employment talk, one sector of the workforce has consistently...
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Intern vs. Mayor: Battle Bares Bloomberg’s Argument for Secrecy
by Sergio Hernandez, Special to ProPublica In November 2010, I was earning $300 a week for The Village Voice, blogging about unemployed actors who moonlit as bed bug exterminators and a city project to...
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Everything We Know About What’s Happened Under Sequestration
by Theodoric MeyerWe’ve updated our sequestration explainer to reflect new developments. It was originally published on April 11, 2013.When the annual White House Easter Egg Hunt faced cancellation...
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Is Obama Delivering on His Promise of a “21st Century” Approach to Drugs?
by Christie ThompsonWhen the Obama administration released its 2013 Drug Control Strategy recently, drug czar Gil Kerlikowske called it a “21st century” approach to drug policy. “It should be a public...
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Nonprofit Explorer
by Mike Tigas and Sisi WeiUse our database to find almost 616,000 tax-exempt organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as well as download their tax...
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