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Have Unpaid Internships Affected your Career? Help us Investigate
by Christie ThompsonLast month, we launched our investigation into the booming intern economy. We’re looking into companies that violate labor laws by staffing unpaid interns who function as regular...
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Without a Final Map, New York Rebuilds on Uncertain Ground
by Al ShawWith warmer weather arriving, long-shuttered train lines reopening and a revamped boardwalk, people are flocking back to the beachfront on the Rockaways in Queens. And they’re not just...
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New Maps and a New Plan for New York
by Al Shaw and Jeff LarsonFEMA’s released new, preliminary flood insurance maps for New York City, which specify how likely areas are to flood. The new maps, which replace maps that used data from...
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Defenders of NSA Surveillance Omit Most of Mumbai Plotter’s Story
by Sebastian RotellaJune 12: This story has been updated with NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander's Senate testimony on surveillance.Defending a vast program to sweep up phone and Internet data under...
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Gitmo Diary: Visiting the U.S.’s Most Infamous Courtroom
by Cora Currier .article-full .article > p.gitmo_caption { font-size:13px; font-style:italic; color:#999; padding-top:5px }I’m down at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, where Abd al Rahim al Nashiri is...
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Walmart Accepted Clothing from Banned Bangladesh Factories
by Michael Grabell Since the Rana Plaza building collapse killed more than 1,100 people in April, retailers have faced mounting pressure to improve safety at Bangladesh garment factories and to sever...
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Time Out: Federal Complaint Alleges Rampant Abuse in Texas Truancy Program
by Joaquin SapienJune 12, 2013: This story has been updated with Judge Clay Jenkins's comment and full statement, as well as the Mesquite school district statement on its website.School tardiness and...
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Unpaid Interns Win Major Ruling in ‘Black Swan’ Case — Now What?
by Blair Hickman and Jeremy B. Merrill .DC-note-container { margin-bottom: 10px; }Yesterday, a federal judge issued the first major ruling on the illegality of unpaid internships in recent years,...
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Now on Trial at Guantanamo Bay: Spiral Notebooks
by Cora CurrierThe Guantanamo Bay trials of alleged terrorists, restarted by President Obama in 2011, have been marked by secrecy, snafus, and delays. ProPublica’s Cora Currier is at Gitmo this week...
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Objection Overruled: Top Prosecutor Must Testify in Wrongful Conviction Case
by Joaquin Sapien For more than two years, Jabbar Collins and his lawyer have pursued a multi-million dollar wrongful conviction lawsuit against New York City. They have unearthed what they claim is...
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A Father’s Day Remembrance
by Charles OrnsteinThis story was co-published with The Washington Post. My sister and I took our positions in the funeral home's family room and greeted hundreds of mourners who had come to pay their...
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When Interns Should be Paid: A #ProjectIntern Explainer
by Blair Hickman and Christie ThompsonThis week, a federal judge ruled that Fox Searchlight violated minimum wage laws for not paying two production interns. So what are those laws? Are unpaid...
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Bank of America Lied to Homeowners and Rewarded Foreclosures, Former...
by Paul KielBank of America employees regularly lied to homeowners seeking loan modifications, denied their applications for made-up reasons, and were rewarded for sending homeowners to foreclosure,...
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The Expendables: How the Temps Who Power Corporate Giants Are Getting Crushed
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To Cope with Sequester, Justice Department Staffs Unpaid Attorneys
by Christie ThompsonThe Department of Justice has an opening for what could be a dream job for many newly minted lawyers: serving as a special attorney in the Office of Enforcement Operations. Among...
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Senator Asks States If They Alert Medicare to Problem Physicians
by Charles Ornstein , Tracy Weber and Jennifer LaFleur A key U.S. senator sent letters to all 50 states this week asking how they sanction doctors in their state health programs and whether they alert...
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Dark Money Group Spent on House Race, Then Told IRS It Didn’t
by Justin ElliottShortly before Election Day last year, mailers went out to Texas voters featuring pictures of a Democratic congressional candidate and a rare species of spider, whose discovery had...
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Transcript: Inside the Rise of America’s Temp Towns
by Christie ThompsonLast week, in collaboration with Time magazine, we published an in-depth investigation into the booming temp industry, as it replaces a growing number of blue-collar jobs across...
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Boy’s Death in Drone Strike Tests Obama’s Transparency Pledge
by Cora CurrierOn June 9, a U.S. drone fired on a vehicle in a remote province of Yemen and killed several militants, according to media reports.It soon emerged that among those who died was a boy–...
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