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Sharpening the Government’s Blurry Maps
by Al Shaw and Theodoric MeyerIn recent years, Americans have witnessed the destructive power of floods again and again, from the damage inflicted on coastal New York and New Jersey by Hurricane Sandy...
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How to Improve Temp Worker Safety
by Michael Grabell The federal government could easily track injuries suffered by temporary workers by adding a checkbox to a government form that already exists. Such a move would give regulators the...
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Judge on NSA Case Cites 9/11 Report, But It Doesn’t Actually Support His Ruling
by Justin ElliottUpdate Dec. 28, 2013: In a new decision in support of the NSA's phone metadata surveillance program, U.S. district court Judge William Pauley cites an intelligence failure involving...
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The Fix Isn’t In: Why a Safety Device That Can Stop Overdoses by Kids Isn’t...
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For Brooklyn Prosecutor, a Troubled Last Term, and a Trail of Lingering...
by Joaquin SapienBy the spring of 2009, Charles“Joe” Hynes was nearing the end of his fifth term of service as Brooklyn’s District Attorney.His reputation was mixed: His office had been dogged for a...
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Last Chance This Year to Support Journalism in the Public Interest
by Richard Tofel Your last chance to make a tax-deductible contribution this year to ProPublica is fast approaching. We hope you’ll seize it. It’s been a year of great stories – but, even more...
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Medicare Moves to Tighten Oversight of Prescribers
by Charles Ornstein and Tracy WeberTen years after Medicare’s vaunted prescription drug program was signed into law, the Obama administration and Congress are re-evaluating whether it does enough to...
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Caught Up in a Medicare Drug Fraud
by Tracy Weber and Charles OrnsteinAt another time in her life, Denise Heap might have tossed aside the insurance forms listing the drugs prescribed to her mother.The“explanation of benefits” forms...
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In Churn of Assisted Living Deals, An Island of Misery
by A.C. ThompsonThe one-story beige building on Southwest Hill Road in McMinnville, Ore. – an old mill town between Portland and Salem – has seen plenty of trouble over the years of its operation as...
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How College Pricing Is Like Holiday Retail Sales
by Marian WangYou know all those seemingly great sales during the holidays? It turns out, they are often a “carefully engineered illusion.” A recent piece in the Wall Street Journal defines what it...
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2013: The Year of the Intern?
by Blair Hickman and Casey McDermottSome might say internships received more scrutiny than ever in 2013. Here’s a look back at key developments from our ongoing investigation into unpaid...
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Patient Harm: When An Attorney Won’t Take Your Case
by Marshall Allen and Olga PierceErnie Ciccotelli was trying to do a good deed when he donated a kidney to his brother. But within days of the surgery, his incision was oozing green fluid and his guts...
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In A Major Shift, Medicare Wants Power to Ban Harmful Prescribers
by Tracy Weber and Charles OrnsteinMedicare plans to arm itself with broad new powers to better control — and potentially ban — doctors engaged in fraudulent or harmful prescribing, following a series...
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Amid Abortion Debate, the Pursuit of Science
by Nina MartinFor the last decade or so, Tracy Weitz has been one of the most prominent abortion researchers in the United States. As director of the University of California at San Francisco’s...
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No Warrant, No Problem: How the Government Can Get Your Digital Data
by Theodoric Meyer and Peter Maass
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Ten Patient Stories: When Attorneys Refused My Medical Malpractice Case
by Marshall Allen and Olga PierceAfter surgery on her ankle, Jeanine Thomas suffered a potentially deadly bacterial infection that required seven more operations to save her leg and nearly five years...
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Big Data + Big Pharma = Big Money
by Charles Ornstein Need another reminder of how much drugmakers spend to discover what doctors are prescribing? Look no further than new documents from the leading keeper of such data. IMS Health...
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Guarded Optimism
by Joaquin Sapien Last week, the Justice Department convened hearings under the Prison Rape Elimination Act to examine the prevalence of rape and sexual abuse in the nation’s prisons and juvenile...
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Journalists: Send ProPublica Your Redaction Classics
by Amanda Zamora and Al ShawThe Obama administration’s take on transparency can be rather opaque. Send us your most memorable FOIA documents for our Redaction Classics collection.
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