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Q&A: The Hidden Costs of Tobacco Debt
by Cezary PodkulWe recently wrote about the hidden cost of tobacco bonds– debts issued by states and other governments in the years following a historic 1998 legal settlement with Big Tobacco. That...
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How Tobacco Bonds Work, and What Can Go Wrong
by Cezary Podkul and David SleightIt all began when states settled their lawsuits against Big Tobacco.After a long fight, states would finally get billions to cover the health costs of smoking, in...
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What to Look For In Dueling Autopsies of Michael Brown
by A.C. ThompsonIn the next few weeks, separate teams of doctors will issue autopsy reports about Michael Brown, the unarmed African American shot to death by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri....
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The Best Reporting on Federal Push to Militarize Local Police
by Hanqing ChenProtests have continued for more than a week since the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. Police officers initially met protesters with full riot gear,...
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Long a Force for Progress, a Freedom Summer Legend Looks Back
by Nikole Hannah-JonesProPublicaListenShare on FacebookShare on TwitterCommentDonateEli Meir Kaplan, special to ProPublicaDispatches from Freedom SummerLong a Force for Progress, a Freedom Summer...
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Interview With Civil Rights Legend John Lewis: Audio
by Nikole Hannah-JonesProPublicaRead articleShare on FacebookShare on TwitterCommentDonateIn 1964, John Lewis was a barrier-breaking Freedom Rider, among the first to launch sit-ins and travel the...
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New York City Will Pay $10 Million to Settle Wrongful Conviction Case
by Joaquin SapienNew York City has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a wrongful conviction lawsuit filed by Jabbar Collins, who spent 15 years in prison for a murder he did not commit.The settlement...
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Paying Jabbar Collins $10 Million Doesn’t Address Problems With Prosecutors
by Joe SextonThis story was co-published with the New York Daily News.The dollar figure was so large and the public statements of vindication and concession so harmonious, one might have been tempted...
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Big Investors Push for Auditors to Sign Financial Statements
by Jesse EisingerAn industry group which represents some of the nation's largest investors is urging regulators not to back away from plans to require auditors to sign the financial statements they...
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In California, Some Efforts to Toughen Oversight of Assisted Living Falter
by A.C. ThompsonCalifornia legislators and activists say attempts to reform the state's troubled assisted living industry are being obstructed — and they are placing much of the blame on the...
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“Less Lethal” Flash-Bangs Used in Ferguson Leave Some Feeling the Burn
by Abbie NehringPeter Callahan was caught between two police lines in the West Florissant section of Ferguson, Mo., on Sunday night, when something fiery hot singed his leg. A nearby protester's shirt...
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South Carolina’s Lax Domestic Abuse Laws and More in MuckReads Weekly
by Amanda Zamora Till death do us part. A seven-part series by the Post and Courier investigates domestic violence in South Carolina, which has accounted for 300 women being killed by their partners...
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Podcast: Why Settlements Don’t Fix Wrongful Convictions
by Nicole Collins Bronzan .player_box { display: none; }It may seem to some a happy ending: A Brooklyn man wrongly convicted in a 1994 murder is at last cleared -- after serving 16 years in prison --...
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The Best Reporting on California’s Drought
by Claire Kelloway After a decade of relatively little rain, California is facing its third year of debilitating drought, and 2014 may be the driest in 500 years. The drought has placed a...
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Intelligence Gap: How a Chinese National Gained Access to Arizona’s Terror...
by Ryan Gabrielson, ProPublica, and Andrew Becker, CIRProPublicaShare on FacebookShare on TwitterCommentDonateIntelligence Gap: How a Chinese National Gained Access to Arizona’s Terror CenterThe...
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China’s Cyber Attacks Tied to U.S. Companies, Contractors and Gov’t Systems
by Hanqing ChenU.S.-China tensions have risen recently over suspicions of Chinese nationals infiltrating U.S. company computer systems. In late May, the U.S. Justice Department accused five Chinese...
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Coming Soon: Losing Ground
ProPublicaThe LensLosing GroundShare on FacebookShare on TwitterDonateSoutheast Louisiana is drowning, quickly.The Mississippi Delta is losing a football field of land every 48 minutes. In the next 50...
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Losing Ground: Southeast Louisiana is Disappearing, Quickly
by Bob Marshall, The Lens, Brian Jacobs and Al Shaw, ProPublica, Aug. 28, 2014Scientists say one of the greatest environmental and economic disasters in the nation’s history—the rapid land loss...
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Discussion: Louisiana’s Disappearing Coast
by Scott KleinScientists say one of the greatest environmental and economic disasters in the nation’s history — the rapid land loss occurring in Southeast Louisiana — is rushing toward a catastrophic...
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More Data to Be Withheld from Database of Physician Payments
by Charles OrnsteinA new problem has emerged with the federal government's Open Payments system, which is supposed to go live Sept. 30 and disclose payments to physicians by pharmaceutical and medical...
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