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As Hollywood Lobbied State Department, It Built Free Home Theaters for U.S....
by Robert Faturechi This story was co-published with The Daily Beast. Hollywood’s efforts to win political clout have always stretched across the country, from glitzy campaign fundraisers in Beverly...
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When Kids Get Sent to Adult Prisons and More in MuckReads Weekly
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A Soldier on the Mob Beat
by Minhee Cho .player_box { display: none; } Legendary organized crime reporter Jerry Capeci has been covering America’s top five crime families for over 25 years – a beat he created at the New York...
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A Pharma Payment A Day Keeps Docs’ Finances Okay
by Charles Ornstein and Ryann Grochowski Jones This story was co-published with NPR's Shots blog. This story has been updated. Few days went by last year when New Hampshire nephrologist Ana Stankovic...
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May It Displease the Court: Race and Justice Sotomayor
The Supreme Court last week announced that it would again hear Fisher v. Texas, an affirmative action case in which a white woman claims she was denied admission to the University of Texas because of...
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In Rare Step, Workers at California Group Home Unionize
by Joaquin Sapien Workers at a former orphanage in San Francisco that now functions as a large group home for troubled children have unionized— a rare step by frontline employees who work at...
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Sen. Grassley Demands Red Cross Disclose Haiti Spending — And Gives Them a...
by Justin Elliott Sen. Charles Grassley is demanding the American Red Cross explain how it spent nearly half a billion dollars raised after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. In a letter yesterday to Red...
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When Wall Street Offers Free Money, Watch Out
by Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, and Allan Sloan, The Washington Post This story was co-published with the Washington Post. If there were ever a time not to bet the moon on the stock and bond markets,...
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Popular Blood Thinner Causing Deaths, Injuries at Nursing Homes
by Charles Ornstein This story was co-published with The Washington Post. When Loren Peters arrived in the emergency room in October 2013, bruises covered his frail body, and blood oozed from his...
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Making the Cut: Why Choosing the Right Surgeon Matters Even More Than You Know
by Marshall Allen and Olga Pierce ProPublica Patient Safety Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment Donate Making the Cut Why choosing the right surgeon matters even more than you know by Marshall...
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Audit Slams the New York City Housing Authority for Misleading Data on...
by Marian Wang Update, July 15, 2015, 12:21 p.m.: This story has been updated to include a statement from New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer that accompanied the report. The New York City...
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How Much Acetaminophen a Day is Safe? Canada May Decide It’s Less
by T. Christian Miller and Jeff Gerth Canada’s top health agency is considering lowering the maximum recommended daily dose of acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol and other pain relievers....
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For a Surgeon With a History of Complications, a Felony Past
by Marshall Allen and Olga Pierce Officer Richard Walter looked out the window of his patrol car and saw two young men trading punches outside Sutter’s Saloon. It was 2 a.m. on what should have been a...
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Agent Orange Act Was Supposed to Help Vietnam Veterans — But Many Still Don’t...
by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh, The Virginian-Pilot, aside.module-tabbed-2011 {display: none;} Five decades after the Vietnam War began—and four decades after it ended— veterans...
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It Takes a Lot to Take Rogue Cops Off the Job in Colorado (MuckReads Weekly)
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The Military Built Another Multimillion-Dollar Building in Afghanistan That...
by Megan McCloskey Unlike many buildings commissioned by the U.S. in Afghanistan, the new military warehouse facility in Kandahar was well built, an inspector general investigation concluded. There...
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At Breakfast to Talk El Chapo, Drug War Veterans Serve Up Cynicism
by Ginger Thompson This story was co-published with The Atlantic. The slight man at the breakfast table seemed more like an evangelical minister than someone who once brokered deals between Mexican...
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We Go Behind the Scenes on Surgeon Scorecard
by Minhee Cho .player_box { display: none; } div.article-inline-image.Right.demobbed {display: none;} Last week, ProPublica launched Surgeon Scorecard, our new database showcasing the complication...
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Confidential Documents: Red Cross Itself May Not Know How Millions Donated...
by Justin Elliott, ProPublica, and Laura Sullivan, NPR, The American Red Cross is under pressure this week to answer detailed questions from Congress about the spending of nearly half a billion...
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