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Why it’s So Hard to Know Whether the Murder Rate is Rising
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As Pope Pushes to Help the Poor, Catholic Universities Leave Them Behind
by Annie Waldman Pope Francis has made serving the poor a central tenet of his papacy. “Wealth makes us poor,” he told Cuban worshippers on Sunday, urging them not to forget “the smallest, the most...
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A Closer Look: I’m Not (Just) Your Paperboy
by Amanda Zamora I have a confession to make. I hate my job title. And I bet many other social and audience editors, producers, specialists, coordinators and managers probably do, too. On the one...
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Take a Valium, Lose Your Kid, Go to Jail
by Nina Martin ProPublica Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment Donate Rob Culpepper/special to ProPublica Take a Valium, Lose Your Kid, Go to Jail In Alabama, anti-drug fervor and abortion...
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Troubled California Group Home to Close
by Joaquin Sapien After months of unrest, Bayfront, a group home for troubled children in Long Beach, California, is scheduled to close at the end of October. The decision by Bayfront’s operators...
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New Data Reveals Stark Gaps in Graduation Rates Between Poor and Wealthy...
by Annie Waldman A new report released Thursday provides a detailed look at the graduation rates of low-income college students. At many colleges, low-income students graduate at much lower rates than...
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Exploding Gas Tanks, Defective Air Bags and Other Car-Company Scandals...
by Marcelo Rochabrun Some of the best #MuckReads we read this week. Want to receive these by email? Sign up to get this briefing delivered to your inbox every weekend. The recent revelation that...
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Behind Debt by Degrees: How Can You Tell If a College Is Helping Poor Students?
by Cynthia Gordy .player_box { display: none; } div.article-inline-image.Right.demobbed {display: none;} Earlier this month, ProPublica released Debt by Degrees, a first-of-its-kind interactive...
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Live Discussion: Are Drug Laws Punishing Innocent Mothers?
by Amanda Zamora In Alabama, taking a Valium while pregnant can land a young mother in jail — even if her baby is born healthy. "They told me: 'He's good, he's clean. You can have him now, no...
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Senator Wants Names of Red Cross Officials Who Didn’t Cooperate With...
by Justin Elliott Sen. Charles Grassley is demanding more information about the American Red Cross and its “apparent unwillingness to fully cooperate” with a government investigation into its disaster...
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Two Who Moved Through Europe’s Revolving-Door Prisons Get Terrorist Designation
by Sebastian Rotella The U.S. government has labeled as specially designated terrorists two French fugitives who during the past 15 years have risen from street crime to alleged front-line roles in...
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How Some Alabama Hospitals Quietly Drug Test New Mothers — Without Their Consent
by Nina Martin, ProPublica, and Amy Yurkanin, AL.com, This story was co-published with AL.com. In Alabama, a positive drug test can have dire repercussions for pregnant women and new mothers. Their...
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Bankruptcy Lawyers Strip Cash from Coal Miners’ Health Insurance
by Alec MacGillis This story was co-published with The Daily Beast. There was plenty in the complex deal to benefit bankers, lawyers, executives and hedge fund managers. Patriot Coal Corp. was...
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The Prominence and Plight Of Girls in the Juvenile Justice System
by Joe Sexton The number of juveniles in the nation’s criminal justice system has been in decline for years. California and New York have closed some of their largest and most troubled juvenile...
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Blankenship’s Grip on Coal Country, Biker Gangs and More in #MuckReads Weekly
by Amanda Zamora h3 { font-size:1.2em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top:1.4em; } blockquote { line-height: 1.5em; } Some of the best #MuckReads we read this week. Want to receive these by email? Sign...
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Is the Gun Lobby’s Power Overstated?
by Alec MacGillis This story was co-published with The New York Times’ Room for Debate. Read the full discussion here. No sooner had the toll from the latest mass shooting been tallied than came the...
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An Arrest, a Suicide, a Year Later: The Lasting Tragedy of Kalief Browder
by Cynthia Gordy .player_box { display: none; } div.article-inline-image.Right.demobbed {display: none;} Almost one year ago today, The New Yorker published the story of a young man named Kalief...
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Verizon’s Zombie Cookie Gets New Life
by Julia Angwin and Jeff Larson Verizon is giving a new mission to its controversial hidden identifier that tracks users of mobile devices. Verizon said in a little-noticed announcement that it will...
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Our Rebuttal to RAND’s Critique of Surgeon Scorecard
by Stephen Engelberg and Olga Pierce A few days ago, the RAND Corporation published an opinion piece that raised questions about Surgeon Scorecard, our searchable online database of complication rates...
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How We Analyzed Racial Disparity in Debt Collection Lawsuits
by Paul Kiel and Annie Waldman ProPublica Read Main Story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment Donate (Edwin Torres/ProPublica) How We Analyzed Racial Disparity in Debt Collection Lawsuits An...
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