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A False Rape That Wasn’t, Medical Mistakes and More in MuckReads Weekly
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How We Reported ‘An Unbelievable Story of Rape’
by T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, and Ken Armstrong, The people interviewed for this story include Marie (in our story, we agreed to use only her middle name); Marie’s foster mothers Peggy...
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‘Somebody Intervened in Washington’
by Alec MacGillis This story was co-published with Politico Magazine. From his seat in the small plane flying over the largest remaining swath of American wilderness, Bruce Babbitt thought he could...
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How ProPublica is (Un)-Covering Politics This Year and Beyond
by Lawrence Roberts Early this year, as the 2016 presidential contest got underway, a ProPublica team began a long-term project to examine the political system. While many other news organizations...
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Inappropriate Social Media Posts by Nursing Home Workers, Detailed
by Charles Ornstein Related story: Nursing Home Workers Share Explicit Photos of Residents on Snapchat Date: January 2012 Facility: CareOne at Livingston City: Livingston State: NJ Type of facility:...
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Nursing Home Workers Share Explicit Photos of Residents on Snapchat
by Charles Ornstein This story was co-published with the Washington Post. Nursing home workers across the country are posting embarrassing and dehumanizing photos of elderly residents on social media...
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Is the DEA Stopping Narco-terror Threats or Staging Them?
by Cynthia Gordy .player_box { display: none; } div.article-inline-image.Right.demobbed {display: none;} After 9/11, the Drug Enforcement Administration reframed its mission, warning the country that...
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Judge in Another Narco-terror Case Questions Proof
by Ginger Thompson A federal judge in Washington last week threw out the narco-terrorism conviction of an Afghan man whom U.S. authorities had touted as an example of the dangerous alliances between...
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A Brutal Crime, Often Terribly Investigated
By T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, and Ken Armstrong, The Marshall Project News organizations have long chronicled problems with investigating reports of rape. Backlogs in rape kits. Cynical efforts...
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The 10 Best 2015 Investigative Reports on Political Money
by Robert Faturechi The millions of dollars being spent on the presidential race by super PACs, secretive nonprofits and the candidates themselves could again make this election cycle the most...
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New Jersey Psychology Practice Revealed Patients’ Mental Disorders in Debt...
by Charles Ornstein This story was co-published with The New York Times. When a New Jersey lawyer named Philip received legal papers last year informing him that his former psychologist’s practice was...
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About That Unbelievable Story
by Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, and Bill Keller, The Marshall Project Our two news organizations, ProPublica and The Marshall Project, recently teamed up on an investigative story, “An Unbelievable...
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How Almost Getting Scooped Brought Two Competing Reporters Together
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Congressman Presses Red Cross CEO For Answers On Impact of Downsizing
by Justin Elliott A key congressman who sits on a committee that oversees the American Red Cross is pressing the group’s chief executive for information about how layoffs and other cuts have affected...
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The Long Game in Washington and More in MuckReads Weekly
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At Capital One, Easy Credit and Abundant Lawsuits
by Paul Kiel This story was co-published with The Daily Beast. Several years ago, Capital One gave Oscar Parsons, 46, his first credit card. At the time, he didn’t need a loan. But he banked at a...
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Few Consequences For Health Privacy Law’s Repeat Offenders
by Charles Ornstein and Annie Waldman This story was co-published with NPR's Shots blog. When CVS Health customers complained to the company about privacy violations, some of the calls and letters...
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HIPAA Helper
by Charles Ornstein , Mike Tigas and Annie Waldman Who is Revealing Your Private Medical Information?
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‘All of This Because Somebody Got Hurt at Work’
by Michael Grabell LAS VEGAS — A scantily clad acrobat dangles from the ceiling, performing flips and splits as machines puff smoke and neon lights bathe the dance floor in turquoise and magenta....
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Another VA Headache: Privacy Violations Rising at Veterans’ Medical Facilities
by Annie Waldman and Charles Ornstein This story was co-published with NPR's Shots blog. When Anthony McCann opened a thick manila envelope from the Department of Veterans Affairs last year, he...
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