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Why the Best Sports Stories Are Beyond the Field
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NYC May Actually Crack Down on Developers Who Cheat Taxpayers and Renters
by Cezary Podkul New York City officials are stepping up oversight of tax breaks to property developers and other programs overseen by the city’s housing agency, according to an internal memo obtained...
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Red Cross CEO Dodges Congressional Questions About Cuts Around the Country
by Justin Elliott The American Red Cross has failed to answer a congressman’s questions about deep cuts the charity has made to staff and local offices. Rep. Bennie Thompson, the ranking member of the...
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Once Again, the VA Turns Down Navy Vets for Agent Orange Benefits
by Charles Ornstein and Terry Parris Jr. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has once again turned down an effort by Navy veterans to get compensation for possible exposure to Agent Orange during...
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Liquid Assets
by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment Donate Bryan Schutmaat for ProPublica Liquid Assets A maverick hedge fund manager thinks Wall Street is the answer to the...
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NYC Mayor Wants ‘Due Process,’ But Doesn’t Object to Secret Orders Tossing...
by Sarah Ryley for ProPublica and the New York Daily News, Mayor Bill de Blasio commented for the first time Monday on the Daily News/ProPublica’s investigation into the NYPD’s use of the nuisance...
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Red Cross Donations Plummet and Deficit Spikes
by Justin Elliott The American Red Cross ran a deficit of $159 million last fiscal year, battered by a steep drop in fundraising and its struggling blood banking division, according to newly released...
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IRS Grants Nonprofit Status to ‘Dark Money’ Group Founded by Karl Rove
by Robert Faturechi and Derek Willis Donors to the nonprofit group Crossroads GPS, founded by Republican strategist Karl Rove, no longer have to worry about their identities being disclosed. After a...
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The Diplomat and the Killer
by Raymond Bonner, special to ProPublica, This story was co-published with the Atlantic. On December 1, 1980, two American Catholic churchwomen — an Ursuline nun and a lay missionary — sat down to...
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NYPD to Change How Police Use Nuisance Abatement Law
by Ginger Adams Otis and Sarah Ryley, for ProPublica and the New York Daily News, This story was co-published with the New York Daily News. The NYPD is going to be “changing very quickly” a key part...
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The Executive Pay Cap That Backfired
by Allan Sloan, ProPublica, This story was co-published with the Washington Post. Wealth, jobs and pay inequality are big political issues this presidential primary season, and they’re bound to become...
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Trading Water in the West, Limiting CEO Pay and More
by Adam Harris 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 up...
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How a Reporter Pierced the Hype Behind Theranos
by Cynthia Gordy .player_box { display: none; } div.article-inline-image.Right.demobbed {display: none;} When the blood-testing company Theranos opened to the public in 2013, founder Elizabeth Holmes...
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When a Brain Surgeon Becomes a Malpractice Lawyer
by Marshall Allen The line drive ripped off the hitter’s bat and rocketed into the right hand of Dr. Lawrence Schlachter, shattering bones and ending his career as a neurosurgeon. The Atlanta doctor,...
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Florida Lawmakers Look to Roll Back Favored Status For For-Profit Group Home
by Heather Vogell This story was co-published with the Tampa Bay Times. Florida legislators are looking to end what one lawmaker calls a “monopoly” written into state law that benefits a for-profit...
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My Story as a DMV Edge Case: How to Battle Bureaucracy and Win
by Hannah Birch “I don’t know what this is,” she said, sliding the form back to me. “I’m not a doctor.” Thank you, I thought. I realize that. You work at the Department of Motor Vehicles. I was at a...
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Why Is Mitch McConnell Picking This Fight?
by Alec MacGillis This story was co-published with The New York Times. In early 2009, as Barack Obama was about to take office, Mitch McConnell, the leader of the Republican minority in the Senate,...
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A Broken System of Background Checks and More in MuckReads Weekly
by Adam Harris 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 up...
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Turning the Housing Bubble into Movie Magic in “The Big Short”
by Cynthia Gordy .player_box { display: none; } div.article-inline-image.Right.demobbed {display: none;} When the Academy Award for Best Picture is called this Sunday night, the biggest prize may well...
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Liquid Assets
by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment Donate Bryan Schutmaat for ProPublica Liquid Assets A maverick hedge fund manager thinks Wall Street is the answer to the...
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