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Council Member Pushes Habitat for Humanity to Restore Homes to Displaced...
by Marcelo Rochabrun This story was co-published with the New York Daily News. A New York City Council member is asking the local affiliate of Habitat for Humanity to find housing for several families...
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The Best Reporting on Hillary Clinton Over the Years
by Sarah Smith The Arkansas Years In 1977, after her husband Bill Clinton was elected Arkansas’ attorney general, Hillary Rodham, as she then was known, joined the Rose Law Firm. Years later, the New...
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Weak Oversight Lets Dangerous Nurses Work in New York
by Daniela Porat, Rosalind Adams and Jessica Huseman for ProPublica, This story was co-published with WNYC and the Albany Times Union. Thomas Maino knew he was going to die. Suffering from serious...
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Re-introducing ProPublica’s iOS App
by David Sleight Today we’re excited to launch the latest version of ProPublica for iOS. The new app is one of the best ways to keep up on ProPublica’s journalism wherever you are. We’ve rebuilt it...
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Cuomo Floats Reforming Oversight of New York Nurses
by Rosalind Adams, Jessica Huseman and Daniela Porat for ProPublica, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that he would consider proposing legislation that would give oversight of New York’s nurses to the...
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Weak Nursing Oversight, the Panama Papers 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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Meet the Panama Papers Editor Who Handled 376 Reporters in 80 Countries
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Attorneys General Come Down on Accreditor of For-profit Colleges
by Annie Waldman Twelve state attorneys general have asked the federal Department of Education to revoke the recognition of the much-criticized Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and...
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The Best Reporting on Ted Cruz Through the Years
by Sarah Smith Ted Cruz rode a Tea Party wave to the Senate in 2012 after five years as Texas’ solicitor general. Cruz, who holds two Ivy League degrees and served as a clerk to the Chief Justice of...
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NYPD Gets Sued After Kicking Wrong Family Out of Home
by Sarah Ryley and Stephen Rex Brown for ProPublica and The Daily News A version of this article was also published in the New York Daily News. The New York Police Department got an order kicking a...
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Collateral Damage: Decades Later, a Suicide Can Be Added to Domestic Terror...
by A.C. Thompson Updated (Apr. 13, 2016): This story has been updated to add links to the “Terror in Little Saigon” documentary. The official explanation is simple. On a March morning in 1988, Pham...
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Investigation Exposes Failings of Oversight in NYC Group Homes
by Joaquin Sapien Updated (Apr. 13, 2016): This story has been updated to include a statement from an ACS spokeswoman. It was a disaster waiting to happen. That’s what the New York City Department of...
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The Best Reporting on Bernie Sanders Over the Years
by Sarah Smith Bernie Sanders became the first socialist mayor of Burlington, Vermont, and ran successfully as an Independent for the House of Representatives and then the Senate. Now, the Democratic...
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Federal Government Finally Forgives Billions in Debt of Students Who’ve...
by Cezary Podkul and Marcelo Rochabrun The federal Department of Education said on Tuesday it would offer to write off $7.7 billion of student debt owed by disabled individuals, taking a big step to...
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Dangerous Gaps in Day Care Regulation, the Locally Sourced Lie and More in...
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Captive Labor and the Reporters Who Exposed an International Scandal
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ProPublica Wins Third Pulitzer Prize for ‘An Unbelievable Story of Rape’
ProPublica Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Donate ProPublica Wins Third Pulitzer Prize for ‘An Unbelievable Story of Rape’ April 18, 2016 T. Christian Miller, a senior reporter for ProPublica, and...
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The Best Reporting on John Kasich Through the Years
by Sarah Smith Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s home-state paper, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, has long noted his mix-and-match style. He is a proud fiscal conservative who tried to roll back the power of...
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Head of Accreditor for For-profit Colleges Leaves Amid Growing Scrutiny
by Annie Waldman The head of troubled for-profit college watchdog, Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, has stepped down, the agency said Monday in a statement. The resignation of...
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How Information Graphics Reveal Your Brain’s Blind Spots
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