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Prosecutor Targets Commerzbank for Deals That Dodge German Taxes
by Cezary Podkul German prosecutors have expanded an ongoing investigation of international tax-avoidance deals to cover questionable trades exposed last week by ProPublica and other media partners....
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Alerted to Danger, New York City Failed to Curb Harm at Group Homes
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Meet the ProPublica Data Institute Class of 2016
We’re thrilled to announce the 12 outstanding journalists who will be joining us for the ProPublica Data Institute this year. Find out more about the Data Institute. Adrian Garcia (@adriandgarcia)...
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An Unintended Side Effect of Transparency
by Stephen Engelberg A Closer Look Examining the news Stephen Engelberg In 2013, ProPublica released Prescriber Checkup, a database that detailed the prescribing habits of hundreds of thousands of...
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As Opioid Epidemic Continues, Steps to Curb It Multiply
by Charles Ornstein The overdose death toll from opioids, both prescription drugs and heroin, has almost quadrupled since 1999. In 2014 alone, 28,000 people died of opioid overdoses, more than half...
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SRSLY: Excitedly Delirious: Sounds Great If It Didn’t Mean You’re Dead
by David Epstein SRSLY The best reporting you probably missed David Epstein Welcome to SRSLY, an (experimental) newsletter highlighting under-exposed accountability journalism. We'll distill the...
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A Schlupfloch Here, a Schlupfloch There. Now It’s Real Money.
by Allan Sloan, ProPublica, This story was co-published with The Washington Post. A Closer Look Examining the news Allan Sloan I’ve written about tax loopholes for decades. But recently, I wrote about...
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Abuse of Guest Workers, Internet Inequality 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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Uncovering the Stark Disparities Behind School Money
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Donald Trump’s Trick Spokesperson Play
by Joe Sexton I didn’t get to do a lot of original reporting in 1985 as a clerk on United Press International’s sports desk in New York. My job was to move copy and box scores to our client newspapers...
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The Dig: How to Background Your Tinder Dates, Experts Edition
by T. Christian Miller The Dig An investigative reporter’s candid advice for uncovering life’s everyday truths T. Christian Miller Today, we wrap up our mini-series on using investigative reporting...
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After Mississippi Flooding, Red Cross Stumbles Again
by Sarah Smith When record-high floodwaters hit counties across Mississippi in March, over 650 homes sustained major damage or were destroyed entirely. People fled for shelters, and roadways were...
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How We Built the New ProPublica Mobile Apps
by David Sleight This story was co-published with Source. A few weeks ago, ProPublica rolled out new versions of our app for iOS and Android. (If you haven’t tried them yet, stop reading this and go...
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SRSLY: OMG DNA FUBAR
by David Epstein SRSLY The best reporting you probably missed David Epstein Welcome to SRSLY, an (experimental) newsletter highlighting under-exposed accountability journalism. We'll distill the...
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Drought be Dammed
by Abrahm Lustgarten This story was co-published with The New York Times. Wedged between Arizona and Utah, less than 20 miles up river from the Grand Canyon, a soaring concrete wall nearly the height...
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How Rudy Giuliani Helped Landlords Get a Tax Break With No Strings Attached
by Marcelo Rochabrun In June 1995, a proposal to revitalize the ghostly New York neighborhood near Wall Street was poised to pass the state Senate. The bill offered developers multimillion-dollar tax...
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A Hidden Workforce, the Dam Problem and More in MuckReads Weekly
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How the NY/NJ Port Authority Misspent Millions in Federal Money Meant to Cut...
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How We Analyzed the COMPAS Recidivism Algorithm
by Jeff Larson , Julia Angwin , Lauren Kirchner and Surya Mattu ProPublica Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Donate How We Analyzed the COMPAS Recidivism Algorithm by Jeff Larson, Surya Mattu, Lauren...
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Machine Bias
by Julia Angwin , Surya Mattu , Jeff Larson and Lauren Kirchner ProPublica Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment Donate Bernard Parker, left, was rated high risk; Dylan Fugett was rated low risk....
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