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Introducing a Free the Files API
Today we're opening a Free The Files API which will offer developers access to markets, stations, committees and filings data from our crowdsourced app
Free the Files Tracks $294 Million in TV Ads, With Obama Topping Buyer List
In just two weeks, volunteers for our Free the Files project have liberated information on $294 million in political ad buys.
MuckReads Podcast: Pawns in the War on Drugs
We sat down with reporter Sarah Stillman to discuss her recent New Yorker investigation on the fatal risks and lack of oversight in the world of confidential informants.
Big Bird Debate: How Much Does Federal Funding Matter to Public Broadcasting?
From Sesame Street to Main Street, a look at how many tax dollars are spent on public broadcasting.
Paul Ryan Reading Guide: The Best Reporting on the VP Candidate
We’re going beyond the horse race and gathering the best stories out there on Congressman Ryan and his positions.
Is BofA’s Foreclosure Review Really Independent? You Be the Judge
Bank of America and federal regulators say the Independent Foreclosure Review is just that — independent. But documents and interviews indicate it's not.
Rare Agreement: Obama, Romney, Ryan All Endorse Retraining for Jobless—But Are They Right?
After GM shut its venerable assembly plant in Paul Ryan’s hometown of Janesville, WI, throngs of laid-off workers got blue-ribbon retraining. The Big Surprise: Data shows they’re doing less well, so far, than those who didn't go back to school.
Inside the Janesville Data
We combined two datasets from the State of Wisconsin and another from Blackhawk Technical College to track how laid-off workers who retrained at the school fared in finding jobs compared with those in the same area who got no such schooling.
Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About Voter ID Laws
More than 30 states have enacted some version of voter ID law in recent years. How much do these laws change voting rules and what impact could they have on the general election?
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Campaign 2012
Revealing Dark Money and Big Data
Paul Ryan Reading Guide: The Best Reporting on the VP Candidate
We’re going beyond the horse race and gathering the best stories out there on Congressman Ryan and his positions.
Injection Wells
The Hidden Risks of Pumping Waste Underground
Injection wells used to dispose of the nation’s most toxic waste are showing increasing signs of stress as regulatory oversight falls short and scientific assumptions prove flawed.
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The Trillion-Gallon Loophole: Lax Rules for Drillers that Inject Pollutants Into the Earth
Finding Oscar
In 1982 amid Guatemala’s civil war, 20 army commandos invaded Dos Erres disguised as rebels. The squad members, or Kaibiles, killed more than 250 people. Only a handful survived. One, a 3-year-old boy, was abducted by a Kaibil officer and raised by his family. It took 30 years for Oscar Alfredo Ramírez Castañeda to learn the truth.
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Presidential Pardons
Shades of Mercy
White criminals seeking presidential pardons are nearly four times as likely to succeed as people of color, a ProPublica examination has found.
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The Wall Street Money Machine
As investors left the housing market in the run-up to the meltdown, Wall Street sliced up and repackaged troubled assets based on those shaky mortgages, often buying those new packages themselves. That created fake demand, hid the banks’ real exposure, increased their bonuses — and ultimately made the mortgage crisis worse.
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Emails Give Glimpse Into Deals That Fueled Financial Meltdown
Dollars for Doctors
How Industry Money Reaches Physicians
ProPublica is tracking the financial ties between doctors and medical companies.
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Patient Safety
Exploring Quality of Care in the U.S.
Are High-Volume Dental Chains Exploiting Kids on Medicaid?
As part of our ongoing interest in patient safety, we occasionally interview other journalists who’ve examined health care quality.