ProPublica, New York Daily News Win Pulitzer Gold Medal
The news organizations won journalism’s highest honor for their joint investigation on abuses in NYPD enforcement of the city’s nuisance abatement law.
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Hate Crime Law Results in Few Convictions and Lots of Disappointment
In Texas, the tiny number of successful prosecutions leave both victims and lawmakers questioning state's commitment to punishing hate.
The White House Still Hasn’t Released Most Staffers’ Financial Disclosures
A week ago, the White House began releasing the Trump administration’s financial disclosures. But many are still missing. Here’s what we know now.
The Car Insurance Industry Attacks Our Story. Here’s Our Response.
An industry representative disputed our findings that many disparities in auto insurance prices between minority and white neighborhoods are wider than differences in risk can explain. His analysis is flawed.
U.S. Immigration Agency Will Lose Millions Because It Can’t Process Visas Fast Enough
Fees from so-called “premium processing” to expedite H-1B visas have paid for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ efforts to digitize. But the agency hasn’t been able to keep up with demand, forcing it to suspend its cash cow.
Federal Judge Sees New York State Conspiracy to Thwart Care for Mentally Ill
The judge who oversaw landmark case involving troubled homes for the mentally ill sends word to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman that state’s efforts to undermine care must end.
Minority Neighborhoods Pay Higher Car Insurance Premiums Than White Areas With the Same Risk
Our analysis of premiums and payouts in California, Illinois, Texas and Missouri shows that some major insurers charge minority neighborhoods as much as 30 percent more than other areas with similar accident costs.
Chicago Area Disparities in Car Insurance Premiums
Some car insurers charge higher premiums in Chicago’s minority neighborhoods than in predominantly white neighborhoods with similar risk of accidents.
How We Examined Racial Discrimination in Auto Insurance Prices
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Trump Lawyer Confirms President Can Pull Money From His Businesses Whenever He Wants
Previously unreported changes to President Trump’s trust documents stipulate that the trust “shall distribute net income or principal to Donald J. Trump at his request.”
Restaurant Chain Settles Age Bias Case for $12 Million
After a U.S. lawsuit against Texas Roadhouse ended in a mistrial, the restaurant company, without admitting wrongdoing, settled the largest age discrimination case filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in decades.
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The Breakdown
How politics and government really work, and why they don’t.
Our series seeks to show how politics and government really work, and why they don’t.
54 Stories in the Series. Latest:
Machine Bias
Algorithmic injustice and the formulas that increasingly influence our lives.
Minority Neighborhoods Pay Higher Car Insurance Premiums Than White Areas With the Same Risk
Our analysis of premiums and payouts in California, Illinois, Texas and Missouri shows that some major insurers charge minority neighborhoods as much as 30 percent more than other areas with similar accident costs.
Nuisance Abatement
How New York City police are using little-known laws to kick people out of their homes, even if they haven’t been charged with a crime.
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New York City Set to Pass Sweeping Nuisance Abatement Reforms
The Rent Racket
How landlords sidestep tenant protections in New York City.
ProPublica is exploring New York City’s broken rent stabilization system, the tax breaks that underpin it, the regulators who look the other way and the tenants who suffer as a result.
31 Stories in the Series. Latest:
Gov. Cuomo's New Affordable Housing Proposal Would Make Some Rents Less Affordable
Immigration
U.S. Immigration Agency Will Lose Millions Because It Can’t Process Visas Fast Enough
Fees from so-called “premium processing” to expedite H-1B visas have paid for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ efforts to digitize. But the agency hasn’t been able to keep up with demand, forcing it to suspend its cash cow.
Reliving Agent Orange
ProPublica and The Virginian-Pilot are exploring the effects of the chemical mixture Agent Orange on Vietnam veterans and their families, as well as their fight for benefits.
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ProPublica Files Lawsuit Seeking VA Correspondence Related to Agent Orange
Hell and High Water
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the country. It’s home to the nation’s largest refining and petrochemical complex, where billions of gallons of oil and dangerous chemicals are stored. And it’s a sitting duck for the next big hurricane. Why isn’t Texas ready?
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Obama Signs Bill That May Boost Texas Hurricane Protection Study
Busted
Tens of thousands of people every year are sent to jail based on the results of a $2 roadside drug test. Widespread evidence shows that these tests routinely produce false positives. Why are police departments and prosecutors still using them?
12 Stories in the Series. Latest:
Texas Panel on Wrongful Convictions Calls for Ending Use of Unverified Drug Field Tests