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The Problems With the FBI’s Email Investigation Went Well Beyond Comey
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It’s Legal: Some New York Landlords Can Take Tax Breaks Then Raise Rents Without Limit
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Millions for New York Man Wrongly Convicted of Murder
The award of $4.5 million by New York state is just part of a claim by a man who spent more than two decades in prison based on a dishonest prosecution.
James Comey’s Testimony on Huma Abedin Forwarding Emails Was Inaccurate
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Can Low-Wage Industries Survive Without Immigrants and Refugees
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Case Farms Responds to Our Story
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You Helped Us Find Hires the White House Never Announced, Including a Koch Brothers Alum
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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
Wasted Medicine
Tracking your squandered health care dollars
Hospitals are throwing away perfectly good supplies. Nursing homes are flushing unused and unexpired medicine down the toilet. Billions of dollars are routinely wasted every day by health care providers in the United States — and it’s driving up the cost of care for all of us.
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Immigration
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U.S. Immigration Agency Will Lose Millions Because It Can’t Process Visas Fast Enough
Documenting Hate
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Cloudflare, a major content delivery company, responds to concerns about the safety of those who object to disturbing material on the web.
Machine Bias
Algorithmic injustice and the formulas that increasingly influence our lives.
We’re investigating algorithmic injustice and the formulas that increasingly influence our lives.
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Lawmakers Seek Stronger Monitoring of Racial Disparities in Car Insurance Premiums
The Rent Racket
How landlords sidestep tenant protections in New York City.
It’s Legal: Some New York Landlords Can Take Tax Breaks Then Raise Rents Without Limit
Last year, a ProPublica investigation uncovered how Rudy Giuliani, together with upstate Republicans and the real-estate industry, maneuvered behind the scenes in 1995 to exempt downtown Manhattan apartments from rent stabilization rules.
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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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?
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Texas Panel on Wrongful Convictions Calls for Ending Use of Unverified Drug Field Tests
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.
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