Archive - Illinois
TimelineSetter: A New Way to Display Timelines on the Web
As far as we know, there are no good open source frameworks that web developers can use to generate timelines quickly without losing design flexibility. So we made our own.
Federal Agency Changes Guidelines for Repairing Homes With Defective Drywall
Wiring doesn't necessarily need to be removed from homes built with defective drywall, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Backgrounder: Behind the Battle Over Hidden Debit Card Fees
Here’s a look at why banks are lobbying lawmakers to postpone interchange fee reform, a payment system that most consumers may not know much about—but pay into anyway.
Trial to Open in Lawsuit Connected to Hospital Deaths After Katrina
A class-action lawsuit involving a hospital where an unusually high number of patients died after Hurricane Katrina is expected to raise issues of responsibility for disaster preparedness.
Even In Worst Case, Japan’s Nuclear Disaster Will Have Limited Reach
The long-term health and environmental impacts of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis should be largely contained to the area around the plant and a limited population.
Charting the Human Cost of Different Types of Energy
With recent coal, oil, and nuclear disasters, how do the risks of different types of energy compare?
Obama Counterterrorism Adviser Slams Congressional Efforts to Block Guantanamo’s Closure
President Obama’s counterterrorism adviser, John O. Brennan, delivered the administration’s most forceful public call to date for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center and the use of federal courts to try some detainees held there.
Our Quick Guide to Nuclear Plant Safety: What Could Go Wrong?
With nuclear safety concerns in the forefront as Japan works to stave off a meltdown, here's a look at some potential vulnerabilties when what can go wrong does go wrong.
Six Ways Fukushima is Not Chernobyl
There are key differences between what happened at Chernobyl and the current nuclear crisis in Japan.
From ProPublica's Sports Desk: Predicting NCAA Champs Using Academic Performance
What would happen in March Madness if the teams with the best academic performance won?
Watch The ProPublica Long-Form Storytelling Event
Watch the video of ProPublica's and the New School's long-form journalism panel.
Behind Administration Spin: Bailout Still $123 Billion in the Red
The administration has been on a charm offensive about the TARP. We check in with our bailout database to show where things really stand.
Villages Testify to Disparity in Benefits Alaska Native Corporations Provide
Congress created the system of Alaska Native Corporations with the promise of bringing prosperity to a scattered indigenous population stuck in poverty. The corporations have created pockets of success but not a wide-scale solution for joblessness and substance abuse.
Army Plans New Guidelines to Resolve Denials of Purple Hearts to Brain-Injured Soldiers
The Army’s move comes in response to an investigation published last September by ProPublica and NPR that revealed some soldiers had been wrongly denied the medal despite regulations that made them eligible for it.
In Proposed Mortgage Fraud Settlement, a Gift to Big Banks
Under terms being negotiated with state attorneys general, banks would be allowed to treat second liens like first mortgages — and to avoid coming clean on the true extent of their losses.
With Eyes Elsewhere, Here’s the Latest on U.S.’s (Muted) Responses to Mideast Crackdowns
As violence escalates in Bahrain, Qaddafi gains in Libya, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Egypt, we check in on how the U.S. has been responding to continued turmoil in the region.
