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We’re launching a new interactive database that you can use to track congressional votes, bills and members.
For Nebraska’s Poor, Get Sick and Get Sued
Cheap court fees and looser rules make suing over medical debts as small as $60 easy. Every year Nebraska collection agencies file lawsuits by the tens of thousands.
Groups Mull Suits Over Police Stings Aimed at Immigrant-owned Stores
Advocates, trade groups and lawmakers respond after an investigation by the New York Daily News and ProPublica shows the NYPD disproportionately targets businesses in minority neighborhoods for nuisance abatement actions.
Vietnam Vets Push VA to Link Bladder Cancer to Agent Orange
The Department of Veterans Affairs is evaluating new research as it decides whether to extend benefits to exposed vets with the disease.
The Exceptions: A Rare Few Score Agent Orange Benefits for Bladder Cancer
While most vets’ claims for benefits are denied, some have figured out a way to win.
FDA to Massachusetts Group Home: Stop Shocking Disabled Residents
The government questions whether The Judge Rotenberg Center has been straight with families about the risks of its electrical shock devices and alternative treatments.
NY Lawmakers Discuss Tougher Oversight for Nurses
Legislators are looking for ways to close gaps exposed by a recent ProPublica investigation. New York does less than other states to check nurses’ criminal backgrounds and often is slow to discipline licensees for lapses in care.
Mexico Finds It Easier to Focus on Trump Than Its Own Failings
Experts accuse the Mexican government of thwarting its investigation of a student massacre and torturing suspects, but the top story in a prominent Mexican newspaper is about standing up to Trump.
SRSLY: That Wild Alaskan Pollock Is Frozen Chinese Pollock?
Your three-minute read on the best reporting you probably missed.
ProPublica Announces 2016 Civic News Lab Fellows
Join us in congratulating Amana Kaskazi and Paola Villarreal on being named ProPublica's first ever Civic News Lab fellows.
Mexican Human Rights Defenders Say They Are Target of Smear Campaign
On the eve of the release of a report investigating a student massacre in 2014, its authors and other human rights advocates fear an attempt to pre-empt the findings and discredit the work.
Recap: Chat with The Lawyer Who Wrote the Nuisance Abatement Law
Sidney Baumgarten commissioned the drafting of the Nuisance Abatement Law in the 1970s to clean up Times Square. He says the way the NYPD uses it today violates the constitution.
The NYPD is Running Stings Against Immigrant-Owned Shops, Then Pushing For Warrantless Searches
“It was total entrapment,” says one storeowner.
Foiled by FOIL: How One City Agency Has Dragged Out a Request for Public Records for Nearly a Year
After eight proposed delivery dates, the Administration for Children’s Services still has not provided public records we asked for almost a year ago.
New York Hospital to Pay $2.2 Million Fine for Allowing Filming of Patients Without Consent
Federal action could spell the end of emergency room reality television.
