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‘Somebody Intervened in Washington’
How oil industry lobbyists played the long game — wearing down an overmatched federal bureaucracy to gain access to a fuel-rich corner of the Alaskan wilderness.
Nursing Home Workers Share Explicit Photos of Residents on Snapchat
A ProPublica review found 35 cases since 2012 in which nursing home or assisted living workers surreptitiously shared photos or videos of residents on social media. At least 16 cases involved Snapchat.
Inappropriate Social Media Posts by Nursing Home Workers, Detailed
Below are details of 47 incidents since 2012 in which workers at nursing homes and assisted-living centers shared photos or videos of residents on social media networks. The details come from government inspection reports, court cases and media reports.
How ProPublica is (Un)-Covering Politics This Year and Beyond
Our series, “The Breakdown,” seeks to show how government and politics really work, and why they don’t.
Rape is Rape, Isn’t It?
It depends on who is counting, and what they count.
Patient Safety Voices Reporting Recipe
More than 1 million patients suffer harm each year in U.S. health care facilities. Often, their harm isn’t acknowledged even as they live with the consequences. ProPublica set out to capture their stories. Here is what we learned.
The Voices of Patient Harm
More than 1 million patients suffer harm each year in U.S. health care facilities. Often, their harm isn’t acknowledged even as they live with the consequences. ProPublica set out to capture their stories. Here is what we learned.
A Trail of Medical Errors Ends in Grief, But No Answers
Paula Schulte couldn't survive a cascade of medical mistakes. After that, her family couldn't get accountability.
We Blew $17 Billion in Afghanistan. How Would You Have Spent It?
The U.S. government has wasted billions of dollars in Afghanistan, and until now, no one has added it all up. Project after project blundered ahead ignoring history, culture and warnings of failure. And Congress has barely blinked as the financial toll has mounted. Here’s just what the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction found. See for yourself how that money could have been used at home.
Devils, Deals and the DEA
Why Chapo Guzman was the biggest winner in the DEA’s longest running drug cartel case
An Unbelievable Story of Rape
An 18-year-old said she was attacked at knifepoint. Then she said she made it up. That’s where our story begins.
How We Reported ‘An Unbelievable Story of Rape’
The reporting by ProPublica and The Marshall Project spanned several months and involved numerous interviews, a review of previously undisclosed law enforcement records and exchanges with experts on investigating rape.
Kids Get Hurt at Residential Schools While States Look On
Some residential programs for kids have settled on better ways to handle children. But the best practices are almost entirely self-imposed.
The Making of a Narco-terrorist
Five criminals in far-flung parts of the world, five D.E.A. sting operations, five dubious links between drugs and terror. The characters are different but the story remains the same. Authorities said each case demonstrated alliances between terrorists and drug traffickers, but most of the alleged links fell apart in court. Here’s how narco-terrorism cases are made.
Fact-Checking the Debate on Encryption
The existence of coded communications is a reality and the U.S. may not be able to do much about it.
