Conservatives Go to War — Against Each Other — Over School Vouchers ( www.propublica.org )
U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Will Allow More Aggressive Homeless Encampment Removals ( www.propublica.org )
Some Surprises in the No Surprises Act ( www.propublica.org )
New Yorkers Were Choked, Beaten and Tased by NYPD Officers. The Commissioner Buried Their Cases. ( www.propublica.org )
New Yorkers Were Choked, Beaten and Tased by NYPD Officers. The Commissioner Buried Their Cases. ( www.propublica.org )
Exercising a little-known authority called “retention,” the commissioner, Edward Caban, ensured the case would never go to trial....
In a Push for Green Energy, One Federal Agency Made Tribes an Offer They Had to Refuse ( www.propublica.org )
The Federal Government Just Acknowledged the Harm Its Dams Have Caused Tribes. Here’s What It Left Out. ( www.propublica.org )
How America’s “Most Powerful Lobby” Is Stifling Efforts to Reform Oil Well Cleanup in State After State ( www.propublica.org )
Last year, representatives of New Mexico’s oil industry met behind closed doors with the very groups with which they typically clash — state regulators and environmentalists — in search of an answer to the more than 70,000 wells sitting unplugged across the state. Many leak oil, brine and toxic or explosive gasses, and...
How America’s “Most Powerful Lobby” Is Stifling Efforts to Reform Oil Well Cleanup in State After State ( www.propublica.org )
The industry, unhappy with the state’s final language, turned against the bill it helped shape....
How a Network of Nonprofits Enriches Fundraisers While Spending Almost Nothing on Its Stated Causes ( www.propublica.org )
ProPublica identified a group of connected political nonprofits — with names like American Breast Cancer Coalition and National Coalition for Disabled Veterans — that appear to be funneling more than 90% of donations to fundraisers....
Texas Is the Largest GOP Stronghold Without Pro-School Voucher Legislation. Gov. Abbott Is on a Crusade to Change That. ( www.propublica.org )
Plastic Fantasy ( www.propublica.org )
I'll be surprised if by the end of the current century if the petrol companies don't see a class action suit similar to the tobacco companies for damages wrought upon humanity....
The Delusion of “Advanced” Plastic Recycling ( www.propublica.org )
The Delusion of “Advanced” Plastic Recycling ( www.propublica.org )
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax ( www.propublica.org )
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax ( www.propublica.org )
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax ( www.propublica.org )
The Delusion of Advanced Plastics Recycling ( www.propublica.org )
Turns out even the most "advanced" modes of plastics recycling are bullshit, just as 40+years of plastics recycling efforts before them.
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax ( www.propublica.org )
How a Network of Nonprofits Enriches Fundraisers While Spending Almost Nothing on Its Stated Causes ( www.propublica.org )
How a Network of Nonprofits Enriches Fundraisers While Spending Almost Nothing on Its Stated Causes ( www.propublica.org )
The groups that are hiring Berkenbush are known as 527s, after a section of the tax code. They include federal political action committees — organizations that raise money to elect or defeat candidates and are regulated by the Federal Election Commission — but also a lesser-known group of nonprofits. These 527 groups limit...
North Carolina Supreme Court Secretly Squashed Discipline of Two GOP Judges Who Admitted to Violating Judicial Code ( www.propublica.org )
When Therapists Lose Their Licenses, Some Turn to the Unregulated Life Coaching Industry Instead ( www.propublica.org )
North Carolina Supreme Court Secretly Squashed Discipline of Two GOP Judges Who Admitted to Violating Judicial Code ( www.propublica.org )
Last fall, out of public view, the North Carolina Supreme Court squashed disciplinary action against two Republican judges who had admitted that they had violated the state’s judicial code of conduct, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the decisions....