With Catholic health systems expanding, stricter rules could have implications for reproductive and maternity care across the country.

Justin Elliott and Steve Engelberg discuss how crowdsourcing played a crucial role in our latest report on the American Red Cross and its botched relief efforts.

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The schools' management company, which receives millions in public funds each year from the schools, says that the salaries paid to school administrators should be considered a trade secret.

The ability to reach a much wider universe of sources gives reporters a powerful new tool — if they know which questions to ask.

ProPublica reporters Justin Elliott and Jesse Eisinger took questions about their investigation into the Red Cross and its Sandy relief efforts on Reddit, Facebook and in the story’s comments.

An abortion measure in North Dakota that had raised concern among opponents about in vitro fertilization and end-of-life care failed after being 17 points up in polls.

Private foundation funded by founder of Slim Fast paid tax deductible dollars to consulting company owned by Ehud Olmert, Israeli political figure accused of corruption.

Ahead of the November midterms, we take stock of the state of voting rights across the country.

A new ranking of popular encrypted messaging programs finds the ones that are most effective at protecting users' privacy.

Cezary Podkul talks to Columbia University’s Anya Schiffrin about when journalism makes a difference and why.

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