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No Forensic Background? No Problem
There are no national standards for forensic experts. This is how I, a journalism grad student, became certified by the American College of Forensic Examiners International, a leading provider of forensic credentials.
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No Forensic Background? No Problem
There are no national standards for forensic experts. This is how I, a journalism grad student, became certified by the American College of Forensic Examiners International, a leading provider of forensic credentials.
Gulf Oil Spill
A Punishment BP Can’t Pay Off
What is missing is a criminal prosecution that holds BP individuals responsible.
Foreclosure Crisis
Banks and Government Fail Homeowners
10 Questions – And Answers – To Help You Understand the Foreclosure Crisis
In which Paul Kiel explains who's to blame for the foreclosure crisis.
Redistricting
How Powerful Interests Are Drawing You Out of a Vote
Opaque redistricting groups are being quietly bankrolled by corporations, unions and others to influence redistricting. They aim to help political allies—and in the process they’re hurting voters.
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Dollars for Doctors
How Industry Money Reaches Physicians
ProPublica is tracking the financial ties between doctors and medical companies.
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Presidential Pardons
Shades of Mercy
White criminals seeking presidential pardons are nearly four times as likely to succeed as people of color, a ProPublica examination has found.
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The Wall Street Money Machine
As investors left the housing market in the run-up to the meltdown, Wall Street sliced up and repackaged troubled assets based on those shaky mortgages, often buying those new packages themselves. That created fake demand, hid the banks’ real exposure, increased their bonuses — and ultimately made the mortgage crisis worse.
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