After Hurricane Katrina devastated St. Bernard Parish, many residents didn’t receive enough money from the state to rebuild. More than half made the difficult decision to start over somewhere else.
by Richard A. Webster and Jeff Adelson, The Advocate | The Times-Picayune, and Sophie Chou, ProPublica
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For years, low-income residents of New Orleans have said the state’s Road Home program paid them less to rebuild their homes compared to wealthier residents. They were right.
by Richard A. Webster and Jeff Adelson, The Advocate | The Times-Picayune, David Hammer, WWL-TV, and Sophie Chou, ProPublica
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Journalists are often expected to identify their sources, but reporting on children presents a number of dilemmas, particularly when issues of mental health are involved.
by Abigail Kramer, THE CITY
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The American Public Health Association raised concerns that plants “game the system” to hide asbestos problems and called for scrutiny from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
by Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi
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The organization famous for its cookie sales paired with equipment-maker Ericsson to encourage Scouts to spread the word about the technology and to tout its safety. Some scientists see it differently.
by Peter Elkind
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One in three Black children in Maricopa County, Arizona, faced a child welfare investigation over a five-year period, leaving many families in a state of dread. Some parents are pushing back.
by Eli Hager and Agnel Philip, ProPublica, and Hannah Rappleye, NBC News, photography by Stephanie Mei-Ling, special to ProPublica and NBC News
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Two years ago, the DEA arrested a Mexican general, hoping to lay bare the high-level corruption at the heart of organized crime. Then the case fell apart — and took down U.S.-Mexican cooperation on drug policy with it.
by Tim Golden
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How the most significant corruption case against a Mexican official fell apart.
by Tim Golden
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New accounts from workers contrast sharply with what chemical giants have said on the record about worker safety at their facilities. At an Olin plant outside of McIntosh, Alabama, workers recall decades of asbestos exposure.
by Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi, photography by Rich-Joseph Facun
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As regulators stay on the sideline, a growing industry expands its reach but leaves some pregnant patients feeling misled and heartbroken.
by Anna Clark, Adriana Gallardo, Jenny Deam and Mariam Elba
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Title lenders in the U.S. often use predatory practices to trap customers in high-interest loans, ProPublica recently reported. This guide will help you understand how title lending works and what your options are if you’re stuck in a contract.
by Margaret Coker, The Current, and Mollie Simon and Joel Jacobs, ProPublica
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A guide for readers, patients and caregivers.
by Ava Kofman
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Halfway house operators in Colorado have long been cited for failing to comply with standards, lapses that can lead to dangerous consequences. Yet regulators rarely force facilities to improve.
by Moe Clark, photography by Eli Imadali
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Universal Health Services collected more than $38 million in tax dollars for special education services that families and former teachers say it largely didn’t provide.
by Lulu Ramadan, Mike Reicher and Taylor Blatchford, The Seattle Times
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