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Top Cancer Researcher Fails to Disclose Corporate Financial Ties in Major Research Journals
Sat Sep 08 2018
A senior official at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has received millions of dollars in payments from companies that are...
What The Protesters At The Kisan-Mazdoor Sangharsh Rally Want To Tell The Modi Government
Fri Sep 07 2018
The farmers' demands include proper implementation of government schemes, including increasing the minimum wages under the MGNREGA, as well as...
School Shootings, Trains vs Planes, Ukraine-Russia Trade, UK Airport Crimes
Fri Sep 07 2018
What’s the global data journalism community tweeting about this week?
Shridhar Damle: Modi Gave Idea For RSS Book; Promotions Deliberately Focused On White-Skinned Andersen
Fri Sep 07 2018
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Heart Surgery “Legend” a Factor in Transplant Deaths, a St. Luke’s Colleague Told Inspector
Fri Sep 07 2018
Notes released by a federal agency indicate that one of the hospital’s top heart transplant doctors spoke about “a retiring...
There Was a Plan to Save This City From Flooding. But When the Rains Came, So Did Hesitance.
Thu Sep 06 2018
The Army Corps of Engineers’ delay in activating a floodway — land designated to take on water — cost millions...
As Months Pass in Chicago Shelters, Immigrant Children Contemplate Escape, Even Suicide
Thu Sep 06 2018
ZERO TOLERANCE As Months Pass in Chicago Shelters, Immigrant Children Contemplate Escape, Even Suicide Internal documents reveal despair and tedium...
State hate crime laws vary, often leaving out LBGTQ protections
Thu Sep 06 2018
Five states don't have laws that specifically criminalize hate crimes. Laws in 45 other states differ.
The Dirty Words Journalists Have to Say Without Blushing
Thu Sep 06 2018
The following text is a translation from the Spanish version of a lecture James Breiner gave at the University of...
Company using foreign workers botches U.S. Senate campaign finance records
Thu Sep 06 2018
A new spending bill contains a fix for an error-prone disclosure system. But will Congress act?
White extremist groups are growing — and changing
Wed Sep 05 2018
Experts say the term 'hate group' is increasingly difficult to define, as extremist groups grow in number, diversify in ideology...
Millions could lose low-cost phone service under FCC reforms
Wed Sep 05 2018
Government wants to cut Lifeline program citing waste, fraud and abuse
How to Share Sensitive Documents, Mine Twitter and Monitor Website Updates
Wed Sep 05 2018
When it comes to document management one of my favorite tools is DocumentCloud.
The Imam’s Widow
Wed Sep 05 2018
As the wife of a Muslim religious leader, she came to America with uncertainty and hope. A suspected hate crime...
At Hearing for Bronx Trash Hauler, More Questions About Safety and Oversight
Wed Sep 05 2018
Unregistered employees. Dangerously long driving schedules. Sanitation Salvage’s bid last week to have its suspension lifted produced more damning findings...
Why Am I Seeing This? Interesting Facebook Ads From Our Political Ad Collector
Wed Sep 05 2018
We're highlighting examples from our Facebook political ad collection that are interesting because of how they're targeted, what they say...
CJI Dipak Misra recommends Justice Ranjan Gogoi as his successor
Tue Sep 04 2018
Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra has written to the government recommending Justice Ranjan Gogoi as his successor.
The Database Documenting 60 Years of Conflict in Colombia
Tue Sep 04 2018
For five years, about 100 people processed 10,236 datasets from 592 sources and documented 353,531 facts for the Memory and...
If You Raise Questions, You Are Anti-Government, Anti-National: Adivasi-Rights Activist Stan Swamy On The Bhima-Koregaon Crackdown
Mon Sep 03 2018
On 28 August, the Pune Police raided the homes of nine prominent human-rights activists and intellectuals across the country.
The Many Plots To Assassinate Narendra Modi
Sun Sep 02 2018
The circumstances surrounding all the purported assassination plots against Narendra Modi are intriguing—for the backgrounds of the individuals allegedly plotting...