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Did You Go to a Washington Nationals Game With Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh?
Mon Aug 13 2018
Trump’s pick is a baseball fan who racked up considerable debt buying season tickets. Help us figure out who went...
Why India’s Civil Servants Are Disaffected With The 360-Degree Empanelment Process For Top Central Government Posts
Sun Aug 12 2018
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses secretaries of the government of India at an informal meeting in April 2015. That month,...
The “Discernible Lack Of Transparency” In 360-Degree Empanelment Is “Rather Unfair To The Officer”: Former Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrasekhar
Sun Aug 12 2018
KM Chandrasekhar served as the cabinet secretary, the highest post in the Indian civil service, for four years from 2007–11....
No place to run (rebroadcast)
Sat Aug 11 2018
In Texas, the foster care system is failing the vulnerable children it’s meant to protect, leaving many without a safe...
Deadnamed
Fri Aug 10 2018
The way cops in Jacksonville and other jurisdictions investigate the murders of transgender women adds insult to injury and may...
Famed Houston Surgeon Updates Conflict-of-Interest Disclosures
Fri Aug 10 2018
ProPublica and the Houston Chronicle reported in May that Dr. O.H. “Bud” Frazier had often failed to disclose his payments...
Amit Shah Omits Liability That Secured Credit For Son’s Business In Electoral Affidavit; Dramatic Increase In Credit Facilities To Son’s Firm In Last Year
Fri Aug 10 2018
Amit Shah mortgaged two of his properties for his son Jay Shah’s business venture Kusum Finserve LLP, which has recorded...
What Happens When a Pipeline Runs Afoul of Government Rules? Authorities Change the Rules.
Fri Aug 10 2018
Federal authorities halted work on the massive Mountain Valley Pipeline this month after an appeals court ruled that federal agencies...
Election 2016 Gets a Report Card
Thu Aug 09 2018
A report out today by the MIT Election Lab finds signs of progress and evidence of protest.
Pelosi is the star of GOP attack ads, worrying Democrats upbeat about midterms
Thu Aug 09 2018
While Democrats grow optimistic about their chances of taking control of the House in November, they are increasingly anxious that...
At prison reform meeting, Trump praises Texas’ “very successful” DACA challenge
Thu Aug 09 2018
The Trump administration has promised to phase out the Obama-era immigration program. But the president himself has also expressed sympathy...
The Real BlacKkKlansman - And Other KKK Infiltrators
Thu Aug 09 2018
Spike Lee’s Hero is Not the First Black Person to Breach the Klan — Or the Most Effective.
How I Befriended a Prisoner on Suicide Watch
Thu Aug 09 2018
I looked into her eyes and told her, “Promise me you won’t hurt yourself again.”
Care homes used untrained rehab workers while collecting millions from Medicaid
Thu Aug 09 2018
Seven adult care homes in North Carolina collected more than $8.4 million in Medicaid funding while employing untrained caregivers, some...
When spark meets sprawl: Building in wildlands increases fire risk
Wed Aug 08 2018
Fire is as common to Western states as the drought-dried shrubs that feed the flames. This month marks the 25th...
On Paul Manafort and foreign lobbying: a Q&A with the author of ‘The Torturers’ Lobby’
Wed Aug 08 2018
Center for Public Integrity’s 1992 report detailed Manafort’s early influence
Defense contractor ends its lease of Phoenix building where it held immigrant children
Wed Aug 08 2018
Less than a week after Reveal broke the story that contractor MVM Inc. was detaining immigrant children in an unmarked...
Federal agency sent immigrant kids to dangerous youth facility, despite warning signs
Wed Aug 08 2018
By the time the federal government started sending immigrant children to Shiloh Treatment Center in 2009, the warning flags were...
Democrats Vow Investigation of VA’s Shadow Rulers After ProPublica Story
Wed Aug 08 2018
“This situation reeks of corruption and cronyism,” said the top Democrat on the House veterans committee.
Let migrant children bid for asylum separate from parents' cases, lawyers say
Thu Aug 02 2018
Lawyers for a group of migrant children are fighting to ensure that the kids can plead for asylum independently of...