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- Great Inheritors: How 3 Families Shielded Fortunes from Taxes for Generations https://www.propublica.org/article/the-great-inheritors-how-three-families-shielded-their-fortunes-from-taxes-for-generations 6 comments
- How a $175 covid-19 test led to $2,479 in charges https://www.propublica.org/article/how-a-covid-19-test-led-to-charges 61 comments
- Wasted Funds How Sheriffs Undermined Their Successors After Losing Reelection https://www.propublica.org/article/alabama-sheriffs-undermine-successors-after-losing-reelection 6 comments
- The Fight Against an Age-Old Effort to Block Americans From Voting https://www.propublica.org/article/literacy-tests-voting-rights-georgia-election#1428724 13 comments politics
- Ten Ways Billionaires Avoid Taxes on an Epic Scale https://www.propublica.org/article/billionaires-tax-avoidance-techniques-irs-files?id=38df0dd8-2348-4b1f-84cd-47b672f79cb6&position=4&sponsored=0 2 comments economy
- Ten Ways Billionaires Avoid Taxes on an Epic Scale https://www.propublica.org/article/billionaires-tax-avoidance-techniques-irs-files 7 comments politics
- Ten Ways Billionaires Avoid Taxes on an Epic Scale https://www.propublica.org/article/billionaires-tax-avoidance-techniques-irs-files 120 comments economics
- Ten Ways Billionaires Avoid Taxes on an Epic Scale https://www.propublica.org/article/billionaires-tax-avoidance-techniques-irs-files 6 comments economy
- This Scientist Created a Rapid Test Just Weeks Into the Pandemic. Here’s Why You Still Can’t Get It. | Irene Bosch developed a quick, inexpensive COVID-19 test in early 2020. The Harvard-trained scientist already had a factory set up. But she was stymied by an FDA process experts say made no sense. https://www.propublica.org/article/this-scientist-created-a-rapid-test-just-weeks-into-the-pandemic-heres-why-you-still-cant-get-it 37 comments politics
- How Facebook Undermines Privacy Protections for Its 2 Billion WhatsApp Users https://www.propublica.org/article/how-facebook-undermines-privacy-protections-for-its-2-billion-whatsapp-users 2 comments android
- 40 Million People Rely on the Colorado River. It’s Drying Up Fast. https://www.propublica.org/article/40-million-people-rely-on-the-colorado-river-its-drying-up-fast 4 comments climate
- The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax 93 comments business
- Eugene Clemons May Be Ineligible for the Death Penalty. A Rigid Clinton-Era Law Could Force Him to Be Executed Anyway. https://www.propublica.org/article/eugene-clemons-death-penalty 4 comments law
- The Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Hackers Had a Secret Weapon: Self-Promoting Cybersecurity Firms https://www.propublica.org/article/the-colonial-pipeline-ransomware-hackers-had-a-secret-weapon-self-promoting-cybersecurity-firms?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter&utm_content=feature 14 comments technology
- Timber Tax Cuts Cost Oregon Towns Billions. Then Polluted Water Drove Up the Price - Rural communities in Oregon paid millions of dollars for clean, safe drinking water because the state didn’t protect their watersheds from logging-related contamination. https://www.propublica.org/article/timber-water-oregon 5 comments politics
- America Is About to Lose Its 200,000th Life to Coronavirus. How Many More Have to Die? https://www.propublica.org/article/america-is-about-to-lose-its-200-000th-life-to-coronavirus-how-many-more-have-to-die 136 comments politics
- “Defendant Shall Not Attend Protests”: In Portland, Getting Out of Jail Requires Relinquishing Constitutional Rights https://www.propublica.org/article/defendant-shall-not-attend-protests-in-portland-getting-out-of-jail-requires-relinquishing-constitutional-rights 3 comments politics
- Trump Is Donating Ventilators to Countries That Don’t Need or Can’t Use Them https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-is-donating-ventilators-to-countries-that-dont-need-or-cant-use-them 4 comments worldnews
- ‘All the Hospitals Are Full’: In Houston, Overwhelmed ICUs Leave COVID-19 Patients Waiting in ERs https://www.propublica.org/article/all-the-hospitals-are-full-in-houston-overwhelmed-icus-leave-covid-19-patients-waiting-in-ers 71 comments politics
- A Company Run by a White House “Volunteer” With No Experience in Medical Supplies Got $2.4 Million From the Feds for Medical Supplies https://www.propublica.org/article/a-company-run-by-a-white-house-volunteer-with-no-experience-in-medical-supplies-got-2.4-million-from-the-feds-for-medical-supplies?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social 8 comments politics
- Senate Investigation Criticizes the IRS for Failing to Oversee Free Filing Program https://www.propublica.org/article/senate-investigation-criticizes-the-irs-for-failing-to-oversee-free-filing-program#964467 3 comments politics
- In a 10-Day Span, ICE Flew This Detainee Across the Country — Nine Times https://www.propublica.org/article/coronavirus-ice-flights-detainee-sirous-asgari 8 comments politics
- Donald and Ivanka Trump Were Involved in Inaugurationâs Inflated Payments to Family Business, New Suit Says â ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-inc-podcast-inauguration-complaint 5 comments politics
- Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths and Post Sexist Memes https://www.propublica.org/article/secret-border-patrol-facebook-group-agents-joke-about-migrant-deaths-post-sexist-memes?utm_content=bufferb836a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=buffer#164072 4 comments politics
- How the IRS Gave Up Fighting Political Dark Money Groups https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-political-dark-money-groups-501c4-tax-regulation?utm_content=buffer1c177&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=buffer 3 comments politics
- Rudy Says Having Business in the Ukraine May Mean Organized Crime Links https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-inc-podcast-rudy-giuliani-mystery-trips-to-russia-armenia-and-ukraine 28 comments politics
- Here Are the Trump Projects Where Ivanka and Her Dad Misled Buyers — ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/here-are-the-trump-projects-where-ivanka-and-her-dad-misled-buyers 19 comments politics
- What’s in a Resume? A Lot, When It Comes to Trump Staffers https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-town-trump-administration-staffers-resumes 4 comments politics
- Congress Aims to Force Pentagon Reform on Open Burning of Munitions https://www.propublica.org/article/congress-aims-to-force-pentagon-reform-on-open-burning-of-munitions 3 comments politics
- Any Half-Decent Hacker Could Break Into Mar-a-Lago https://www.propublica.org/article/any-half-decent-hacker-could-break-into-mar-a-lago 9 comments technology
- Trump Administration hires former lobbyist of for-profit colleges on Education Department landing team--weeks later, the department begins to roll back for-profit college regulations. https://www.propublica.org/article/for-profit-colleges-gain-beachhead-in-trump-administration 10 comments politics
- Trump administration imposes freeze on EPA grants and contracts https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-imposes-freeze-on-epa-grants-and-contracts 6 comments politics
- How your health and prescription records are being treated like credit report information that is easily accessed by the wrong people. https://www.propublica.org/article/small-scale-violations-of-medical-privacy-often-cause-the-most-harm 3 comments privacy
- The World’s Email Encryption Software Relies on One Guy, Who is Going Broke http://www.propublica.org/article/the-worlds-email-encryption-software-relies-on-one-guy-who-is-going-broke 198 comments worldnews
- Republicans Say No to CDC Gun Violence Research http://www.propublica.org/article/republicans-say-no-to-cdc-gun-violence-research 417 comments politics
- Coming in January: Obamacare Rate Shock Part Two http://www.propublica.org/article/coming-in-january-obamacare-rate-shock-part-two 4 comments politics
- TSA is phasing out X-ray body scanners in favor of newer millimeter wave scanners that protect privacy better--" It then creates a generic image of a body and highlights any potential threat with a yellow box. No human being analyzes the image; it is all automated." http://www.propublica.org/article/the-inactivation-of-the-body-scanners?google_editors_picks=true 168 comments politics
- Pandora asks listeners to share their email address with Romney. http://www.propublica.org/article/pandora-asks-listeners-to-share-their-emails-with-romney 3 comments politics
- What is the opposite of CNN, FOX, and MSNBC? Real News. Meet ProPublica. http://www.propublica.org 68 comments politics
- BP, which for weeks claimed the leak was just 1-5k barrels/day, has constantly said that actually measuring the leak was a waste of time (official lowball est. is now at least 12-19k bls). But its "Oil Spill Response Plan," filed last year, said measuring a spill was "critical" http://www.propublica.org/ion/blog/item/bp-documents-prior-to-accident-said-measuring-oil-flow-was-critical/ 12 comments politics
- During the height of the financial crisis, GE publicly claimed that its ability to sell short term debt was "robust." Privately, they told the Treasury secretary that it was "very difficult" http://www.propublica.org/feature/paulson-general-electric-immelt-financial-crisis-022010 4 comments business