Message Machine: Reverse Engineering an Obama Email Campaign
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Reverse-Engineering Obama’s Message Machine
How different are a campaign's emails to different voters? President Obama's re-election campaign tried at least six different messages sent on behalf of campaign deputy manager Julianna Smoot in an email blast last week.
Law School Clinic for Pardons Planned
Spurred by findings in a ProPublica investigation, former Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich pushes for a program to address inequities in the pardons process.
BP Settlement Leaves Most Complex Claims Unresolved
BP has agreed to pay $7.8 billion to compensate Gulf Coast residents damaged in a massive 2010 oil spill, but the company still faces a criminal investigation and a battery of state lawsuits and federal claims
NYC’s Anti-Profiling Law: ‘Not Worth Paper It’s Written On’
A law signed by Mayor Bloomberg bars profiling by police based on religion. So, why hasn’t there been an investigation of the NYPD’s surveillance of Muslims?
Top MuckReads: Internet Clones, AIG’s Tax-Fueled Profit and The Deadliest Place in Mexico
The most damning journalism of the past week.
Fed Shrugged Off Warnings, Let Banks Pay Shareholders Billions
In late 2010, a major regulator warned the Federal Reserve: Banks are not healthy enough to increase dividends, and the economy could implode again.
Major Projects
Fracking
Gas Drilling's Environmental Threat
New York Court Affirms Towns’ Powers to Ban Fracking
New York communities gain new authority to determine who can frack in their town.
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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Post Mortem
Death Investigation in America
Free, But Not Cleared: Ernie Lopez Comes Home
The case of an Amarillo man, released from prison last week, reflects a larger controversy over the reliability of scientific evidence in child death cases.
Foreclosure Crisis
Banks and Government Fail Homeowners
What Do Republican Presidential Candidates Say on Foreclosure Crisis? Not Much.
Our guide to how the candidates say they would approach the housing crisis — when they speak about it at all.
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
Law School Clinic for Pardons Planned
Spurred by findings in a ProPublica investigation, former Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich pushes for a program to address inequities in the pardons process.
The Wall Street Money Machine
Financial Firm Fined for Misleading Investors on Magnetar Bets
Yet another player, Boston’s State Street, is scrutinized over Magnetar deals and fined $5 million.