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What a New Doctor Learned About Medical Mistakes From Her Mom’s Death
Dr. Elaine Goodman says hospital culture has to embrace the notion that reporting and tracking medical errors are a positive, not punitive, step: “It’s not enough just to have caring, qualified people to keep the patient safe.”
Although a Fugitive, Accused Guatemalan War Criminal Hasn’t Run Far
ProPublica’s reporting last year about the search for perpetrators of the Dos Erres masscare led to the discovery that an ex-colonel who is a leading suspect had lived openly in an upscale Guatemala City neighborhood.
Home Builders Lobby Weakens Drywall Legislation
A bill heralded by lawmakers as a victory for thousands of homeowners harmed by contaminated drywall was weakened after input from the homebuilding industry.
Feds Replace Flawed Foreclosure Review With Vague $8.5 Billion Settlement
Banking regulators admitted the Independent Foreclosure Review was a big expensive mess and shut it down. But many details about the $8.5 billion settlement that replaces it remain murky.
Five Federal Policies on Guns You’ve Never Heard Of
It’s not just states that have relaxed gun laws. Federal lawmakers have come up with a few of their own.
Facing a Second Trial, Ernie Lopez Takes Plea Deal
An Amarillo man whose conviction for sexually assaulting a child was reversed after experts questioned forensic evidence used against him, pleads guilty to a reduced charge.
How You Can Help ProPublica Cover Patient Safety
More than 1,300 people — patients, doctors, nurses — have joined our Facebook group to debate causes and solutions to the problem of patients being harmed while receiving care.
Mass Shootings Do Little to Change State Gun Laws
We take a look at what's happened legislatively in states where some of the worst shootings in recent U.S. history have occurred to see what effect, if any, those events had on gun laws.
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Patient Safety
Exploring Quality of Care in the U.S.
What a New Doctor Learned About Medical Mistakes From Her Mom’s Death
Dr. Elaine Goodman says hospital culture has to embrace the notion that reporting and tracking medical errors are a positive, not punitive, step: “It’s not enough just to have caring, qualified people to keep the patient safe.”
Presidential Pardons
Shades of Mercy
White criminals seeking presidential pardons are nearly four times as likely to succeed as people of color, a ProPublica examination has found.
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IG Report: Senior Justice Department Official Shares Blame in Botched Clemency Case
Injection Wells
The Hidden Risks of Pumping Waste Underground
Injection wells used to dispose of the nation’s most toxic waste are showing increasing signs of stress as regulatory oversight falls short and scientific assumptions prove flawed.
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On a Wyoming Ranch, Feds Sacrifice Tomorrow's Water to Mine Uranium Today
Living Apart
Fair Housing in America
The authors of the 1968 Fair Housing Act wanted to reverse decades of government-fostered segregation. But leaders from both parties failed to effectively enforce the law and integrate housing.
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No Sting: Feds Won't Go Undercover to Prove Housing Discrimination
Freddie Mac
Unraveling the Freddie-Fannie Tangle
The taxpayer-backed mortgage giants, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, play a huge and growing role in the economy yet are riven by conflicts of interest and clashing goals. We examined the problems and solutions.
Lost to History
When War Records Go Missing
Military leaders botched the job of recordkeeping in two of our most-protracted wars, robbing historians of firsthand accounts of the fighting and making it harder for veterans to prove combat injuries or heroics, a ProPublica-SeattleTimes investigation found.
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Veterans' Advocate to Congress: Reconstruct Missing War Records
Dollars for Doctors
How Industry Money Reaches Physicians
ProPublica is tracking the financial ties between doctors and medical companies.
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