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IRS office under scrutiny for targeting tea party groups also disclosed confidential info
By Kim Barker and Justin Elliott, ProPublica The same IRS office that deliberately targeted conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status in the run-up to the 2012 election released nine pending confidential applications of conservative groups to ProPublica late last year. The IRS did not respond to requests Monday following up about…
At least 20 prisoners still missing from CIA ‘black sites’
By Cora Currier, ProPublica In one of President Barack Obama first acts in the White House, he ordered the closure of the CIA’s so-called “black-site” prisons, where terror suspects had been held and, sometimes, tortured. The CIA says it is “out of the detention business,” as John Brennan, Obama’s pick…
Democrats: We won’t sell voter data for commercial use
by Lois Beckett State Democratic parties will not sell data about voters’ opinions to for-profit corporations, according to a statement released Friday by the head of a Democratic data-marketing co-op. “While such a sale is certainly a hypothetical possibility, it’s not one we intend to explore,” Ray Buckley, the board…
How George Romney tried to eliminate a ‘high-income white noose’ around black neighborhoods
By Nikole Hannah-Jones, ProPublica A few months after Congress passed a landmark law directing the federal government to dismantle segregation in the nation’s housing, President Nixon’s housing chief began plotting a stealth campaign. The plan, George Romney wrote in a confidential memo to aides, was to use his power as…
Study: Troops suffer concussions during combat training
By Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, and Daniel Zwerdling, NPR From reporting by NPR, ProPublica and Frontline, Sept. 8, 2010 This story was co-produced with NPR and is slated to air on All Things Considered. (Check local listings.) It was also co-published with Stars and Stripes. A new military study has found…
White, married, congressionally backed prisoners more likely to receive presidential pardons
By Dafna Linzer, ProPublica The U.S. Department of Justice has issued a request for proposals for its first-ever in-depth study of presidential pardons, providing fresh details on what it envisions the review will entail. The agency said it would undertake the study in response to articles published by ProPublica and…
Experts: $1 trillion cybercrime cost estimate is probably bunk
By Peter Maass and Megha Rajagopalan ProPublica Gen. Keith Alexander is the director of the National Security Agency and oversees U.S. Cyber Command, which means he leads the government’s effort to protect America from cyberattacks. Due to the secretive nature of his job, he maintains a relatively low profile, so…
FCC to vote on whether broadcast political ad data should be posted online
By Daniel Victor, ProPublica On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission will vote on a proposal that would require broadcasters to post political ad data online. While law currently requires the files to be public, the only way to access them now is to physically visit the stations. As a broadcast…
Mortgage giant Freddie Mac bet against homeowners: report
US-owned mortgage giant Freddie Mac is holding billions of dollars in investments that only pay off if homeowners remain locked into high interest rates, a media investigation has found. The report by the ProPublica website and National Public Radio on Monday said the mortgage giant began dramatically increasing such bets…
Racial slur on Papa John’s Pizza receipt goes viral
When an Asian-American customer of Papa John’s Pizza in New York City decided to vent by posting a receipt that identified her as “lady chinky eyes” on Twitter, she may have thought she was just letting off steam. But in the last day, the receipt has been viewed over 200,000…
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