Sound, Fury and the IRS Mess
May 22, 2013 6:00 am-
The Most Important #Muckreads on Rape in the MilitaryMen and women marines stand in formation at Camp Delaram in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (Paula Bronstein/Getty...by ProPublica.org on May 16, 2013 8:27 pm -
On Victory Drive, Soldiers Defeated by DebtTitle Credit Finance is two doors down from Cashwells Title Pawn and World Finance Corp. on Victory Drive outside...by ProPublica.org on May 16, 2013 6:00 am -
IRS Office That Targeted Tea Party Also Disclosed Confidential Docs From Conservative Groupsby Kim Barker and Justin Elliott ProPublica The same IRS office that deliberatelytargeted conservative groups...by ProPublica.org on May 15, 2013 6:00 am
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The 182% Loan: How Installment Lenders Put Borrowers in a World of Hurt
by Paul Kiel ProPublica This story was co-produced with Marketplace. Listen to their coverage. One day late last year, Katrina Sutton stood at a gas pump outside Atlanta and swiped her debit card. Insufficient funds. But that couldn’t be. She’d been careful to wait until her $270 paycheck from Walmart had hit her account. The money wasn’t there? [...]
Reversal of Fortune: A Prosecutor on Trial
by Raymond Bonner Special to ProPublica For 30 years, Ken Anderson was the face of law enforcement in Williamson County, Texas, first as a bearded district attorney asking the court for tough sentences, and for the last 10 years handing those kinds of sentences out as a judge. Earlier this month, his beard gone, his [...]
Kansas Governor Insists it’s OK to Ignore Federal Gun Laws
by Lois Beckett ProPublica Dozens of states are considering bills that attempt to nullify federal gun laws. One such bill became a law last month in Kansas. It exempts “Made in Kansas” guns from federal regulation and makes it a crime for federal agents to enforce federal law. Attorney General Eric Holder recently wrote to Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, saying [...]
Intern vs. Mayor: Battle Bares Bloomberg’s Argument for Secrecy
by Sergio Hernandez Special to ProPublica In November 2010, I was earning $300 a week for The Village Voice, blogging about unemployed actors who moonlit as bed bug exterminators and a city project to make biofuel out of toilet water. One afternoon, then-Schools Chancellor Joel Klein stunned the city by suddenly resigning his post of eight [...]
Everything We Know About What’s Happened Under Sequestration
by Theodoric Meyer ProPublica We’ve updated our sequestration explainer to reflect new developments. It was originally published on April 11, 2013. When the annual White House Easter Egg Hunt faced cancellation this year due to the package of mandatory budget cuts known as sequestration, the National Park Service kicked into high gear. It rescued the event [...]
Nullification: How States Are Making It a Felony to Enforce Federal Gun Laws
by Lois Beckett ProPublica In mid-April, Kansas passed a law asserting that federal gun regulations do not apply to guns made and owned in Kansas. Under the law, Kansans could manufacture and sell semi-automatic weapons in-state without a federal license or any federal oversight. Kansas’ “Second Amendment Protection Act” backs up its states’ rights claims with a penalty [...]
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