Mar 1
2013
Making sense of the sequester
ProPublica has put together a nifty package of graphics from news organizations that show the impact of the federal budget sequester.
Posted 11 years ago
Mar 1
2013
ProPublica has put together a nifty package of graphics from news organizations that show the impact of the federal budget sequester.
Feb 26
2013
Congress suspended research into gun violence in the mid-1990s under pressure from the National Rifle Association. ProPublica talks to researchers who say their work showed that houses with guns are much more prone to murders and suicides.
Feb 25
2013
How the junk food industry puts profits over public health. An investigation from The New York Times Magazine.
Feb 25
2013
The UB Specturm has published a devastating investigation into the university’s indifference towards the unsafe housing and neighborhoods many of its students live in. UB’s position, in the words of one tone-deaf administrator: “We’re not in the protection business.”
Feb 22
2013
A state employee praises Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is threatened with termination, resigns, and gets raked over the coals anyway. His sin: talking to a reporter without permission. The New York Times details the lengths to which Cuomo and Co. micromanage the release of information.
Feb 22
2013
The Public Accountability Initiative offers the first extensive report of the connections between the natural gas industry, Pennsylvania government officials and the environmental regulators.
Feb 14
2013
Under pressure from the chemical industry, the EPA is holding off on issuing regulations to ban a chemical compound commonly found in tap water that may cause cancer. A report from the Center for Public Integrity.
Feb 12
2013
Politico reports that Carl Paladino, who tussled with New York Post columnist Fred Dicker during his failed race for governor two years ago, sought out the scribe Tuesday during a trip to Albany long enough to flip him the bird. A report from Politico.