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Black Patients Are Missing Out On Promising Cancer Drugs

A ProPublica analysis found that black people and Native Americans are under-represented in clinical trials of new drugs, even when the treatment is aimed at a type of cancer that disproportionately affects them.

September 20th, 2018

By ProPublica

Black Patients Are Missing Out On Promising Cancer Drugs

This story was co-published with Stat. It’s a promising new drug for multiple myeloma, one of the most savage blood cancers. Called Ninlaro, it can be taken as a pill, sparing patients painful injections or cumbersome IV treatments. In a video sponsored by the manufacturer, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.,

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Lee Camp: How News of a Cure for Cancer Got Lost in Our Nightly Political Theater

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Worker Charged With Sexually Molesting Eight Children at Immigrant Shelter

The allegations against the Southwest Key youth care worker are the latest in a series of serious accusations of sexual abuse inside the government’s immigrant youth shelters.

August 03rd, 2018

By ProPublica

Worker Charged With Sexually Molesting Eight Children at Immigrant Shelter

This story includes graphic details of alleged sexual violence against minors. A youth care worker for Southwest Key has been charged with 11 sex offenses after authorities accused him of molesting at least eight unaccompanied immigrant boys over nearly a year at one of the company’s shelters in Mesa, Arizona, federal court records show. The

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From Mass Incarceration to Plan Colombia: Biden’s Role in the Failed War on Drugs

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New FOIA Docs Expose Conditions in Private Immigration Prison So Bad That Even ICE Was Shocked

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Don’t Let His New Book Fool You, Bush Laid the Groundwork for Today’s Immigration Nightmare

Why Are Hate Crime Statistics So Poorly Tracked?

An AP analysis revealed that more than 2,700 agencies have never submitted a single hate crime report.

June 13th, 2016

By ProPublica

Why Are Hate Crime Statistics So Poorly Tracked?

Last June, a gunman opened fire at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church – a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina. Nine people were killed, and the subsequent investigation resulted in federal hate crime charges against the alleged

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Peter Beinart

How Two Seemingly Unrelated Events Laid Israel’s Racism Problem Bare

What Algorithmic Injustice Looks Like In Real Life

A computer program rated defendants’ risk of committing a future crime. These are the results.

May 31st, 2016

By ProPublica

What Algorithmic Injustice Looks Like In Real Life

Courtrooms across the nation are using computer programs to predict who will be a future criminal. The programs help inform decisions on everything from bail to sentencing. They are meant to make the criminal justice system fairer — and to weed out human biases. ProPublica tested one such program and found that

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Journalists, Activists Condemn UK Decision to Keep Assange Locked Up without Charge

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Trump Tells Florida Crowd “Something Will Happen in Venezuela” Soon

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Chris Hedges: My Student Comes Home

Split Decision On NYPD’s X-ray Vans

A state appeals court said the NYPD doesn’t have to tell the public about how it has used X-ray vans to detect explosives or how much they cost. But it does have to tell them about radiation risks.

May 13th, 2016

By ProPublica

Split Decision On NYPD’s X-ray Vans

A state appeals court today ordered the New York City Police Department to release information on the health risks of the unmarked X-ray vans that it uses to covertly detect explosives. But the panel overturned a

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Killer Cops: Police Killed Over 1,000 Americans in 2020

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France’s New Security Law May Have Just Sparked a “George Floyd” Moment

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From British Israelism to the Miami Model: What’s Behind QAnon’s 2020 Resurgence?

Wall Street Stock Loans Drain $1 Billion A Year From German Taxpayers

Carefully timed deals help big money managers skirt dividend taxes in 20 countries, confidential documents show.

May 03rd, 2016

By ProPublica

Wall Street Stock Loans Drain $1 Billion A Year From German Taxpayers

German companies are known for paying some of the heftiest dividends among world stocks, one reason U.S. investment giants such as BlackRock and Vanguard are among the biggest holders of German shares. But Wall Street has figured out a way to squeeze some extra income from these stocks. And German taxpayers pay for it. A cache of confidential

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Mnuchin Wall Street Bail Out

With Rent Freezes About to Expire, Mnuchin Lobbies for More Wall Street Bailouts

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Defense Sectary Visits Hawkish Atlantic Council to Announce US Troop Buildup on Russia Border

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Anti-Laundering Bill Targeting Shell Companies Stalled in Senate as Big Banks Caught Cooking Books

North Carolina’s New Anti-LGBT Law Is A Trojan Horse

It’s not just bathrooms. Lawmakers also took away the right to sue under state law for all kinds of employment discrimination.

April 07th, 2016

By ProPublica

North Carolina’s New Anti-LGBT Law Is A Trojan Horse

When North Carolina lawmakers passed what is widely viewed as the most sweeping anti-LGBT law in the country, supporters said it was needed to fend off a potential wave of local laws like the transgender-friendly bathroom ordinance adopted by the city of Charlotte. Opponents have called the new law a “hostile takeover of human rights.” But all

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Politicians Silent on Chelsea Manning’s Imprisonment on Trans Day of Visibility

Israel Netanyahu | David Lau

Israel’s DNA Screening for ‘Jewishness’ Epitomizes the Discriminatory Spirit of the EthnoState

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