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Debt Collectors Have Made A Fortune This Year; Now They’re Coming For More.
After a pause for the pandemic, debt buyers are back in the courts, suing debtors by the thousands.
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Meet The Baconator
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What’s It Like To Be A Contact Tracer?
ProPublica spoke with three coronavirus contact tracers to find out.
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Investors Extracted $400 Million From Hospital Chain
Prospect medical, a hospital that sometimes couldn’t pay for medical supplies or gas for ambulances, loses millions.
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The Obama Justice Department Had A Plan; The Trump DOJ Has Undermined It
The Trump administration has not aggressively enforced existing agreements to monitor abusive law enforcement agencies.
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How To Tell A Political Stunt From A Real Vaccine
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Ohio Forces GM To Reimburse $28 Million In Public Subsidies
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Veteran, War Hero, Defendant, Troll
A ban from Facebook has apparently done little to slow Brian Kolfage.
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How Federal Schools Are Failing Native American Students
The federal government promised Native American students computers; internet, but are still waiting.
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The Students Left Behind By Remote Learning
Has a desire to keep the coronavirus out of schools put children’s long-term well-being at stake?
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What Trump And Biden Should Really Debate At The Cleveland Clinic
Why the hospital’s private police mostly arrest black people.
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A Real Vaccine Before The Election? It’d Take A Miracle
There is a small chance that Pfizer’s vaccine trial will yield results by Nov. 3.
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North Carolina Mail Voting, In-Person Voting Starts and Naked Ballots
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Billionaire Governor’s Companies Reached $140 Million In Lawsuit Settlements; Unpaid Bills
A company owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice agreed to a $4.4 million settlement over missed coal shipments.
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Foreign Hackers Cripple Texas County’s Email System
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Gov. Newsom Says California Is Cracking Down On Oil Spills
Contrary reporting shows many are still flowing.
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When Is A Meeting Not A Meeting And A Lawmaker Not A Lawmaker?
Chicago’s mayor held secretive calls with the City Council and claimed they weren't “public business.”
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New Jersey Law Says Criminal Cops Should Go To Jail
Records reveal the officers very rarely do.
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In North Carolina, Black Voters’ Mail-In Ballots Likely To Be Rejected
Black voters were more than twice as likely to have mail-in ballots rejected than those submitted by the state’s white voters.
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Taxpayers May Be On The Hook For $76 Million
Plan to fix rural America’s broken nursing homes may backfire.
