Susan Carroll Fellowship
A series by William Glaberson of The New York Times exposes the gross abuse of power by “part-times justices” across the state of New York. The New York Times did a one-year investigation of these town and village courts presided over by judges who have no legal pedigree – including some with no more than…
Read MoreSharon Theimer of the Associated Press reports that recently released Secret Service visitor logs reveal extensive “inside access” to presidential aides by Grover Norquist and Ralph Reed, both of whom are linked to Jack Abramoff. The records indicate at least 115 appointments since 2001, some lasting upwards of 12 hours. The release of the records…
Read MoreMichele Gillen of Miami’s CBS4 exposes the inhumane conditions of mentally-ill accused criminals being held in the Miami-Dade pre-trial detention center. The conditions are “morally incomprehensible” – multiple inmates share cells intended for a single prisoner; people sleep on floors covered in urine and feces; inmates are allowed out of their cells for only 30…
Read MoreTroy Anderson of the LA Daily News reports on the Los Angeles County “Fab Five” – the five members of the county Board of Supervisiors. “With salaries and benefits that can reach $185,232 a year, each of the five members of the county Board of Supervisors also controls a $3.2 million annual operating budget and…
Read MoreKatie Thomas, Tom McGinty and Andrew Strickler of Newsday used IRS migration data to show that "Long Islanders ... are leaving the region in growing numbers, and while traditional destinations such as Palm Beach, Fla., and Fort Lauderdale are still popular, many are bypassing those locations for fast-growing areas such as North Carolina and Tampa,…
Read MoreMike McIntire of The New York Times analyzed state campaign finance data to show that “one of the world's largest insurance companies has skirted [state] limits in giving almost 20 times that amount to some of New York's most prominent politicians.” New York law limits corporate contributions to $5,000 annually. AIG avoided these limits by…
Read MoreChitra Ragavan, Chief Legal Correspondent for U.S.News & World Report, has written “Capitol Crime,” a detailed piece about MZM, a defense contractor implicated in the Rep. “Duke” Cunningham briberies. “Based on a review of hundreds of pages of court documents, private internal MZM records, and detailed interviews with a dozen key officials, shows how [Mitchell]…
Read MoreHolly Becka, Gregg Jones, Jennifer LaFleur, and Steve McGonigle of The Dallas Morning News obtained and analyzed federal and state truck inspection and investigation records, accident reports and court records to show that trucking companies rarely take blame in fatal crashes. “They hire illegal immigrants who struggle to read road signs and communicate in English…
Read MoreAlison Young of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution analyzed awards recieved by the employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to show that the most frequent large cash awards and performance bonuses are recieved not by scientists, but mostly budget analysts, accountants, computer experts and other administrative managers. “The 72 CDC employees who received…
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