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Racial Diversity in adoptions on the rise

Lynette Clemetson and Ron Nixon of The New York Times looked at federal records and data maintained by Cornell University to identify a rise in interracial adoptions. "In 2004, 26 […]
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"Adult interference" inflates NJ test scores

The Philadelphia Inquirer's Frank Kummer and Melanie Burney expose the findings of a New Jersey Department of Education report on irregular test scores in the region. While avoiding the use […]
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ACS Data Spawns Slew of Stories

Following the release of the American Community Survey data by the Census Bureau, Mary Jo Sylwester of the St. Paul Pioneer Press compiled a list of stories utilizing the data […]
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Hospital profits from nonprofit tax loopholes

Tim Darragh and Ann Wlazelek, of The Morning Call, report on the Lehigh Valley (PA) Hospital which posted a record surplus - $ 76 million - in 2005. "Such boomtown […]
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Black students leaving Birmingham (Ala.) schools

Jeff Hansen and Marie Leech of The Birmingham News report on black flight from Birmingham's public schools and its impact on suburban school districts. In the past five years, Birmingham […]
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War Crimes in Vietnam went unpunished

A report by Nick Turse and Deborah Nelson for the Los Angeles Times shows recently declassified documents regarding war crimes committed during the Vietnam War establish that hundreds of soldiers […]
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City officials in Iowa generously compensated

"City managers and administrators in the Des Moines area and other large Iowa cities tend to be paid well above the national average - some by more than nearly double […]
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Valero seeks millions from TX counties

L.A. Lorek of the San Antonio Express-News reports that counties in Texas may end up paying Valero - the nation's largest independent refiner - millions of dollars due to inflated […]
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Florida plans for potential Cuban exodus

Kevin Begos, of the Tampa Tribune, reports that Florida has a plan in place to handle the potential influx of Cuban immigrants into the state. The Tribune obtained the state's […]
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Behind the mask of the Mo. execution doctor

Jeremy Kohler, of the St. Lousi Post-Dispatch, uncovered the identity of the doctor responsible supervising Missouri's lethal injection procedure. Banned from practicing in two hospitals in the state, charged with […]
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