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The Hell of American Day Care
“Trusting your child with someone else is one of the hardest things that a parent has to do—and in the United States, it’s harder still, because American day care is a mess. About 8.2 million kids—about 40 percent of children under five—spend at least part of their week in the care of somebody other than a…
Read MoreNRA spends record money on lobbying this year
“As gun control debates raged in Congress early this year, the National Rifle Association increased its federal government lobbying expenditures to record levels, new filings with the U.S. Senate indicate,” according to an investigation by The Center for Public Integrity.
Read MoreBilling puts psychiatrist in two places at once; Minnesota alleges false billing
“A highly paid psychiatrist working in state mental health hospitals engaged in a pattern of false billing claims while collecting more than $430,000 in payments beyond his base salary over three years, according to investigative documents obtained by the Star Tribune.” Read the Star Tribune’s full investigation here.
Read MoreChemical Safety Board investigations languish
The Center for Public Integrity reports that the U.S. Chemical Safety Board operates with a sluggish investigative pace and short attention span. A former board member told CPI that the agency is “grossly mismanaged.” “The number of board accident reports, case studies and safety bulletins has fallen precipitously since 2006,” according to an analysis by…
Read MoreFDA let drugs approved by fraudulent research stay on market
ProPublica reports that in 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced years’ worth of studies from a major drug research lab were potentially worthless. Those studies were part of the bases for about 100 drugs that made it to the U.S. market. According to ProPublica, the FDA let those drugs stay on pharmacy shelves…
Read MoreThe Curse of Fertilizer
“Runaway nitrogen is suffocating wildlife in lakes and estuaries, contaminating groundwater, and even warming the globe’s climate. As a hungry world looks ahead to billions more mouths needing nitrogen-rich protein, how much clean water and air will survive our demand for fertile fields?” Read National Geographic’s full investigation here.
Read MoreExtra Extra Monday: Faltering courts, the curse of fertilizer, nuclear byproduct, stranding the mentally ill
Faltering Courts, Mired in Delays | The New York Times“The Bronx courts are failing. With criminal cases languishing for years, a plague of delays in the Bronx criminal courts is undermining one of the central ideals of the justice system, the promise of a speedy trial.” The Curse of Fertilizer | National Geographic Magazine“Runaway nitrogen…
Read MoreNuclear byproduct levels on Treasure Island higher than Navy disclosed
“Land slated for development on Treasure Island contains elevated concentrations of cesium-137, a byproduct of nuclear fission associated with an increased risk of cancer, according to an independent analysis commissioned by the Center for Investigative Reporting.” Read CIR’s full investigation here.
Read MoreNevada buses hundreds of mentally ill patients to cities around country
“Over the past five years, Nevada’s primary state psychiatric hospital has put hundreds of mentally ill patients on Greyhound buses and sent them to cities and towns across America,” according to an investigation by The Sacramento Bee.
Read MoreA backlash against Minnesota’s growing ranks of Level Three sex offenders
“Despite a state law, many Level Three sex offenders are ending up in the same few neighborhoods,” the Minneapolis Star-Tribune found from its investigation.
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