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Athletes’ SAT scores lag at major colleges and universities
An investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution found that football and men’s basketball players on the nation’s big-time college teams averaged hundreds of points lower on their SATs than their classmates. The investigation involved using state open records acts to request reports that colleges must file with the NCAA disclosing SAT scores of their athletes. More than 50…
Read MoreOfficers use deadly deadly force against unarmed suspects
A Los Angeles Times investigation has found that over the last six years, police officers in Inglewood, Calif., have repeatedly resorted to physical or deadly force against suspects who were unarmed or accused of minor offenses. In the span of four months this year, Inglewood officers shot and killed four people, three of them unarmed. The…
Read MoreMaryland hospitals sue over unpaid bills while collecting surplus funds
An eight-month investigation by Fred Schulte and James Drew of The Baltimore Sun found that over the past five years some of Maryland’s 46 nonprofit hospitals have received millions of surplus dollars from the government even as they sued tens of thousands of patients over unpaid bills. Many of these suits have been filed against patients in…
Read MoreEPA allows companies to keep chemical information secret
In the latest installment of their ongoing 18-month investigation, Susanne Rust and Meg Kissinger of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel found that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency routinely allows companies to keep new information about their chemicals secret, including compounds that have been shown to cause cancer and respiratory problems. The newspaper examined more than 2,000…
Read MoreCNN’s Jon Klein will deliver keynote at 2009 IRE Conference
A stellar group of investigative reporters is lining up to speak at the annual IRE conference, June 11-14, in Baltimore. Jon Klein, president of CNN-U.S., will deliver the keynote address. Other speakers participating in conference panels include Bob Woodward of The Washington Post, Jill Abramson and Dean Baquet of The New York Times, Brian Ross…
Read MoreMayors’ requests laden with pork
CNN’s Abbie Boudreau and Scott Zamost found more than $300 million in questionable projects submitted to Congress by the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Boudreau and Zamost examined each item in the 800-page report. The proposals included a water park ride in Miami, a plan to help prostitutes in Dayton, Ohio, and a baseball museum in…
Read MoreLosing Louisiana series
A project by The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, La.) looks at the precarious nature of southern Louisiana as land sinks due to subsidence while the waters of the Gulf are rising. Over the next 100 years, the region could see a 2- to 6-foot rise in sea level, leaving cities like New Orleans dependent on levees…
Read MoreSmoke and Mirrors: The Subversion of the EPA
A four-part series in The Philadelphia Inquirer looks into the Environmental Protection Agency’s management under the Bush administration. Stephen L. Johnson, Bush’s appointment for EPA Administrator, has been accused by many in the scientific community for valuing the president’s politics over human health and environmental welfare.
Read MoreFed refuses FOIA request for recipients of $2 trillion
Mark Pittman of Bloomberg.com reports that the Federal Reserve has refused their request to “disclose the recipients of more than $2 trillion of emergency loans from U.S. taxpayers and the assets the central bank is accepting as collateral.” Bloomberg filed suit against the Federal Reserve System in November for the release of bailout documents.
Read MoreDelayed police raid may have cost editor his life
A report by Thomas Peele and Bob Butler of The Chauncey Bailey Project states that a delayed raid of Your Black Muslim Bakery likely cost Bailey his life. Sources have asserted that the raid was delayed for two days due to the vacation schedules of two senior SWAT commanders. “Officers familiar with the raid’s planning…
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