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How private equity is changing the rental market

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Jarrett Dang
Mar 2, 2022
Heather Vogell of ProPublica finds short term-oriented corporate investors are increasingly becoming apartment landlords.
"I think what we're seeing is that these companies are acting in ways that are problematic for tenants to meet their investment goals," said ProPublica reporter Heather Vogell.
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How "medical bond" can have fatal consequences for someone in jail

by Kimberly Adams and Rose Conlon
Oct 7, 2019
An investigative report shows how jail officials are finding ways to avoid paying for the medical care of inmates.
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Nonprofit Liberty University's "lucrative enterprise"

by Kai Ryssdal
May 4, 2018
The Lynchburg, Virginia, school has netted millions. Its online degree program is the reason.
Then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers the convocation at Liberty University on Jan. 18, 2016, in Lynchburg, Virginia.
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For $100, you can buy thousands of twitter bots

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Nov 15, 2017
The internet, for all it’s wonders, is also a place where not-so-great things happen — like harassment of various kinds. And, of course, there’s an industry for that. ProPublica reporter Julia Angwin got firsthand experience after contributing to an article on how extremist websites make money. She, and several colleagues, were the targets of an […]
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Who's behind political ads on Facebook?

by Marketplace Weekend Staff
Oct 6, 2017
A new tool from ProPublica hopes to find out.
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Full interview: ProPublica's Julia Angwin on biased sentencing algorithms

by Ben Johnson
May 25, 2016
Looking at the racial bias of algorithms.
An algorithm created by the for-profit company Northpointe to predict future crime was only 61 percent accurate, according to a ProPublica analysis.
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The color of debt

by Marketplace Contributor
Oct 8, 2015
How collection suits squeeze black neighborhoods: a ProPublica investigation with Marketplace.
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Tires and civil war: America's business with warlords

by Kai Ryssdal
Nov 17, 2014
A new PBS film investigates Firestone's relationship with warlord Charles Taylor.
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Only one person has gone to jail for the financial crisis

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 30, 2014
Why the Department of Justice is toothless when it comes to prosecuting bankers.
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Medicare's failure to track doctors wastes billions on brand-name drugs

by Marketplace Contributor
Nov 18, 2013
Medicare is wasting hundreds of millions of dollars a year by failing to rein in doctors who routinely give patients pricey name-brand drugs when cheaper generic alternatives are available.
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