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Veterans' wrongful deaths
In the decade after 9/11, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs made more than $200 million in wrongful death payments to nearly 1,000 grieving families.
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State of Surveillance
CIR and KQED take an inside look at the emerging technologies that could revolutionize policing – and how intrusively the public is monitored by the government.
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When political ambition and debt collide
A detailed 137-page affidavit paints California Sen. Leland Yee as willing to trade guns for campaign cash in an effort to extend his quarter-century political career.
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Toxic trail
The landmark Superfund program is supposed to clean up the country’s hazardous waste. But it's creating unintended, and potentially worse, environmental consequences.
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Teen inmates struggle in isolation
At New York’s Rikers Island jail, hundreds of minors spend long stretches locked in solitary confinement, despite evidence that it can lead to mental illness and suicide.
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More to Reveal
The second pilot episode of CIR and PRX's investigative radio show includes stories from the heroin highway, teens in solitary confinement and more.
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Sloppy cleanup of nuclear waste
At the former Treasure Island naval base, an unexpected discovery of radioactive material prompted the bureaucratic equivalent of warfare. In denying that a more sweeping assessment was warranted, the Navy denied its own Cold War history – largely kept secret for more than four decades.
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New York assault weapons ban circumvented with simple modification
New York enacted some of the toughest gun control laws in the U.S. after the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012. The SAFE Act banned assault weapons, but manufacturers made minor modifications to these weapons and now are selling them openly throughout the state. (via The Guardian)
