China’s most famous investigative journalist works out of a closet-sized room on the second floor of an anonymous office building on the outskirts of Beijing. That he works at all is a wonder.
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- San Diego County Democratic Party spent 37 times the contribution limit on one candidate. And it’s legal.An analysis by inewsource has found that the San Diego County Democratic Party used a part of California’s campaign finance law called “member communications” to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on one candidate. The law allows both Republican and Democratic parties to funnel money into San Diego races despite efforts by local governments to […]
- When rape is reported and nothing happensThe Star Tribune reviewed more than 1,000 police reports of rapes and sexual assaults in Minnesota and built a database, documenting how the police handled the case, the outcomes and more. They found that chronic failures mean that too often victims don't get justice. Nearly one-quarter of the cases were never assigned to an investigator. […]
- Washington psychiatric hospital described as "hell"An Associated Press investigation has found that hundreds of patients at Washington state’s largest psychiatric hospital live in conditions that fail U.S. health and safety standards, while overworked nurses and psychiatrists say they are navigating a system that punishes employees who speak out despite critical staffing shortages.