Ryan Gabrielson
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Bloomington, MN, United States
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St. Jude Stashed Away $886 Million in Unspent Revenue Last Year
New documents show that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s reserves grew to $7.6 billion, as other children's cancer nonprofits struggled to raise cash. → Read More
St. Jude Hoards Billions While Many of Its Families Drain Their Savings
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital promises not to bill families. But the cost of having a child at the hospital for cancer care leaves some families so strapped for money that parents share tips on spending nights in the parking lot. → Read More
Counties at Highest Risk for COVID Harm Often Have Lowest Vaccination Rates
The vaccine rollout was meant to prioritize vulnerable communities, but four months of data shows healthier — and often wealthier — counties have been faster to vaccinate. → Read More
Covid Vaccine: How Many Shots Go to Waste?
Several states aren’t counting — but how many are actually going in the trash? → Read More
Most States Aren’t Ready to Distribute the Leading COVID-19 Vaccine —
A review of state distribution plans reveals that officials don’t know how they’ll deal with the difficult storage and transport requirements of Pfizer’s vaccine, especially in the rural areas currently seeing a spike in infections. → Read More
Who Decides When Vaccine Studies Are Done? Internal Documents Show Fauci Plays a Key Role. —
Dr. Anthony Fauci will see data from government-funded vaccine trials before the FDA does. One caveat: Pfizer’s study, which is ahead of the others, isn’t included in his purview. → Read More
Are You Participating in a Vaccine Trial? Are You Running One? We’d Like to Hear About It. —
The development and deployment of a vaccine will affect everybody on the planet. Help us identify and tell important stories. → Read More
The Trump Administration Paid Millions for Test Tubes — and Got Unusable Mini Soda Bottles —
The plastic tubes supplied for coronavirus testing by Fillakit, a first-time federal contractor with a sketchy owner, don’t even fit the racks used to analyze samples. And they may be contaminated anyway. → Read More
“Somebody’s Gotta Help Me”
Phillip Garcia was in psychiatric crisis. In jail and in the hospital, guards responded with force and restrained the 51-year-old inmate for almost 20 hours, until he died. Warning: graphic video content. → Read More
It’s a Fact: Supreme Court Errors Aren’t Hard to Find —
A ProPublica review adds fuel to a longstanding worry about the nation’s highest court: The justices can botch the truth, sometimes in cases of great import. → Read More
What Sheriff Joe Arpaio Has to Hide
Trump hailed Joe Arpaio's "admirable service" in Arizona. There's more to his career than that. → Read More
Trump’s Pardon Aside, Reporters Have Built Long Rap Sheet Against Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Trump hailed Joe Arpaio’s “admirable service” in Arizona. There’s more to his career than that. → Read More
The Joe Arpaio I Knew
Joe Arpaio, the former Maricopa County sheriff, made his name in part by targeting immigrants — even after a judge ordered him to stop. → Read More
The Joe Arpaio I Knew
The former Maricopa County sheriff made his name in part by targeting immigrants — even after a judge ordered him to stop. As President Trump considers a pardon, it’s worth remembering precisely what Arpaio did in his decades in law enforcement. → Read More
How Jeff Sessions Helped Kill Equitable School Funding in Alabama
A lawsuit in the 1990s had Alabama poised to fund poor black school districts as fairly as wealthy white schools. As state attorney general, Sessions fought the effort passionately. → Read More
How Jeff Sessions Helped Kill Equitable School Funding in Alabama
A lawsuit in the 1990s had Alabama poised to fund poor black school districts as fairly as wealthy white schools. As state attorney general, Sessions fought the effort passionately. → Read More
Prosecutors in Portland Change Policy on Drug Convictions
No guilty plea for drug possession will stand in Multnomah County unless the preliminary police field tests used to make arrests are confirmed in a lab. → Read More
Meet the Chemist Behind the Police Drug Kits at the Center of Houston Wrongful Conviction Fiasco
Decades after L.J. Scott developed a test for cocaine, his invention played a role in hundreds of wrongful convictions in Houston. → Read More
Another Startling Verdict for Forensic Science
A recent study on the reliability of hair analysis is only latest to shake public confidence. → Read More
For Darren Sharper, a Place in Prison. But in Hall of Fame, Too?
The NFL’s Hall of Fame rules allow a serial rapist to be considered. Should that change? → Read More