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Youth Gun Suicide Is Rising, Particularly Among Children of Color

An American teenager took their life with a firearm every seven hours on average, between 2019 and 2020. → Read More

‘Partisan’ Gerrymandering Is Still About Race —

The Wisconsin case before the Supreme Court claims to be about partisanship. But race is a factor in this case and many others nationwide. → Read More

ProPublica

Nothin’ but Debt: Which NCAA Tournament Schools Give Low-Income Students the Best Shot?

Instead of basketball skill, our bracket is based on five factors that measure each school’s ability to graduate low-income students with little debt. → Read More

The Atlantic

Are Medical Errors Deadlier Than Strokes and Alzheimer's?

A new study questions record-keeping practices and concludes that such mistakes could rank just behind heart disease and cancer in the number of fatalities they’re responsible for in America. → Read More

ProPublica

The voices of patient harm

More than 1,000 people shared their patient harm experiences with ProPublica. Here's what we learned. → Read More

ProPublica

The Voices of Patient Harm

More than 1 million patients suffer harm each year in U.S. health care facilities. Often, their harm isn’t acknowledged even as they live with the consequences. ProPublica set out to capture their stories. Here is what we learned. → Read More

ProPublica

A Trail of Medical Errors Ends in Grief, But No Answers

Paula Schulte couldn't survive a cascade of medical mistakes. After that, her family couldn't get accountability. → Read More

ProPublica

Patient Safety Voices Advice

More than 1 million patients suffer harm each year in U.S. health care facilities. Often, their harm isn’t acknowledged even as they live with the consequences. ProPublica set out to capture their stories. Here is what we learned. → Read More

ProPublica

Our Rebuttal to RAND’s Critique of Surgeon Scorecard

The think tank claims Scorecard’s methods aren’t reliable, but its commentary is undermined by supposition, conflicts of interest and a lack of evidence. → Read More

ProPublica

Surgeon Scorecard and Cancer Centers

The names of five cancer centers were missing from Surgeon Scorecard. We have updated the database so you can now find them. → Read More

ProPublica