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Baltimore prosecutor of police in the Freddie Gray case tells how she learned...
Wikimedia Commons. Thrust into the national spotlight, the Baltimore prosecutor who charged six police officers in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, told the Baltimore Sun last week that she...
View ArticleMap: Boston closes cases without filling potholes
Boston has a habit of implying potholes have been fixed when they haven’t, according to this NECIR investigation. Here are some examples. Click on each map point for more details, including a photo of...
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Holes in the system: Boston boasts pothole fixes that don’t get made...
Click here to return to the original version of this story. The hole in the street was not only deep, it was camouflaged with newly laid asphalt. It was easy to imagine one of the many North End...
View Article#Holesinthesystem: Help NECIR report on Boston’s pothole repairs
While our potholes investigation reveals many holes in the system, we need your help to get the full picture. Below is a map of all of the potholes that the city of Boston claims to have fixed in the...
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Holes in the system: Boston boasts pothole fixes that don’t get made
Click here to read this story backed up by primary documents. The hole in the street was not only deep, it was camouflaged with newly laid asphalt. It was easy to imagine one of the many North End...
View ArticlePhantom schools linger in Medicare data
It appears the Medicare database needs a bit of updating. A Vice News and MedPage Today investigation discovered thousands of doctors and other providers were listed to have graduated from schools that...
View ArticleRape of aid worker in South Sudan not investigated by the U.N.
Despite the United Nations policy of "zero tolerance" for sexual violence, Megan Nobert, a humanitarian worker based at the U.N.'s Bentiu, South Sudan camp, has been unable to get the agency to...
View ArticleFederal safety officials want to outlaw ‘brain buckets’ – cheap helmets...
A National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposal would shut down retailers selling novelty helmets that don't meet Department of Transportation standards for motorcycle safety, reports...
View ArticleFour years after Hurricane Sandy, thousands of homeowners still displaced
New Jersey’s Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, Elevation and Mitigation program has made little progress in restoring thousands of homes destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in 2012 because of bottlenecks in the...
View ArticleOil wastewater may be used to irrigate popular fruit and vegetable brands
California’s drought has devastated the state on multiple levels, and Mother Jones has revealed yet another that may even affect produce – such as citrus, almonds, apples, peaches, grapes, and...
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Campaign aims to educate women and doctors about prenatal genetic tests
A new generation of prenatal screening tests that detects the risk of chromosomal irregularities like Down syndrome offers pregnant women important information. But some patients - and doctors - are...
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First as tragedy, then as farce: FEMA still to adapt to climate change...
Click here to return to the original version of this story. SHARON, Vt. — During tropical storm Irene in 2011, small streams roared like gigantic fire hoses, washing away or severely damaging hundreds...
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First as tragedy, then as farce: FEMA still to adapt to climate change
Click here to read this story backed up by primary documents. SHARON, Vt. — During tropical storm Irene in 2011, small streams roared like gigantic fire hoses, washing away or severely damaging...
View ArticlePro-legalization groups prepare for marijuana measures in 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Advocacy groups have poured millions of dollars into legalizing both recreational and medical marijuana in states across the country. One of the most powerful and influential...
View ArticleRarely inspected, medical marijuana caregivers could feed illegal markets
Jake Holmes’ property is hidden in the dense woods on a stretch of rolling hills in Monroe, Maine, where dirt roads seem to go nowhere and GPS devices are useless. “We’re working behind the house” –...
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With a federal ban on marijuana, states are left to craft their own medical...
After waiting in line for hours at a booth during a medical marijuana convention in San Francisco, Jeff Harrington needed only a two-minute consultation and a written recommendation to become a medical...
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Intern at NECIR this fall
Joshua Eaton for NECIRWork for NECIR The New England Center for Investigative Reporting (NECIR) is a nonprofit investigative reporting newsroom based at Boston University and the studios of WGBH...
View ArticleWhen FEMA fails: Agency policies wreak havoc on the fire- and flood-prone West
When the 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire was finally snuffed out, the residents of Manitou Springs, Colo., a small town on the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, breathed a collective sigh of relief. The...
View ArticleBeacon Hill earmarks: Justifiable shortcuts, or political pork?
This story is the first in an occasional series by the New England Center for Investigative Reporting and WGBH-News. This July, Republican Governor Charlie Baker vetoed $37.4 million in what are called...
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Introducing @MassBudgetBot
The New England Center for Investigative Reporting is proud to introduce @MassBudgetBot, a Twitter bot from NECIR and WGBH-News that shares earmarks from the 2016 Massachusetts state budget....
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