Herbert M. Sandler, who has decided to spend part of his fortune — up to $30-million over the next three years — on a new nonprofit investigative-journalism venture, has been stewing for some time ...

One of India’s most renowned investigative reporters, Sarin has reported and edited stories digging into security, corruption ...

Last year, I led a team of ProPublica journalists as they exposed the deaths of five women who couldn’t get lifesaving care under state abortion bans. While impact of that magnitude is rare — the kind ...

Here’s a roundabout way to get public support for local journalism. But it depends on the generosity of young journalists and boneheaded decisions by state officials. This happened last week ...

Next year we celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, and yet one of the most critical components of our free society — an independent, unbiased free press — is at a tipping point, and you have more ...

Shoshana Walter’s ‘Rehab: An American Scandal’ exposes how treatment became exploitation. Here, she reflects on how she reported the story. Debut books by longtime friends and journalists Shoshana ...

Elizabeth Jane Cochran came into the world on May 5, 1864. Mrs. Cochran delighted in the baby, her first daughter, dressing Elizabeth in a pink gown for her christening. The fun was not to last. When ...

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