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Author Archives: Sarah Whitmire

Posted inInside Public Integrity

‘I felt like I was getting pelted with excrement’: Readers weigh in on political ads

by Sarah Whitmire December 16, 2014January 7, 2022

State ad wars tracker By Chris Zubak-Skees September 22, 2014 Who’s on the air in state elections? A few weeks ago, we started asking readers to think back to the months leading up to Election Day and share their thoughts on the flood of political advertising. (That flood of ads, by the way, grew to […]

Posted inInside Public Integrity

‘Couldn’t be reached’ — a blog for all the times officials refuse to comment

by William Gray and Sarah Whitmire November 20, 2014January 7, 2022
Posted inInside Public Integrity

‘These families are not victims:’ readers react to our prison bankers investigation

by Sarah Whitmire October 10, 2014January 7, 2022
Posted inInside Public Integrity

Inside the virtual tollbooth at many U.S. prisons

by Daniel Wagner, Eleanor Bell Fox and Sarah Whitmire October 1, 2014January 7, 2022
Posted inInside Public Integrity

Investigating Florida’s parallel legal system for foreclosures

by Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak and Sarah Whitmire September 12, 2014January 7, 2022
Posted inInside Public Integrity

Ten major findings from our investigations so far this year

by Jared Bennett and Sarah Whitmire August 8, 2014January 7, 2022
Posted inHealth, Medicare Advantage Money Grab

Explaining Medicare Advantage, and why it matters to you

by Fred Schulte and Sarah Whitmire June 4, 2014January 7, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

Where super PACs kick back

by Sarah Whitmire and Julie Patel April 15, 2014
Posted inDemocracy, Primary Source

Meet 10 super PACs that rely on grassroots donors, not billionaires

by Michael Beckel and Sarah Whitmire February 28, 2014January 7, 2022
Posted inHealth, Wendell Potter commentary

Reader-approved analysis from Wendell Potter

by Sarah Whitmire September 23, 2013January 7, 2022
Posted inInside Public Integrity

Top investigations from 2013 that you may have missed

by Sarah Whitmire August 22, 2013January 7, 2022
Posted inDemocracy, Primary Source

“If we fall behind on our midyear deadline, the Koch brothers will steamroll us”

by Dave Levinthal and Sarah Whitmire July 2, 2013
Posted inInside Public Integrity

Deadline for summer internships fast-approaching

by Sarah Whitmire February 6, 2013January 7, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

Video: Looking back on three years of ‘Citizens United’

by Dave Levinthal and Sarah Whitmire January 20, 2013January 28, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

Have you heard about super PACs?

by Michael Beckel and Sarah Whitmire July 12, 2012January 28, 2022
Posted inHealth

SLIDESHOW: Looking at 4 years of H.E.A.T.

by Sarah Whitmire May 9, 2012
Posted inHealth

Medicare fraud: What you need to know

by Sarah Whitmire May 9, 2012January 28, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

SLIDESHOW: Fundraising in paradise

by Michael Beckel and Sarah Whitmire February 24, 2012
Posted inAccountability

SLIDESHOW: Oil extracting a dark spot of Ghana

by Sarah Whitmire January 19, 2012November 30, 2018
Posted inPoisoned Places

Poisoned Places: By the numbers

by Sarah Whitmire November 25, 2011June 26, 2023
Posted inEnvironment, Poisoned Places

SLIDESHOW: A haze in Hayden

by Sarah Whitmire November 17, 2011November 12, 2018
Posted inEnvironment, Poisoned Places, Pollution

SLIDESHOW: Chanute divided over toxics

by Sarah Whitmire November 10, 2011November 30, 2018
Posted inEnvironment, Poisoned Places, Pollution

SLIDESHOW: Life in Ponca City

by Sarah Whitmire November 7, 2011November 30, 2018
Posted inEnvironment

Coal ash spills into Lake Michigan after bluff collapse

by Sarah Whitmire November 1, 2011January 28, 2022
Posted inDebt Deception?, Inequality

SLIDESHOW: The house that payday lending built

by Sarah Whitmire September 28, 2011November 30, 2018
Posted inEnvironment

SLIDESHOW: The tar sands struggle

by Sarah Whitmire August 31, 2011November 30, 2018
Posted inNational Security

SLIDESHOW: Windfalls of War

by Sarah Whitmire August 29, 2011
Posted inAccountability

OMB struggles to track $80 billion IT spending by government

by Sarah Whitmire July 30, 2010January 7, 2022
Posted inHealth

The asbestos industry goes global

by Sarah Whitmire July 21, 2010January 28, 2022

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