The presidential debate: A Budget Heroes primer
Budget Hero is an online game that lets anyone try their hand at balancing the federal budget, using real proposals …
Families, frienships, communities strained by politics (map)
Election years don’t always bring out the best in us. Every two years — and especially every four — Americans …
What’s it like to live in a “saturation zone?”
Super PACs bolster Congressional campaigns in San Bernardino and Ventura counties by funding a flood of mailers to some homes. …
The Facebook election: Is it tearing us apart?
A delegate poses at the Facebook photo booth at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Florida during the 2012 Republican …
The veterans’ benefits backlog story gets front-page treatment
The New York Times: “Veterans Wait for Benefits as Claims Pile Up” The New York Times highlighted the stories of …
Hurry up and slow down: Is the VA in an impossible situation?
A New York Times article on duplicate payments in the Department of Veterans Affairs’ pension system walks right into the systemic …
U.S. Muslims on anti-Muslim film and its aftermath
SCPR wanted to know how “The Innocence of Muslims” and violent reactions to the film have affected local Muslims. So …
College budget heroes: ‘You can cut my benefits’ to help country
Groups of students play the new Budget Hero Election Edition during a relaunch event Wednesday at the University of Maryland …
Reporter’s notebook: How to localize the story of veterans’ disability claims delays
In August, the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) published a map of Department of Veterans Affairs data they analyzed that …
An introduction to the federal budget’s past, present and future
With the release of the new Budget Hero Election Edition game and the U.S. government facing a “fiscal cliff”, you …
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