This Week’s Top MuckReads: Corporations Crafting Laws, Cheating Cops and Student Visa Mills

This Week’s Top MuckReads: Corporations Crafting Laws, Cheating Cops and Student Visa Mills

by Braden Goyette
ProPublica, July 22, 2011, 11:36 a.m.


Here are this week's top 10 must-read stories from #MuckReads <1>, ProPublica's ongoing collection of the best watchdog journalism. Anyone can contribute by tweeting a link to a story and just including the hashtag #MuckReads or by sending an email to MuckReads@ProPublica.org <2>. The best submissions are selected by ProPublica's editors and reporters and then featured on our site <3> and @ProPublica <4>.


Koch Joins Exxon to Craft State Laws From D.C. in ALEC's Industry Agenda <5>, Bloomberg News
How a powerful nonprofit named ALEC gives corporations the opportunity to shape state laws. (Here's a background piece we've done on ALEC <6>.)
Contributed by @kleinmatic <7>



Little-Known Firms Tracking Data Used in Credit Scores <8>, Washington Post
The firms who help put together credit scores have access to a surprising amount information about our lives, but they aren't held to much scrutiny themselves. This article sheds light on what they do and the regulatory vacuum they exist in.
Contributed by @nfkpdx <9>



Freedom From Pain <10>, Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera examines why it's so difficult for people in countries around the world to gain access to pain killers like morphine.
Submitted via email by Sophia Qureshi

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