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Search results for "shame" ...
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The Shame of the Boy Scouts
The Los Angeles Times made public for the first time thousands of files documenting sexual abuse of Boy Scouts by their troop leaders, resulting in reforms that will help ensure the protection of children.
Tags: sexual abuse; Boy Scouts
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A Shameful Low in Higher Education
"This article uncovered flagrant disregard of the rights of disabled students at the University of Buffalo and highlighted how the university was breaking laws outlined by the ADA"
Tags: ADA; higher education; student newspaper
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Una Realidad Embarazosa: A Shameful Reality
The story addresses the realities of teenage pregnancies in Colombia. The reporters examine the failures of sex education in schools and the lack of effective campaigns by the government. The story includes the profile of one young woman who, like many, chooses to get pregnant in order to escape domestic violence and poverty.
Tags: teen pregnancy; sex education; abstinence; birth control
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Benefits Denied
This series reveals the “shameful failing of both the state and federal government in living up to its promises to both Indiana’s most vulnerable and it’s most brave”. The story began when a “1.3 billion dollar state welfare contract” was cancelled and “new federal directives were sent to every V.A. office nationwide”. Further, when people were sick and turning to the V.A. for help, their requests were denied.
Tags: Department of Veterans Affairs; medical care; Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA); support; military; soldiers; agencies
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"Bloody Shame"
Joshua Hammer and Will Bourne go deep into Africa to tell the story of how the Zimbabwean Army has violently taken over diamond fields as a means for illegal cash flow for itself. They go on to explain the failings of the Mugabe dictatorship and how the Kimberley Process has "failed miserably."
Tags: Zimbabwe; Africa; blood diamond; Kimberley Process; Mugabe
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A Hidden Shame: Danger and Death in Georgia's Mental Hospitals
This series exposed problems in Georgia's state psychiatric hospitals. At least 155 patients died under suspicious circumstances related to neglect, abuse and poor medical treatment. Furthermore, patients are often discharged to places where their continued treatment is doubtful, such as homeless shelters, bus stations and street corners.
Tags: hospitals; health; psychology; state government; mental illness
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Race to Execution
"Race to Execution reveals how, beyond DNA and the issue of innocence, the shameful open secret of America's capital punishment system is a matter of race." The race of the victim's and the accused "influence the legal process" from crime scene investigation, media portrayal, to jury selection and sentencing.
Tags: race; death penalty; execution; investigation; jury; suspects; criminal justice; capital punishment
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Big Pharma's Shameful Secret
The story and five sidebars investigate the dangers of privately administered drug trials that are killing otherwise healthy people. Because companies stand to make billions on the next block-buster drug, they are taking more risks with their trials and the people who sign up for them. The story offers an in-depth look of the possibly dangerous practices of the largest test center in the U.S., SFCB in Miami, who pay poor citizens and immigrants to be part of their clinical trials.
Tags: prescription drugs; test centers; clinical trials; FDA; SFCB; Miami; Open Records Law; experimental medicine
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Romeo's Revenge
This investigation found that Romeo Marquez, the publisher of Philippine Village Voice, a community newspaper, used his paper as a means to shame his former girlfriend. He included explicit details of their sexual relationship in the paper, along with an account of her alleged abortion. Furthermore, during the investigation KGTV 10 found that Marquez had two wives in the United States, one wife in the Philippines and also filed false statements to the US government to help his immigration status.
Tags: sexual harassment; polygamy; corruption