American Red Cross News Conference In Haiti Grows Heated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJIrMDIU0C0 Haitian journalists pressed an official from the American Red Cross to explain how the charity spent almost half a billion dollars in the country — but got...
View ArticleDocuments Show Red Cross May Not Know How It Spent Millions In Haiti
The American Red Cross is under pressure this week to answer detailed questions from Congress about how it spent the nearly half-billion dollars it raised after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Some of...
View ArticleSen. Grassley Not Satisfied With Answers From The Red Cross
The American Red Cross has met its deadline to say how it spent almost half a billion dollars in Haiti. But the charity's answers have left at least one senator unsatisfied. "I have a lot more...
View ArticleIn Private Letter, Red Cross Tried To End Government Inquiry
The American Red Cross, which has often boasted of its transparency, attempted last year to halt a congressional inquiry into its disaster relief work, according to a private letter Red Cross CEO Gail...
View ArticleRed Cross Effort To Shut Down Inquiry Fails; Report Calls For Outside Oversight
The American Red Cross is facing new criticism today as government investigators and a congressman call for independent oversight over the long-venerated charity. Federal legislation is being unveiled...
View ArticleSenator Wants Names Of Red Cross Officials Who Did Not Cooperate With Inquiry
Sen. Chuck Grassley is asking federal investigators to give him the names of officials at the American Red Cross who did not cooperate with the government's recent inquiry into the charity. Grassley,...
View ArticleBusiness Of Disaster: Insurance Firms Profited $400 Million After Sandy
This story is Part 1 of a two-part series. See our second piece about local recovery programs that are struggling to help homeowners here . On a cold rainy day last fall, dozens of people gathered in a...
View ArticleBusiness Of Disaster: Local Recovery Programs Struggle To Help Homeowners
This story is Part 2 of a two-part series. See our first piece about insurance firms that profited $400 million after Superstorm Sandy here . The night of Superstorm Sandy, Nick and Diane Camerada...
View ArticleReport: Red Cross Spent 25 Percent Of Haiti Donations On Internal Expenses
The American Red Cross spent a quarter of the money people donated after the 2010 Haiti earthquake — or almost $125 million — on its own internal expenses, far more than the charity previously had...
View ArticleN.Y. Attorney General: Nation's Flood Insurance Program Defrauding Taxpayers
A new report by the New York attorney general's office finds that a lack of accountability in the nation's flood insurance program is costing taxpayers millions. The office also announced 50 felony...
View ArticleAffordable Housing Program Costs More, Shelters Fewer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKaR0q1vgP0 On the south side of Dallas, Nena Eldridge lives in a sparse but spotless bungalow on a dusty lot. At $550 each month, her rent is just about the cheapest...
View ArticleHousing Program Worth Billions Lacks 'Basic Accountability,' Says GAO
An $8 billion federal program to build housing for the poor is so lacking oversight that virtually no one in government knows how it is working, a government auditor testified before Congress today....
View ArticleHow The Affordable Housing Crisis Is Playing Out In One Dallas Neighborhood
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: We're about to meet a man who some say is a champion for the poor. Others say he's a slumlord. And that split says a lot about the country's...
View ArticleChoosing Between Squalor Or The Street: Housing Without Government Aid
This story was reported in partnership with PBS Frontline's podcast, The Frontline Dispatch. You can listen to the extended podcast version of the story here . Pearlie Mae Brown's wooden house is...
View ArticleEven Before Hurricane Maria Hit, Puerto Rico Was In Financial Ruin
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: It was early morning last September 20 when Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, leaving a trail of death and destruction. In the months that...
View ArticleHow Puerto Rico's Debt Created A Perfect Storm Before The Storm
Before Hurricane Maria hit last September, Puerto Rico was battered by the forces of another storm — a financial storm. The island's own government borrowed billions of dollars to pay its bills, a...
View ArticleFEMA Blamed Delays In Puerto Rico On Maria; Agency Records Tell Another Story
Updated at 5:50 p.m. ET A month after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, Army Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan stepped off a helicopter in the town of Ceiba with a mission: Get relief supplies to people in...
View ArticleFEMA Report Acknowledges Failures In Puerto Rico Disaster Response
The Federal Emergency Management Agency failed to properly prepare for last year's hurricane season and was unable to provide adequate support to hurricane victims in Puerto Rico and other areas, an...
View ArticleAs China Hacked, U.S. Businesses Turned A Blind Eye
Technology theft and other unfair business practices originating from China are costing the American economy more than $57 billion a year, White House officials believe, and they expect that figure to...
View ArticleInside The White House's Bitter Fight Over China
President Trump escalated the trade fight with China this week, saying he will steeply increase tariffs on Chinese products this Friday. But while the White House projects a unified front in favor of...
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