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How we created Fatal Extraction, our multimedia project exposing Australian...
Fatal Extraction is the story of Australian mining’s vast but rarely-examined social and environmental footprint in Africa.Over the course of 18 months, journalists from the Center for Public Integrity...
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How to fix the EPA's broken civil-rights office
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was described by President Lyndon B. Johnson, who signed it into law, as an “effort to bring justice and hope to all our people.”It has brought neither to Americans who...
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Federal Election Commission refuses to release computer security study
Next to the Federal Election Commission’s front door is a quotation from former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis: “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants." But the agency is refusing...
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Bury excess plutonium, don't turn it into fuel, study says
A team of experts has confirmed what the Energy Department has been saying for two years — that burying 34 tons of weapons-grade plutonium would be far cheaper and more practical than completing a...
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EPA annual report to examine improvements in civil rights office
The EPA Office of Civil Rights will begin publishing an annual report on progress toward improving its performance, according to a blog post.In the post, published Monday, EPA Acting Deputy...
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Merger of health insurers usually leads to big payday for executives
If regulators approve the recently announced mega-deals in which Aetna, Inc. would buy Humana Inc. and Anthem Inc. would buy Cigna Corp., will consumers benefit? Or will the winners be limited...
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Nuclear weapons contractor to pay millions for misuse of federal funds
A private corporation that operates a U.S. nuclear weapons laboratory agreed on Aug. 21 to pay the federal government $4.79 million to settle Justice Department allegations that it illegally used...
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'Deez Nuts' puts Federal Election Commission on bozo patrol
Thanks a lot, "Deez Nuts."Since a poll propelled the fake U.S. presidential candidate intonationalheadlines Wednesday, 249 copycats, clowns and pranksters have inundated the Federal Election Commission...
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A boatload of elections research
The American electoral system is maddeningly complex, decentralized, even counterintuitive. Some 8,000 jurisdictions administer elections at the local level, from rural counties with a few hundred...
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Democracy inaction: old equipment and partisan battles threaten election...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The offices in a former Kohl’s department store here look inconsequential enough — linoleum floors, fluorescent lights and cookie-cutter furniture. But what happens in this strip mall,...
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GAO to review accuracy of nursing home ratings
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has agreed to conduct a review of the federal government’s nursing home rating system —the subject of a Center for Public Integrity investigation last fall....
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Working on solutions as well as problems
Working on solutions as well as problemsA positive end to the series on the failure of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to honor its commitments to include civil rights in its work. Our pieces...
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Lobbying firm fined for disclosure violations
The Carmen Group, a firm the Center for Public Integrity highlighted in a report about inadequate lobbying disclosure, agreed to pay $125,000 to settle federal allegations that it failed to report...
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Test your money-in-politics IQ
August in Washington, D.C., is infamous for heat and humidity, with lawmakers leaving the nation’s capital and returning to their home states for “August recess.”But the summer doldrums haven’t kept...
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Insurers say private Medicare plans are better, but we really don't know
Health insurers have been telling us for years that their Medicare Advantage plans, which are federally funded but privately run alternatives to traditional fee-for-service Medicare, can provide better...
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Jeb Bush ditched his corporate pals, but they won't quit him
Jeb Bush quit his corporate jobs to run for president.But the companies aren’t quitting him.Right to Rise USA, the super PAC collecting unlimited contributions to support Bush’s bid for the Republican...
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Nuclear cleanup project haunted by legacy of design failures and...
The largest and most costly U.S. environmental cleanup project has been dogged for years by worries about an accidental nuclear reaction or a spill of toxic materials that could endanger residents...
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Corporations playing politics with ballot measures
When corporations give money to get a ballot issue passed, the issue often affects their bottom lines.A gambling company gives millions to allow the opening of a new casino; an agricultural giant...
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White House wants more aggressive effort on Medicare, Medicaid billing errors
White House budget director Shaun Donovan called for a “more aggressive strategy” to thwart improper government payments to doctors, hospitals and insurance companies in a previously undisclosed letter...
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Kayleb returned to court as schools alter discipline policies
Twelve-year-old Kayleb Moon-Robinson of Lynchburg, Virginia—whose felony arrest at school last year sparked national criticism—returned to juvenile court this week but left with his case still...
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