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Center for Public Integrity sues FEC for security study
For the second time in three months, the Center for Public Integrity has filed a federal lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission for refusing to release documents requested under the Freedom of...
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Journalism funders look for impact
Funders say what they need/want/wish forSeveral of the biggest funders of non-profit journalism ran a session at the Online News Association last week on what they look for in grantees and where they...
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Center reporting on judiciary and juveniles wins awards
The American Judges Association has honored two separate Center investigations with awards for excellence in reporting on the legal system.The Center received the National American Gavel Award for...
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Is pro-Bush super PAC obscuring spending?
Super PACs are supposed to be both transparent and independent from the politicians they are supporting.But it’s not clear that Right to Rise USA, the super PAC formed by Republican Jeb Bush prior to...
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Recipe for journalistic impact: Time, dogged analysis and human contact
When Johns Hopkins Medicine disclosed last week that it had terminated its discredited black lung unit, those of us who had a role in the Center for Public Integrity’s Pulitzer-winning 2013 series,...
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Corporations improve reporting of political activity — with exceptions
Each episode of the political drama “House of Cards” drips with secretive shenanigans and shady government dealings.It’s apropos, then, that Netflix, the hit show’s distributor, is itself a black box,...
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6 things to know about the 2015 elections
Though much attention is focused on the presidential election more than a year away, seven states have major elections in 2015.The Center for Public Integrity is tracking the political TV ads that are...
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Hillary Clinton dominating presidential race’s TV ad war
Democratic presidential candidates will enjoy some free face time Tuesday in Las Vegas for their first nationally televised debate, but tenuous frontrunner Hillary Clinton has already spent...
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EPA draft plan would perpetuate environmental racism, critics say
While touting the importance of environmental justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is pushing a draft “framework” for tackling the problem that lacks substance, residents of polluted...
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DOE says Congress is wasting funds on a South Carolina nuclear plant
A senior Energy Department official, in a burst of candor this week, said that the hundreds of millions of dollars Congress plans to spend next year on a controversial project meant to get rid of Cold...
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Redistricting, Obamacare, taxes hang in balance with 2015 state elections
Elections aren’t just about choosing who wins the White House next year. Seven states face major elections in 2015.Voters will be asked to choose governors and other top officials in Kentucky,...
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Split-second flash of a gun still resonates 52 years later
BATON ROUGE, La. — These days, Henry Montgomery, 69, is known as the man of few words who works in a gym at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.Josh Carter, 70, worked next to Montgomery for...
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Virginia moves forward on school discipline reforms
In response to troubling revelations of harsh school discipline for seemingly minor indiscretions, Virginia officials have begun an effort to retrain educators and school cops statewide and craft a new...
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CPI, Al Jazeera America join forces on political coverage
The Center for Public Integrity and Al Jazeera America are teaming up to launch a new project, Buying of the President 2016.The project will include in-depth financial profiles of the top candidates as...
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Ad blitz tries to persuade Ohio voters to legalize marijuana
Heather Benton moved her family to Colorado for marijuana to alleviate her 4-year-old daughter’s seizures.“We want to move back to Ohio, but we can’t, because her medicine is illegal there,” Benton...
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See how much the 2016 presidential candidates have raised so far
Chris Zubak-Skeeshttp://www.publicintegrity.org/authors/chris-zubak-skeeshttp://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/10/16/18631/see-how-much-2016-presidential-candidates-have-raised-so-far
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Small-dollar donors power insurgent candidates from both parties
Grassroots givers are playing a pivotal role in shaping the 2016 presidential race, boosting insurgent candidates in both the Democratic and Republican primary contests as they challenge establishment...
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Investigative journalism as a force for civil society
Spending time with investigative reporters from the ICIJ and dozens of other organizations as well as rugged individuals at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference, it’s evident how vital the...
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Why Joe Trippi thinks Bernie Sanders won’t win in 2016
Democratic political consultant Joe Trippi may be best known for serving as Howard Dean’s campaign manager in 2004 when the former Vermont governor broke fundraising records during his failed...
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Anger can be a motivation in journalism
A victory delayed is still a victoryAnger can be a pretty good motivation in journalism, or perhaps passion. The Pulitzer-prize-winning series on black lung disease from Jim Morris’ Environment team...
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