Great Lakes Danger Zones?
Here’s the report that top officials of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention thought was too hot for the public to handle — and the story behind it.
Windfalls of War II
The Center reveals that military contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan grew from $11 billion in 2004 to more than $25 billion in 2006 — and that billions have gone to unidentified foreign companies.
Pushing Prescriptions
The Center’s investigation of the pharmaceutical industry’s lobbying might and gifts of free travel for members of Congress — and its resulting political influence and impact on the American public.
The BBC Radio World Service's Steve Evans examines independent expenditure committees and the buying of ambassadorships in a two-part documentary series based on the Center…
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In October of 1969, Vincent de Roulet, the newly appointed ambassador to Jamaica, arrived in Kingston aboard his 90-foot yacht, soon to be joined by…
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The Center for Public Integrity's newly redesigned website is now live.
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The Center's podcast series, narrated by Bill Buzenberg, features our reporters and sources discussing investigations.
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WASHINGTON, D.C., July 31, 2008 — According to a new Center investigation, Perils of the New Pesticides, pyrethrins and…
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WASHINGTON, D.C., July 8, 2008 — The Center for Public Integrity’s Board of Directors has elected Marianne Szegedy-Maszak as its new board chair. Szegedy-Maszak, a…
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The latest media coverage of Center projects.
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WASHINGTON April 15, 2008 — The Center for Public Integrity has won three 2007 Sigma Delta Chi awards in journalism for three of its investigations.…
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Archive InvestigationsRusk County, Texas — A gentle twilight pink stretches across the sky, touching the waters of Martin Creek Lake. The still air, smelling only of East Texas pines, brings the faint sounds of wildlife in the surrounding woods. Smog and traffic seem much further away than the 145-mile drive to Dallas.
Washington State is tops in making it easy to track the private interests of public officials, and Vermont, Michigan, and Idaho tie for last in the Center’s national ranking. Check where your state ranks.
Post-9/11 U.S. foreign policy and military aid and assistance had a huge impact in nations around the world — and at home. This award-winning project includes 20 articles from four continents.
The Superfund isn’t so super anymore. A year-long investigation examined all 1,624 Superfund sites and found daunting toxic threats across the country 27 years after the Environmental Protection Agency program was launched.
At least 900 little-known federal advisory committees wield enormous influence over government policy, some to good ends — but many have become secretive, ideological, or packed with industry representatives.
A year-long investigation of President Bush’s initiative to fight AIDS abroad finds that conservative ideology hinders its real benefits by insisting on abstinence-only programs over promoting condom use.
This project offers a comprehensive examination of business and legislative influences on media — and includes the Media Tracker, a searchable online database of who owns the media serving any U.S. community.
200 trips to Paris? 150 to Hawaii? 140 to Italy? The Center’s investigation of how private interests gain access to members of Congress by funding supposedly educational or investigative travel.
Government contracts awarded for cleanup and reconstruction after Hurricane Katrina are collected in a searchable database, and the best coverage of what happened on the Gulf Coast is gathered and categorized.
An investigation into the state of federal lobbying identifies the top 100 lobbying companies and organizations — led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — as well as the top 250 lobbying firms.
Who’s winning the big contracts? Between 1998 and 2004 no-bid contracts accounted for more than 40 percent of Pentagon contracting, totaling $368 billion — and many contractors were generous campaign donors.
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Whatever criticism author Jerome Corsi endures for The Obama Nation, his new book slamming the presumptive Democratic nominee (and he’s getting plenty so far), it’ll probably be worth it, financially. After all, during the last presidential election cycle, Corsi apparently made more than a million dollars as co-author of Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry, according to his book contract, obtained by the Center for Public Integrity.
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That was then …
In the Center for Public Integrity’s 2001 book The Cheating of America, Charles Lewis and Bill Allison showed how superrich individuals and corporations avoid paying their share of income tax and how it is costing the country billions. The book documented how the rich take advantage of dubious tax shelters and move taxable profits offshore beyond the reach of the Internal Revenue Service while the rest of us pay our share. Read more
Since last Friday, Georgia has drawn considerable international attention. Being invaded by Russia tends to do that. Georgia, however, has been the object of interest by Washington for much longer — a fact clearly reflected in U.S. military aid to the country.
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Since 2003, the feds have doled out nearly $3 billion to states to clean up their rickety, chad-hanging electoral systems. Turns out that 49 states – as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa -- have managed to file detailed reports accounting for their election reform funds. But one state can’t seem to explain how it spent the money: New Hampshire.
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The Reform Institute — borne of John McCain’s failed 2000 presidential bid — was created as part of the senator’s efforts to clean up campaign finance. Ironically, it is now viewed by some as a fast-track ticket for well-heeled donors to spread their influence and earn McCain’s gratitude. Because unlike campaign contributions, donations to the Institute are unlimited and unregulated.
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So, Rudy Giuliani’s bundlers have proven the most generous to the new Republican nominee, rewarding John McCain with at least $3.25 million. On the other side of the aisle, who’s been most successful at getting bundlers to pony up for Barack Obama? (Hint: Don’t look to Hillary.)
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Following our recent post on Rudy Giuliani bundlers bringing their skills to John McCain’s campaign (and the flurry of media attention on McCain and his bundlers), we decided to shine a light on former bundlers for other Republican also-rans. Have they been as generous to McCain as have Rudy’s? (Don’t worry – we’ll be taking a look at the Dems, as well.)
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The Center’s work on 527 groups – those independent nonprofits that skirt campaign finance law – is featured in a new documentary by the BBC Radio World Service’s Steve Evans.
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ABC News reporter John Stossel doesn’t fear global warming, and he’s working to make sure you don’t, either.
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