apolish ice How the Trump administration is putting public records under threat, so history may never know the awful things they did Thom Dunn
bishop accountability The Catholic Church broke its promise to publish a list of "credibly accused" abuser priests, so Propublica did it for them Cory Doctorow
nih For the first time, you can search the database of money that publicly funded researchers in Illinois received from pharma companies Cory Doctorow
death and tax-prep industry lobbyists Suppressed internal emails reveal that the IRS actively helped tax-prep giants suppress Free File Cory Doctorow
cctvs Civil rights groups call for a stop to Amazon's doorbell surveillance partnerships with cops Cory Doctorow
Hart Intercivic Voting machine companies: the names of our parent companies are trade secrets Cory Doctorow
Judge Booker T Stephens Prosecutors and federal judges collaborate with corporations to seal evidence of public safety risks, sentencing hundreds of thousands of Americans to death Cory Doctorow
deceptive tactics Axon makes false statements to town that bought its police bodycams, threatens to tase their credit-rating if they cancel the contract Cory Doctorow
guillotine watch x Big Tech's addiction to illegal, overreaching NDAs protects wage discrimination, sexual harassment, and other evils by "terrorizing" employees Cory Doctorow
chuck tingle Chuck Tingle's Muellerporn: "Redacted In The Butt By Redacted Under The Tromp Administration" Cory Doctorow
#shellpapers The #ShellPapers: crowdsourcing analysis of all correspondence between Shell and the Dutch government Cory Doctorow
classified Intelligence officials sue to end pre-publication government review of writings Xeni Jardin
criminal cops List of thousands of criminal cops accidentally released under public records laws, now CA AG threatens 2 reporters with legal action for having a copy Xeni Jardin
academic malpractice How the payday loan industry laundered policy by paying academics to write papers that supported its positions Cory Doctorow
hq2 Public records requests reveal the elaborate shell-company secrecy that Google uses when seeking subsidies for data-centers Cory Doctorow
chuck schumer Chuck Schumer's general counsel, once a Goldman Sachs lobbyist, won't disclose the names of 95% of his former clients Cory Doctorow
predictive polciing Chasing down that list of potential Predpol customers reveals dozens of cities that have secretly experimented with "predictive policing" Cory Doctorow
