Project Updates
Republic Report
Republic Report is dedicated to rooting out the corruption that is so corrosive to American values. We investigate and uncover the buying and selling of politicians and of institutions entrusted with upholding the public interest. We expose how big money distorts major policy decisions – harming our economy and our people.
Trump Terrible 10: Total and Complete Disgrace Edition
October 20th
Congratulations, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. This week there was so much disgracefulness that, for once, you’re out of the countdown. (#11, according to our data.) President Tr…
With CollegeAmerica Trial Underway, Someone Just Posted An Unhinged Attack on Colorado’s Attorney General
October 19th
A lawsuit brought by Colorado’s attorney general, Cynthia Coffman, against CollegeAmerica went to trial this week in a Denver courtroom. It’s a bench trial — no jury; …
Jared-Ivanka “Ethics” Lawyer Helped Pharma Weaken Opioid Enforcement
October 17th
A blockbuster Washington Post / 60 Minutes report Sunday detailed how the pharmaceutical lobby managed to strip the Drug Enforcement Administration of its best tool against drug compani…
Privatization Watch
PrivatizationWatch is a daily news blog covering privatization, and is a joint project of Essential Information and The Center for Study of Responsive Law.
August 18, 2015
August 17th
Smoke and Mirrors Lie Behind Balanced-Budget Rhetoric. There are few things more creative than a state government in dire financial straits, which is to say most of them. States are wel…
August 17, 2015
August 16th
Social Security Still Strong at 80. . . Despite such a strong record, Social Security is under attack from profiteers and their political allies who claim it will not be around when people r…
August 10, 2015
August 9th
Privatize the VA? Senators Get Behind a Radical Program for Vets that Could Cost Billions. . . The bill, unveiled just before the Senate left town for a month, surprised many in the veteran&…
Center for Corporate Policy
The Center for Corporate Policy is a non-profit, non-partisan public interest organization working to curb corporate abuses and make corporations publicly accountable.