Challenging “High Road” Contracting Challenging “High Road” Contracting
This is what must make it hard for people working inside the Obama administration. No sooner does the White House start talking up something good, than it does something bad.
Mar 5, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Today’s Secrets Are In Plain Sight Today’s Secrets Are In Plain Sight
Daniel Ellsberg was on GRITtv last week and he left me thinking about secrecy.
Mar 4, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Who’s Protecting The People From Banks? Who’s Protecting The People From Banks?
If going head to head with bankers alone is too scary for Warren Buffett, why are the rest of us being thrown to the financial wolves?
Mar 3, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Better Uses for Bankers’ Billions Better Uses for Bankers’ Billions
What could we do with $20 billion? We've got some suggestions.
Feb 24, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Looking Closer at Joseph Stack Looking Closer at Joseph Stack
Joseph Stack -- remember him? He's the guy who crashed his plane into an Internal Revenue Service building in Austin last week.
Feb 23, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Human Interest In Bank Practices Human Interest In Bank Practices
How much senior executives earn, in cash and stock, is public information. How they make it is public too. Trouble is, the two are barely brought together in reporting.
Feb 17, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Pledge to Save Journalism Pledge to Save Journalism
All that guff you're hearing about the importance of public service reporting that's insulated from the influence of corporate advertisers? It's not guff -- as ABC TV affiliates in...
Feb 10, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Lifting the Veil on US Troops in Pakistan Lifting the Veil on US Troops in Pakistan
"The deaths of three American soldiers in a Taliban suicide attack on Wednesday lifted the veil on United States military assistance to Pakistan." So began a Feb 4th pie...
Feb 9, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Another Super Bowl, Another Scandal Another Super Bowl, Another Scandal
It's Super Bowl season, another year, another scandal. This year's outburst over CBS's $3 million Focus on the Family ad has revived the mythology around another Super Bowl ad, t...
Feb 5, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Integrity Isn’t Just a Military Value Integrity Isn’t Just a Military Value
On Tuesday, several of the nation's top military officials, including Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, spoke out in fa...
Feb 4, 2010 / Laura Flanders