Around the world, governments are spying on journalists with hacking software originally designed to capture criminals.
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State Pension Fund is Helping a Middle Eastern Firm Export Arizona’s Precious Groundwater
The state’s retirement system invested heavily in a private land deal that allowed a foreign company to effectively ship Arizona’s scarce water supply overseas.
As Climate Clock Ticks, US Government Has Been Using Burning Trash to Look Green
Federal agencies have been padding their environmental stats with a strategy that’s too cheap, too carbon-heavy and too easy to make a difference.
It’s Not Easy Going Green
There’s a way to “fight” climate change that’s cheap, popular and completely ineffective.
Guatemala’s War on Journalists
Politicians are cracking down on independent journalists, setting back efforts to expose corruption and impunity.
The Pentagon Papers: Secrets, Lies and Leaks
Daniel Ellsberg worried that the Vietnam War would spiral into nuclear apocalypse. So he secretly copied a 7,000-page report that exposed the reality of U.S.’s role in Vietnam.
Weapons With Minds of Their Own
The future of warfare is being shaped by computer algorithms that are assuming ever-greater control over battlefield technology. Will this give machines the power to decide whom to kill?
CIR’s ‘Victim/Suspect’ Now Streaming on Netflix
The documentary uncovers a nationwide pattern of young women reporting sexual assaults to police, only to be charged with making a false report, arrested and imprisoned.
The COVID Tracking Project
This three-part series takes listeners inside the failed federal response to COVID-19 and explores the massive volunteer effort to collect data.
The COVID Tracking Project Part 1
This three-part series takes listeners inside the failed federal response to COVID-19 and explores the massive volunteer effort to collect data about the disease.