1. The Billion Dollar Election: Part One - 527s

   The BBC Radio World Service's Steve Evans examines 527s and independent expenditure committees in the first of a two-part documentary series based on the Center… Read more

2. New Website Tutorial

   The Center for Public Integrity's newly redesigned website is now live. Read more

1. Podcasts

   The Center's podcast series, narrated by Bill Buzenberg, features our reporters and sources discussing investigations. Read more

2. Broken Elections, Stolen Votes

   Were the chaotic presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 an anomaly or a harbinger of things to come this November? Is democracy, as Karl Rove… Read more

More Highlighted Articles >

1. “Safe” Pesticides Now First in Poisonings

   WASHINGTON, D.C., July 31, 2008 — According to a new Center investigation, Perils of the New Pesticides, pyrethrins and… Read more

2. Marianne Szegedy-Maszak Named New Center Board Chair

   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… Read more

1. Three Center Projects Awarded Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award

   WASHINGTON April 15, 2008 — The Center for Public Integrity has won three 2007 Sigma Delta Chi awards in journalism for three of its investigations.… Read more

2. David E. Kaplan Named New Director of International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)

   WASHINGTON, D.C. April 3, 2008 — The Center for Public Integrity is pleased to announce that David E. Kaplan has been named the new Director… Read more

More Front & Center News >

Archive Investigations

1. Over the Limit

   Rusk 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.

2. States of Disclosure

   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.

3. Collateral Damage

   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.

4. Wasting Away

   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.

5. The Shadow Government

   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.

6. Divine Intervention

   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.

1. Well Connected

   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.

2. Power Trips

   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.

3. Katrina Watch

   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.

4. LobbyWatch

   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.

5. Outsourcing the Pentagon

   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.