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America Had a Black President. Then Came the Whitelash.
More To The Story: America in these last 10 years has experienced generational political upheaval, clashes over race and identity, and a battle over …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
A Midnight Phone Call. A Missing Movie. Decades of Questions.
Here at the Center for Investigative Reporting, we excel at finding things: government documents, contact information, the misdeeds people have tried…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Al Letson at No Kings: Hope, Fury, and Inflatables
More To The Story: On October 18, roughly 2,700 No Kings demonstrations took place around the US. Organizers estimated that 7 million protesters came…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Exposing a Global Surveillance Empire
In June, a sharp-suited Austrian executive from a global surveillance company told a prospective client that he could “go to prison” for organizing t…
5 months ago
How a Climate Doomsayer Became an Unexpected Optimist
More To The Story: Bill McKibben isn’t known for his rosy outlook on climate change. Back in 1989, the environmentalist wrote The End of Nature, whic…
5 months ago
Immigrants on the Line
Mackenson Remy didn’t plan to bypass security when he drove into the parking lot of a factory in Greeley, Colorado. He’d never been there before. All…
5 months, 1 week ago
The Race to Stop AI’s Threats to Democracy
More To The Story: OpenAI became the world’s most valuable private company last week after a stock deal pushed the value of the artificial intelligen…
5 months, 1 week ago
The Secret Story of FTX’s Rise and Ruin Part 2
When the cryptocurrency exchange FTX imploded, customers around the world lost access to their money. Founder Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted of frau…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
So You Don’t Understand Crypto. Buckle Up.
More To The Story: The growth of crypto—decentralized digital currency that doesn’t rely on the backing of a bank or government—is one of the most tr…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Secret Story of FTX’s Rise and Ruin Part 1
Sam Bankman-Fried was once called the “crypto king.” But in November 2022, his company, FTX, imploded within a matter of days. All around the world, …
5 months, 2 weeks ago