Transparency
More Obstacles to Prosecuting Police Misconduct Revealed in Police Union Contracts
Black Lives Matter's Campaign Zero project releases new analysis of contracts and police bills of rights.
Secretive National Security Letters Can Help FBI More Easily Snoop on Journalists
It's not about fighting terrorism; it's about finding leakers.
Jon Favreau Defends Obama's Record on Surveillance and Transparency
Obama's former chief speechwriter goes to bat against information leakers.
Surprise! FBI Has Millions of Our Photos in Facial Recognition Databases
Government report expresses concerns about accuracy, privacy, and transparency.
California Lawmakers Mobilize to Weaken Transparency Initiative
A transparency bill that would require 72 hours for review of legislation before its voted on is meeting a lot of resistance.
Black Lives Matter Organizer DeRay McKesson on Libertarians, Police Unions, Campus Free Speech, and Why He Hasn't Reached Out to Rand Paul
A conversation with the activist who finds some common ground with libertarianism but diverges sharply on other issues.
Hillary Clinton's IT Aide to Plead the Fifth in Open Records Lawsuit Over Private Email Server
Former State Department staffer Bryan Pagliano, who set up Clinton's private server, will refuse to answer questions in lawsuit brought by Judicial Watch.
Hillary's Habits of Haughtiness
The email controversy recapitulates themes from Clinton's handling of health care reform.
Waco PD Took "Extraordinary Steps" to Keep Baylor Football Accusations Quiet, School's Apology Rings Hollow
Bombshell report says Baylor officials and coaches retaliated against rape accusers, but is maddeningly vague and short on details.
Man Died After Being Tased and Cut with a Power Saw by NYPD, City Accused of Hiding Video of Incident
Wrongful death lawsuit likens missing video "cover-up" to what Chicago PD did with footage of Laquan McDonald's shooting death.
Lying By the Government is as Terrifying as it is Contagious
Lawyers representing the federal government have lied to the courts in a number of recent cases.
Inspector General Report Makes Clear That Hillary Clinton's State Department Email System Broke Government Rules
Clinton's campaign insists that her exclusive reliance on a private email server was allowed. It wasn't.
Congress Should Subpoena White House Advisor Ben Rhodes
President Obama's foreign policy advisor admits he lied to Congress and the public about Iranian nuclear negotiations.
Will We Ever Truly Know the Extent of CIA Torture During the War on Terror?
Copy of Senate report 'mistakenly' gets destroyed as government successfully resists release.
9/11 Commissioner Breaks Ranks, Says Saudi Government Officials Implicated By Secret "28 Pages"
"Our report should never have been read as an exoneration of Saudi Arabia," says former Reagan administration Secretary of the Navy John Lehman.
Hillary and the Extraterrestrials
Three reasons to appreciate Clinton's fascination with UFOs
Feds Gave $2.2 Billion Worth of Military Gear to Local Police Departments Since 2006
Despite calls to end the militarization of police, new report says "2014 and 2015 were peak years" for local PDs acquiring weapons, armored vehicles, and more.
President Obama Tells Graduates to Embrace Free Speech, But He Hasn't Always Done the Same
The Obama administration's record on free expression lies in contrast with the president's advice to college kids.
Wisconsin Police Shot a Fleeing Hostage Without Warning, Then Misled the Public
Neenah PD said hostage Michael Funk ignored orders to drop his gun. Video shows officers never said a word before they shot him.
Counter-Programming Alert: Watch Matt Welch Debate Mandatory Salary Transparency on PBS Tonight!
Check local listings for the late-night public-TV debate show in which Boston liberals occasionally get to vote on libertarian arguments!
Most Police Forces Still Refuse Transparency When it Comes to Use-of-Force Statistics
Fewer than .31 percent of law enforcement agencies are willing to make their use-of-force data public or share it with the federal government.
California GOP Blathers About Freedom, But Mostly Backs 'Secrecy Lobby'
Politicians from the party of Reagan and Lincoln should instinctively know the dangers of giving government officials unaccountable power.
Former New York Times Editor: 'Hillary Clinton Is Fundamentally Honest and Trustworthy'
Reputation-laundering from the elite press almost as nauseating as the candidate's own easily provable lies
Will the FBI Share Its IPhone-Cracking Methods with Apple?
The two switch sides in the request for access, but the underlying issues are the same.
The Clinton Investigation Enters a Dangerous Phase
The presumptive Democratic nominee faces a prudent legal but treacherous political decision.
The Mystery of New York City's "Cop Cabs"
Neither the taxi commission nor the NYPD wants you to know much about them.
Missouri Ordered to Reveal the Source of Its Death Penalty Drugs
A rare win for transparency in government in the Show-Me State.
Newark Police Department's Union Doesn't Want a Civilian Review Board
Newark PD already has a federal monitor because of widespread unconstitutional policing.
Black Lives Matter Activist Deray Mckesson Running for Baltimore Mayor
Says government has to identify its problems and solve them.
Houston PD Releases Highly Redacted Use of Force Policy to Black Lives Matter, Says It Was AG Decision (Updated)
But the Office of the Attorney General told Reason they had no record of that request.
Accountability Scandals in California Spark Reaction
Legislators want civil fines as option if agency provides bad information
Hillary Clinton Is Above Your Little Oversight Laws: 'Nothing I Did Was Wrong'
Democratic frontrunner is 'not willing to say' that running her own private email server 'was an error in judgment'
Stunning Rejection of Scientific Values of Transparency and Skepticism at New England Journal of Medicine
Outside researchers might "even use the data to try to disprove what the original investigators had posited."
Black Lives Matter/Campaign Zero Activists Launch "Police Use of Force Project"
New website collects use of force polices from 100 major police departments.
To Prosecute Clinton for Espionage, Evidence of Negligence Is Enough
The failure to safeguard state secrets is an area of the law in which the federal government has been aggressive to the point of being merciless.
Government-Funded Scientists: Never Hide Anything from the Public
Actually, science only works well when all researchers show their work
Americans Overwhelmingly Support Police Body Cameras, Understand They're for Both Sides
Poll also shows people think the 'war on police' is actually real.
The Year in Blame Shifting
How to dodge responsibility, whether you're a cop or the president
Almost Half of 184 People Killed by Georgia Cops Since 2010 Were Unarmed and/or Shot in the Back
Investigation reveals that every one of these police shootings was deemed lawful.
Paris Climate Change Conference
New Paris Draft Climate Accord Unveiled: It's All About the Cash
Fourth Dispatch: Saving the climate is nice and all, but where's the money?
A New Model for a Police Shooting Database?
Researchers in St. Louis broaden analysis of police force beyond just fatalities.
US Police Have Killed 1,000 People (And Counting) This Year
The Guardian and other sites are collecting the data on deadly force that the government won't.
Asking Tough Questions About the Death Penalty
Journalists and prisoners stage a First Amendment challenge to state secrecy regarding executions.
'Body Cameras for Thee—but Not When You're With Me'
Bureaucracy turns Department of Justice into hilarious hypocrites
Shadow-Censorship on Social Media Sparks New Concerns for Open-Internet Advocates
The digital censors of tomorrow will control information by secretly limiting or obscuring the ways that people can access it online.
More Questions for Hillary Clinton
Clinton, haven't you stated a few dozen times that you never sent or received emails marked "classified"?
