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Death of a statesman: Vajpayee, a leader who always soft-spoke his mind
Fri Aug 17 2018
Atal Bihari Vajpayee dead: People close to Atalji, as he was called by those who knew him well, say the defining characteristics of the man was his humanism, humour, his love for p...
Atal Bihari Vajpayee and national security: Daring leap, step by step
Fri Aug 17 2018
Atal Bihari Vajpayee dead: With altered security paradigm, he engaged with China, made peace moves towards Pakistan...
Former Indian PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee dies
Fri Aug 17 2018
The 93-year-old, who led India three times, had been hospitalised since June with a kidney infection and chest problems....
Millions are victims of hate crimes, though many never report them
Fri Aug 17 2018
An investigation of a growing climate of hate in the United States through national crime victimization data analysis and on-the-ground reporting in 36 states...
Faking Climate Change Data & Visualizing for the Color Blind, in Sci-Fi Movies & in W.E.B. Du Bois’ Black America
Fri Aug 17 2018
What’s the global data journalism community tweeting about this week? Our NodeXL #ddj mapping from Aug 6 to 12 finds @sciam profiling a new color scale for the color blind, @EDudin...
INN Joins 350 US Papers in Call for End to Trump Harassment of Press
Fri Aug 17 2018
Today, the Institute for Nonprofit News joins journalists across the country in asking you, the public, to stand up for your rights to free speech and an open government....
Center for Public Integrity Board of Directors condemns President Trump’s attacks on the press
Thu Aug 16 2018
Led by The Boston Globe, more than 200 newspapers are publishing editorials condemning President Donald Trump for his hostile rhetoric directed at the news media. The Center for Pu...
Meet the Man Who Filed 1,400 FOI Requests to Prove Data Acquisition Isn’t Terrorism
Thu Aug 16 2018
For the last three years Gavin Chait has been fighting — and winning — multiple freedom of information (FOI) cases to unlock data on vacant properties in England and Wales. Here’s ...
Investigating the Supply Chain: Latest Addition to GIJN’s Resource Center
Thu Aug 16 2018
Exposing “supply chains” — the connections between the products we buy and the circumstances of their creation — has proved to be fertile ground for investigative journalism....
A Free Press Works for All of Us
Thu Aug 16 2018
The cause of investigative reporting, a crucial element of our democracy, benefits enormously from our country’s tradition of a free, unfettered press....
Veterans Group Sues to Block VA Shadow Rulers
Thu Aug 16 2018
A new lawsuit challenges the legality of a secret Mar-a-Lago troika after ProPublica revealed its influence over the Department of Veterans Affairs....
What’s Your Experience With the Americans With Disabilities Act? We Want to Know.
Wed Aug 15 2018
We want to know how the law affects you, whether you’re a person with a disability, caretaker, business owner, architect or contractor....
When Sarah Sanders and the ACLU Teamed Up for Voting Rights
Wed Aug 15 2018
Although the Trump administration wants to restrict access to the ballot box, its chief spokesperson once sued to overturn a ban on student voting....
State Aid For Journalism: Should Governments Provide Subsidies to News Media?
Tue Aug 14 2018
State support for media is not a new concept....
GIJN Launches Portuguese Social Media Channels
Tue Aug 14 2018
We’re delighted to announce that GIJN has launched a new initiative: GIJN em Português, in partnership with our member the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji...
Watchdog calls for investigation into Wilbur Ross' financial dealings
Tue Aug 14 2018
Campaign Legal Center says commerce secretary violated federal law...
Did You Go to a Washington Nationals Game With Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh?
Mon Aug 13 2018
Trump’s pick is a baseball fan who racked up considerable debt buying season tickets. Help us figure out who went with the nominated judge....
Why India’s Civil Servants Are Disaffected With The 360-Degree Empanelment Process For Top Central Government Posts
Sun Aug 12 2018
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses secretaries of the government of India at an informal meeting in April 2015. That month, the central government introduced the 360-degree app...
The “Discernible Lack Of Transparency” In 360-Degree Empanelment Is “Rather Unfair To The Officer”: Former Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrasekhar
Sun Aug 12 2018
KM Chandrasekhar served as the cabinet secretary, the highest post in the Indian civil service, for four years from 2007–11. Chandrasekhar is an Indian Administrative Services offi...
No place to run (rebroadcast)
Sat Aug 11 2018
In Texas, the foster care system is failing the vulnerable children it’s meant to protect, leaving many without a safe place to live. ...