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AnalysisPolitics

What Freedom of Information?

So I received in the mail yesterday a slim letter from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve in response to a Freedom of Information Request I sent in January 2009, more than nineteen months ago. “Board staff has been unable to respond to your request to date…”

InvestigationPolitics

The Secret Campaign of Mike Bloomberg

In 2009, in a tight race against an African American opponent, Mayor Bloomberg paid $1.2 million to a political operative for “ballot security,” often a ruse for voter suppression. He disguised the fee as a donation to the Independence Party — then failed to report it.

New York Observer
AnalysisBusiness, Politics

RIP The Big Money — And Asking Tough Questions of Capitalism

Earlier this month, Slate shuttered a spinoff news site. It wasn’t the first time; its women’s site XX quickly came and went, after failing to attract enough ad dollars. But the loss of The Big Money after less than two years feels bigger, because it offered something that really isn’t available anywhere else: a space for serious business reporting that dared to question sacred assumptions about how the economy works.

AnalysisTechnology

Wikileaks: A Game-Changer?

What does Wikileaks mean for the way we get information? For now, let’s set aside the question of whether the 90,000-plus reports that the nonprofit leaked reveal any game-changing information. Rather, what is intriguing about this whole affair is the protection Wikileaks’ infrastructure affords whistleblowers and the group’s freedom from national boundaries, which offers its associates apparent freedom from political persecution.