Russians fight for their digital rights
Learn how Russian citizens are trying to prevent Putin's government from creating an “online Iron Curtain” that would restrict their internet.
Why do Chinese ‘boarding schools’ need barbed wire and cattle prods?
Though the Chinese government calls them schools, budget documents, human rights reports and survivors' accounts tell a more brutal story.
Guaidó leads on Venezuela’s COVID-19 response
While the former Maduro regime lies to Venezuelans about COVID-19, interim President Juan Guaidó and the National Assembly are saving lives.
Trump administration reaffirms election integrity
A new executive order requires mandatory sanctions and other consequences for foreign individuals or governments that attempt to meddle in U.S. elections.
Obama: Open government ‘is at the heart of successful societies’ [video]
Check out what President Obama told this year's Open Government Partnership summit.
Forget a seat at the table. This reporter wants a seat...
April Ryan's move from the sixth row of the White House briefing room to the third symbolizes specialty media’s importance in the White House press corps.
U.S. slaps sanctions on Maduro’s son
Nicolás Maduro relied on his son Nicolasito and others to maintain a stranglehold on the economy and suppress the people of Venezuela.
U.S. companies find it pays not to pay bribes
The U.S. was the first country to bar its companies from bribing foreign officials. Now dozens of other countries do too, and it actually helps, not hurts, company profits.
In the U.S., cameras mean transparent policing
Cameras are common in American policing. Who gets to see all those hours of footage of police interacting with the public?