ProPublica Archives

Economics

Is the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Doing Enough to Monitor Wall Street?

Bank President William Dudley says supervision is stronger than ever, but Democratic senators are unconvinced: "You need to fix it, Mr. Dudley, or we need to get someone who will."

Jake Bernstein

Economics

Federal Reserve Announces Sweeping Review of Its Big Bank Oversight

The Federal Reserve Board wants to look at whether the views of examiners are being heard by higher-ups.

Jake Bernstein

Economics

The Red Cross’ Own Employees Doubt the Charity’s Ethics

Survey results obtained by ProPublica also show a crisis of trust in the charity’s senior leadership.

Justin Elliott

Environment

Chesapeake Energy Faces Subpoena on Royalty Payment Practices

The Justice Department’s inquiry comes after an investigation and years of complaints from landowners who say they have been underpaid for leasing land to the energy giant for drilling.

Abrahm Lustgarten

Environment

AT&T Stops Using Undeletable Phone Tracking IDs

Verizon remains committed to its program of inserting a tracking number into its customers’ cell phone transmissions.

Julia Angwin

Economics

The Slim Fast Billionaire and the Scandal-Plagued Former Israeli Prime Minister

A private foundation funded by the founder of Slim Fast paid tax deductible dollars to a consulting company owned by Ehud Olmert, an Israeli political figure accused of corruption.

Uri Blau

Environment

The Best Encrypted Messaging Programs

A new ranking of popular encrypted messaging programs finds the ones that are most effective at protecting users’ privacy.

Julia Angwin

Economics

In Papers Never Meant to Be Made Public, Tim Geithner Really Opens Up

The former Treasury secretary and architect of the Obama administration’s financial rescue sounds more like some of his detractors when writing candidly.

Jeff Gerth

Environment

Somebody’s Already Using Verizon’s New Smartphone IDs to Track Users

Twitter is using a newly discovered hidden code that the telecom carriers are adding to every page you visit—and it’s very hard to opt out.

Julia Angwin & Jeff Larson