All articles tagged with #transparency
President Donald Trump spent more than three hours at Walter Reed for preventive medical and dental exams. The White House touts him as in excellent health, but the episode highlights ongoing questions about how much health information is disclosed to the public and concerns about aging and cognitive fitness in presidents.
Former Everlane founder Michael Preysman discusses Shein’s acquisition of Everlane, reflecting on the brand’s rise, its struggles with product-market fit and leadership changes, and unveils stillradical.com — a new, experimental project aimed at reviving Everlane’s transparency and sustainability ethos outside a traditional corporate model.
The Department of Justice has scrubbed its website of press releases related to Jan. 6 defendants, prompting questions about transparency and public access to information as officials reorganize or curate the department's communications.
Media and fans are demanding clearer injury reporting after the Indiana Fever listed Caitlin Clark as inactive for a game due to a back issue, prompting debate over whether the WNBA should mandate standardized injury designations and more transparent player availability.
An independent probe into CalPERS, the nation’s largest public pension, finds secrecy, chronic underperformance, and opaque costs, with five- and ten-year returns in the bottom 15% and about 9% of assets in aging private-equity funds, prompting calls for an Inspector General and independent oversight. CalPERS counters that performance has improved and fees have fallen, but critics say transparency remains lacking.
The Democratic National Committee released its full, unredacted autopsy of the 2024 presidential election after pressure on chair Ken Martin. The report, which contains errors and no clear conclusion, was authored by Paul Rivera and carries a disclaimer that it reflects the author’s views, not the DNC. Martin apologized and published the document as-is to restore trust, highlighting ongoing internal disagreements and a search for lessons ahead of 2026 and 2028.
Facing mounting pressure, the DNC chair Ken Martin released the party’s 2024 election autopsy, apologizing for delaying it and explaining that the report wasn’t ready and lacked source materials. He says he’s now publishing the complete, unedited report to restore trust, even though it doesn’t meet his or the party’s standards. The release comes amid donor interest and activist pressure, with CNN published copies of the autopsy.
Microsoft's Xbox has published a list of 10 demands from players, aiming to boost transparency and accountability around updates, communications, and data practices, signaling a shift toward greater community involvement in shaping the platform’s future.
New research shows California’s data centers are expanding into water-stressed regions while public data on their water use remains scarce due to reporting gaps and narrow environmental reviews. Planning documents often lack clear details about water consumption, and water providers rarely disclose usage. Lawmakers are reintroducing bills to require disclosure to water suppliers and local governments, but face industry opposition. Experts say transparent measurement is essential as the industry grows and competes for limited water resources.
A University of Washington student created an open, self-updating interactive map that tracks where data centers are being built and how AI policy is evolving around the world, using Epoch AI data and automated news summaries; the project highlights a patchwork of responses—from water and energy concerns to tax breaks—and argues that greater transparency could empower communities to negotiate benefits like jobs, tax revenue, and environmental monitoring.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced enforcement actions against more than 130 Texas cities for allegedly failing to meet SB 1851’s audit and transparency requirements, barring them from raising property taxes above the no-new-revenue rate as part of an ongoing statewide investigation after documents were requested from over 1,000 municipalities.
HRW’s 54-page report 'Looking the Other Way: EU Failure to Prevent Surveillance Exports to Rights Violators' finds the EU and member states are failing to stop exporting intrusive surveillance tech to governments with documented rights abuses, despite the 2021 Dual-Use Regulation. It criticizes the EU’s implementation and the 2024 guidelines for reducing transparency, and urges tighter due diligence, stronger reporting, and meaningful civil-society participation. The report notes exports such as Bulgaria to Azerbaijan (2022) and Poland to Rwanda (2023) and calls for EU-wide action ahead of the 2026 evaluation.
A growing bloc of Republicans led by Rep. Mike Turner is pressuring the White House for fuller details on the Iran conflict, including strategy and ongoing operations, arguing Congress isn’t being adequately briefed as a fragile ceasefire drags on and midterm pressures mount; Trump has criticized the peace proposal while lawmakers seek an off-ramp.
An op-ed contends that FDA scientists withdrew and suppressed safety analyses of COVID-19 vaccines and Shingrix to protect a predetermined narrative, despite findings aligning with global post‑market surveillance that vaccines are generally safe with rare, well-characterized risks. It contrasts these actions with the BEST Initiative’s open, real‑time surveillance, noting that 2025–26 vaccines reduced emergency department visits by about half and hospitalizations by roughly 55% in immunocompetent adults, and argues that hiding results undermines public trust while the underlying evidence remains favorable to vaccine safety and effectiveness.
Pentagon released a declassified trove of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena files—more than 160 documents detailing over 400 incidents from the 1940s to 2024 on a public site—some Apollo-era sightings among them. While no evidence of alien contact is presented and some cases are debunked, officials say the data will be released rollingly to boost transparency under the PURSUE framework, with NASA backing ongoing disclosures.