A forensic look at the nonprofit journalism economy, where public-interest newsrooms are increasingly funded by philanthropy, managed by professional executive teams and shaped by the same salary questions they often investigate elsewhere
Officers used arrest records, social networks, and police data to generate a list of people they believed were at heightened risk of being involved in a shooting — then showed up at those people's homes to let them know they were being watched.
Where does public money really go? Dead Reckoning investigates the businesses, technologies and political decisions shaping war, policing, surveillance and the future they're building.
The Pentagon calls this "use it or lose it." The idea is that if you don't spend your budget before the fiscal year ends, Congress cuts it next year. So you spend.
