Opinion

The chairperson of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Chairman Gary Gensler, appeared on Yahoo! Finance on Sunday, March 13 to acknowledge the important role the SEC plays in shaping public policy. Just prior to Gensler’s appearance was coverage...

There’s a plaque affixed to a concrete column at the site of what used to be NASA’s Launch Complex 34 that reads “Ad Astra Per Aspera (A Rough Road Leads to the Stars).  The plaque sits as a monument to...

As suggested in the first installment to this blog, an integrated systems approach to ensuring rule of law and combatting corruption, including protecting whistleblowers, is a key part of a strategy for advancing human progress across the social, economic, and...

Let’s all direct our attention to Elon Musk for a masterclass in whistleblower retaliation. It’s people like him that give credence to National Whistleblower Center’s efforts to bring whistleblower protections to the forefront and fight for rewards and anti-retaliation protections...

“I don't think that I will come out of my own situation alive.  I know powerful people hate me and they want me dead, and I live any day as the last one on earth and have already prepared my...

September 26, 2015: New York City. Some 60,000 people from all over the world throng Central Park for the Global Citizen Festival. As Beyoncé takes the stage there is a buzz in the air – a sense of optimism for...

Whistleblowers—and the truths they tell—far too often become the first casualties in the clash of bigger forces with other agendas. People tend to oversimplify complex stories to fit their preferred political narrative or to protect their own interests. If the...

The growing campaign to strengthen protections for whistleblowers who expose climate threats aims to provide a safety net of defense from retaliation for future generations of citizens. These protections come decades too late for people like Steven Donziger. He may...

U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Richard Durbin held an oversight hearing on September 15, 2021, to address the FBI’s mishandling of sex abuse allegations against former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. Yet, the well-deserved thrashing that FBI officials received for...

At the end of July, the National Whistleblower Center hosted a series of speaker and panel discussions celebrating whistleblowers over three days, culminating on National Whistleblower Day, July 30th.  Individuals who had reported wrongdoing at public companies, within the military,...