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Palast turned his skills to journalism after two decades as a top investigator of corporate fraud and racketeering. Palast's reports appear on BBC's Newsnight and in Britain's Guardian, Rolling Stone and Harper's.
Palast is best known as the investigative reported who uncovered how Katherine Harris purged thousands of African-Americans from Florida's voter rolls in the 2000 Presidential Election.
Palast directed the US government's largest racketeering case in history--winning a $4.3 billion jury award. He also conducted the investigation of the Exxon Valdez on behalf of the Alaskan Natives.
Palast is recipient of the George Orwell Courage in Journalism Prize for his BBC television documentary, Bush Family Fortunes.
Greg Palast's newest book, Vultures' Picnic will be released by Penguin Books in November of 2011. Find out more info at VulturesPicnic.org
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Sunday, September 5, 2021
Louisiana Black-out: Not an Act of God, an Act of Entergy The darkness, the misery and death you are witnessing in Louisiana is not an act of God, it's an act of Entergy Inc.
Sunday, September 5, 2021Louisiana Black-out: Not an Act of God, an Act of Entergy The darkness, the misery and death you are witnessing in Louisiana is not an act of God, it's an act of Entergy Inc.
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Friday, April 2, 2021
Georgia's New Voting Law Is Rife With Hidden Horrors The food-in-line prohibition is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to horrific provisions hidden in the 95 pages of Georgia's new anti-voting law.
Friday, April 2, 2021Georgia's New Voting Law Is Rife With Hidden Horrors The food-in-line prohibition is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to horrific provisions hidden in the 95 pages of Georgia's new anti-voting law.
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Friday, March 26, 2021
Voting Gangnam Style: The New Kim Crow in Georgia Georgia's Secretaries of State have amp'd up the old Jim Crow tactics against Asian-Americans. Call it, the New Kim Crow.
Friday, March 26, 2021Voting Gangnam Style: The New Kim Crow in Georgia Georgia's Secretaries of State have amp'd up the old Jim Crow tactics against Asian-Americans. Call it, the New Kim Crow.
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Friday, February 12, 2021
Smoking Gun for Impeachment: Proof Trump's Call to March on Capitol was a Crime Trump's GOP defenders say that Trump merely called for a march to the Capitol, a legal act of protest. Except for this: it wasn't legal. And Trump and his team knew it.
Friday, February 12, 2021Smoking Gun for Impeachment: Proof Trump's Call to March on Capitol was a Crime Trump's GOP defenders say that Trump merely called for a march to the Capitol, a legal act of protest. Except for this: it wasn't legal. And Trump and his team knew it.
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Saturday, January 16, 2021
"Organized" March to Capitol Was Not Permitted, Rally Organizers Warned White House Before Donald Trump exhorted the Jan. 6 rally to march on the Capitol, the White House had been warned by the rally sponsor that there was no permit for a march, that the Interior Department's Park Police were promised there would be no march, and that such an unplanned march was dangerous.
Saturday, January 16, 2021"Organized" March to Capitol Was Not Permitted, Rally Organizers Warned White House Before Donald Trump exhorted the Jan. 6 rally to march on the Capitol, the White House had been warned by the rally sponsor that there was no permit for a march, that the Interior Department's Park Police were promised there would be no march, and that such an unplanned march was dangerous.
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Saturday, January 9, 2021
I Showed Raffensperger Evidence of Wrongful Voter Purges. He Ignored It. Atlanta Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is no hero. He did all he could leading up to the election to suppress the rights of legitimate voters.
Saturday, January 9, 2021I Showed Raffensperger Evidence of Wrongful Voter Purges. He Ignored It. Atlanta Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is no hero. He did all he could leading up to the election to suppress the rights of legitimate voters.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Stealing Georgia: Raffensperger is No Hero Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is exposed for using vote suppression Jim Crow tactics, even misleading a federal court to keep 198,000 Georgians from voting in Tuesday's Senate run-off.
Tuesday, January 5, 2021Stealing Georgia: Raffensperger is No Hero Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is exposed for using vote suppression Jim Crow tactics, even misleading a federal court to keep 198,000 Georgians from voting in Tuesday's Senate run-off.
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Friday, January 1, 2021
Georgia Closes Black Polling Stations;White Polls Open for Early Voting "All the polling sites they cut were in Black and Brown neighborhoods," said Arnwine, Founder of the Transformative Justice Coalition, who relocated to Atlanta for the US Senate run-offs. She expressed concern that Georgia leads the nation in new, sophisticated Jim Crow vote manipulation tactics.
Friday, January 1, 2021Georgia Closes Black Polling Stations;White Polls Open for Early Voting "All the polling sites they cut were in Black and Brown neighborhoods," said Arnwine, Founder of the Transformative Justice Coalition, who relocated to Atlanta for the US Senate run-offs. She expressed concern that Georgia leads the nation in new, sophisticated Jim Crow vote manipulation tactics.
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Thursday, November 26, 2020
Biden should give thanks to First Peoples for giving him the White House If it were up to White folk, Trump would have walked away with Arizona, but Indigenous precincts in Navajo Nation lands reported a 60% to 90% vote for Biden-Harris
Thursday, November 26, 2020Biden should give thanks to First Peoples for giving him the White House If it were up to White folk, Trump would have walked away with Arizona, but Indigenous precincts in Navajo Nation lands reported a 60% to 90% vote for Biden-Harris
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Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Georgia tries to block new voters ahead of runoff Georgia's Board of Elections is trying to sneak through a new rule that could block new registrations before the Senate runoff to people who don't have a car registered in the state.
Tuesday, November 24, 2020Georgia tries to block new voters ahead of runoff Georgia's Board of Elections is trying to sneak through a new rule that could block new registrations before the Senate runoff to people who don't have a car registered in the state.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Georgia: "Stacey Abrams Shill" Says What We Must Do The math is clear: if you illegally remove low-income voters, the Democratic vote will increase when the crime is busted.
Tuesday, November 10, 2020Georgia: "Stacey Abrams Shill" Says What We Must Do The math is clear: if you illegally remove low-income voters, the Democratic vote will increase when the crime is busted.
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Friday, November 6, 2020
Election Day Mayhem Began Two Years Ago With Massive Voter Purges In the two years leading up to this election, Georgia's GOP secretary of state quietly wiped away the voter registrations of 198,351 voters based on false information.
Friday, November 6, 2020Election Day Mayhem Began Two Years Ago With Massive Voter Purges In the two years leading up to this election, Georgia's GOP secretary of state quietly wiped away the voter registrations of 198,351 voters based on false information.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Georgia, do I really have to sue you again? The Palast Investigative Fund wrote a letter to the Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger demanding he obtain the list of over 198,000 voters he and his predecessor, Brian Kemp, wrongly purged from the voter rolls -- and return these voters to the registration rolls before the election.
Wednesday, October 21, 2020Georgia, do I really have to sue you again? The Palast Investigative Fund wrote a letter to the Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger demanding he obtain the list of over 198,000 voters he and his predecessor, Brian Kemp, wrongly purged from the voter rolls -- and return these voters to the registration rolls before the election.
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Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Greg Palast: Wisconsin "movers" didn't move On Tuesday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court may choose our president. That is, justices will hear arguments in a lawsuit that would force the state to remove 129,000 people from the voter rolls on grounds they'd moved from their registration addresses.
Wednesday, September 30, 2020Greg Palast: Wisconsin "movers" didn't move On Tuesday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court may choose our president. That is, justices will hear arguments in a lawsuit that would force the state to remove 129,000 people from the voter rolls on grounds they'd moved from their registration addresses.
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Friday, September 18, 2020
Warning: Trump and his Rioters can win using "The XII" What's the solution? Massive in-person early voting. Go mid-week when there are no lines. Bring mask, gloves, sanitizer, ID and resolve.
Friday, September 18, 2020Warning: Trump and his Rioters can win using "The XII" What's the solution? Massive in-person early voting. Go mid-week when there are no lines. Bring mask, gloves, sanitizer, ID and resolve.
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Saturday, August 29, 2020
Why didn't the Justice Dept indict Kobach as well as Bannon? The wire transfers of $250,000 and $100,000 that Steve Bannon and Brian Kolfage were indicted for would have to be approved by the We Build the Wall foundation's general counsel Kris Kobach, who used the non-profit's donor list to raise money for his Senate run, normally a felony crime.
Saturday, August 29, 2020Why didn't the Justice Dept indict Kobach as well as Bannon? The wire transfers of $250,000 and $100,000 that Steve Bannon and Brian Kolfage were indicted for would have to be approved by the We Build the Wall foundation's general counsel Kris Kobach, who used the non-profit's donor list to raise money for his Senate run, normally a felony crime.
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Sunday, August 16, 2020
How Safe is Vote by Mail? the Post Office has imploded with mail-in balloting that we've had before. So this is a huge, huge problem
Sunday, August 16, 2020How Safe is Vote by Mail? the Post Office has imploded with mail-in balloting that we've had before. So this is a huge, huge problem
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Friday, July 31, 2020
Voter ID Law Handed Wisconsin to Trump in 2016. It Could Happen Again in 2020. On Election Day 2016, a giant hunk of the student vote simply...vanished. And the Milwaukee Black vote also seemed to just...disappear.
Friday, July 31, 2020Voter ID Law Handed Wisconsin to Trump in 2016. It Could Happen Again in 2020. On Election Day 2016, a giant hunk of the student vote simply...vanished. And the Milwaukee Black vote also seemed to just...disappear.
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Monday, July 27, 2020
Ballot Condom for Safe Voting Protect the health of your democracy during this epidemic of stupidity, meanness, and misinformation. Follow these simple instructions
Monday, July 27, 2020Ballot Condom for Safe Voting Protect the health of your democracy during this epidemic of stupidity, meanness, and misinformation. Follow these simple instructions
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Sunday, April 26, 2020
We Won't Lift the Quarantine on Kemp Gov. Brian Kemp has decided to "open up" Georgia, extending a nice, warm Georgia welcome to the coronavirus. Even Fox News pundits are rolling their eyes and Trump, finger in the wind, turned on Kemp.
Sunday, April 26, 2020We Won't Lift the Quarantine on Kemp Gov. Brian Kemp has decided to "open up" Georgia, extending a nice, warm Georgia welcome to the coronavirus. Even Fox News pundits are rolling their eyes and Trump, finger in the wind, turned on Kemp.
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