These courageous women whistleblowers went up against powerful people and institutions to expose corruption and the abuse of power. We selected them because of the far-reaching and positive impact they …
Coleen Rowley’s email signature is a quote by Edward Abbey: “Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.” This couldn’t be more apt once you know …
Heidi Weber challenged a for-profit school in a groundbreaking case that’s been described as David vs Goliath. The former dean turned whistleblower has been through a nightmarish experience, but has …
On the heels of the deadliest wildfire in California history and a #MeToo movement that continues to blaze through California and the nation, there is another battle that has been …
Karen Silkwood significantly changed the lives of workers in the nuclear power industry, but lost her life in the process. As one of the first women whistleblowers, she’s legendary. Born …
Christina Pumphrey was just doing her job when others weren’t doing theirs. Because of her, a corrupt cop in Jackson County, Florida, is no longer arresting innocent people and is …
Green tongues, bleeding from every orifice, impotence, even deaths: These were some of the complaints South African miners working for an American company made in the mid-90s. When Dr. Marsha …
Forced to retire or be fired were the choices given Colonel Cynthia Chavez. What did she do wrong? In the summer of June 2014, she did her due diligence and …
Horseherder, second from left, with grandmother and daughters. Credit: Sonia Narang/PRI. Dickens said, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” There are few truer or …
It’s been 12 years since Christine Axsmith was fired from her job as a BAE software contractor for the CIA, but she remembers every detail of that day as if …