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Biography

Lucy Komisar’s beat is the secret underbelly of the global financial system — offshore bank and corporate secrecy — and its links to corporate crime; tax evasion by the corporations and the very rich; empowerment of dictators and oligarchs; bribery and corruption; drug and arms trafficking; and terrorism. Her dozens of articles on the subject since 1997 have appeared in publications as diverse as The Nation magazine and the Wall Street Journal. She was winner of 2010 Gerald Loeb, National Press Club, Sigma Delta Chi, and National Headliner awards for her exposé of Ponzi-schemer Allen Stanford, which she brought to the Miami Herald. The Loeb award is the country’s most prestigious prize for financial journalism. Here’s the story. She is also a theater critic and member of The Drama Desk, the organization of New York theater critics, writers and editors. Her particular interest is the political aspects of theater. On the issue of offshore financial corruption she is the author of BCCI’s Double Game: Banking on America, Banking on Jihad. in A Game As Old As Empire, (Berrett-Koehler, San Francisco, 2007). See this. She has written books on the feminist movement (The New Feminism), the history of American welfare (Down and Out in the U.S.A), and Corazon Aquino (Corazon Aquino: The Story of a Revolution).

Content

Total articles 66

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  Who is behind years of attacks on Tulsi Gabbard? Pres. Trump needs to know.

  By Lucy Komisar

  Feb. 03, 2025

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  The Komisar Scoop

  By Lucy Komisar

  Dec. 19, 2024

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  MSNBC killed reporter Ken Dilanian’s exposé of the Wm Browder-Magnitsky hoax. State Department knew about it.

  By Lucy Komisar

  Dec. 04, 2024

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