Tucson Festival of Books

Backroom Deals in Our Own Backyards


Remember Project Blue? The secrecy-shrouded attempt by Amazon to build a large data center near the Pima County Fairgrounds? Miranda Spivack has spent years peeking behind the curtain of local governments and is here to report what she has found.


Panelist
Miranda Spivack

Miranda S. Spivack, a veteran reporter and editor who specializes in stories about government accountability and secrecy, spent 20 years with The Washington Post. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting, USA Today and the McClatchy newspapers....

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Book:
Backroom Deals in Our Backyards
How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes Fighting Back
Miranda Spivack
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
New Press
May 2025
ISBN 9781620978559
256 pages
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