The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History, by the Numbers
admin Worse than…Marc Rich, Teapot Dome, Hunter Biden and Watergate?! Looking back through the biggest scandals in American history through the…
July 2026
How a 700-Year-Old Work of Art Warns America
Ambrogio Lorenzetti's 'Allegory of Good and Bad Government' presents a bustling city where prosperity comes from voluntary cooperation and leaders…
Washington Promised Puerto Rico $14 Billion To Fix Its Grid. Most of the Money Is Still Stuck.
Only a quarter of the $14 billion promised to Puerto Rico ever reached the island. A new GAO report attributes…
Police Used a Truck Inspection To Search for Drugs. The 7th Circuit Said the Fourth Amendment Forbids It.
Cops stopped a semitruck because of a drug tip, then tried to dress the illegal search up as a routine…
Good Riddance to Graham Platner
Maine's Democratic Senate nominee was a bad candidate running on bad ideas.
Clarence Thomas Doubled Down on Presidential Power
The conservative justice pushed for greater executive authority even in cases in which Trump won.
Rhode Island Is Regulating Grocery Checkout Lines Now
Rhode Island has become the first state to require stores to keep 1 staffed checkout open for every 3 self-checkouts,…
Robert Reich’s CEO Pay Chart Is Wrong. Here’s the Real Math.
The former U.S. labor secretary presents economic data in deceptive ways.
A Trump-Appointed Judge Quashes a Subpoena Aimed at Validating the President’s Stolen-Election Fantasy
The decision rebukes the DOJ for demanding "private and sensitive" information about Georgia election workers "without a legitimate purpose."
‘I Would Not Wish This on Anyone’: Prisoners Fight Back Against Solitary Confinement in Oregon
A proposed class action lawsuit claims Oregon is subjecting prisoners to unconstitutional and inhumane conditions in solitary confinement.