Swatting—falsely reporting a serious emergency to provoke aggressive police response—is on the rise, and being used against political figures, public officials and judges.
Politics, Corruption & Criminality
Arizona Republicans are attacking the most essential tenet of our elections: that the people decide their representatives.
Andrew Biggs, who seems to think everyone has a cushy, billionaire-funded desk job like his, is the senator’s pick to serve on the Social Security Advisory Board.
Prior to the Reagan Revolution American companies actually invested in their workers, their communities, and their business. They attended to the needs of their customers, by in large...
For quite some time it appeared that Contempt of Congress was an empty charge. But now with the conviction and sentencing of Peter Navarro, and Steve Bannon, real consequences are becoming attached.
Donald Trump is not very unique in trying to screw up foreign and domestic policies as an election ploy. Treason in the pursuance of power in presidential politics by the GOP is a long-standing tradition.
Like our own far-right Republicans, Putin, famously obsessed with history, has been talking about the creation of national history textbooks since 2013.
Gender-obsessed Florida House Republicans want insurance companies to pay for debunked psychiatric conversion therapy for trans kids.
It's one thing for corporations to pass reasonable increased costs to consumers. It's another for them to line their coffers by exploiting Americans who are just trying to get by.
The Koch network has gotten behind Nikki Haley in a big way, having already conducted interviews with 6 million Republican voters, and will use that data to formulate strategy.
“Selling out” evokes a widespread fear that anyone who pursues success will corrupt both their morality and their community. Some, too many, politicians and billionaires seem to be able to suppress this concern.
Webster's Dictionary & Thesaurus and The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank are among the books that the Escambia County School District has yanked from library shelves.
Since 2022, most abortions in Florida were currently banned after 15 weeks with no exceptions for rape or incest. That's too long a period for Rep. David Borrero.
A media and disinformation expert explains the danger of political violence orchestrated over social media, especially by a sitting president.
Kennedy’s movement exemplifies the resonance of conspiratorial views. Misinformers with organized efforts are rewarded with money and loyalty. But that doesn’t make the claims true.
Election officials in Maine and Colorado have been receiving a stream of threats and attempts at intimidation including hoax emergency calls following decisions to remove Trump from their ballots for insurrection.