Corruption

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The Honduran Government Is Trying to Steal an Election The Honduran Government Is Trying to Steal an Election

It’s increasingly clear that a majority of voters have had enough of US-backed President Juan Orlando Hernández.

Dec 6, 2017 / Miguel Salazar

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross

Investigative Journalism Can Still Make Bad Guys Squirm Investigative Journalism Can Still Make Bad Guys Squirm

A massive muckrakers conference celebrates triumphs—and plots new targets.

Dec 6, 2017 / Mark Schapiro

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‘The Party Continues’: Don’t Expect Big Changes in Southern Africa ‘The Party Continues’: Don’t Expect Big Changes in Southern Africa

Robert Mugabe and Isabel dos Santos might be out, but the region’s ruling parties aren’t going anywhere.

Nov 29, 2017 / Judith Matloff

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Trump Voters Are Ecstatic Over the President’s Performance Trump Voters Are Ecstatic Over the President’s Performance

He’s totally owning the libs.

Nov 28, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

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Spain’s Conflict Over Catalonia Is Covering Up Massive Political Corruption Spain’s Conflict Over Catalonia Is Covering Up Massive Political Corruption

Both the ruling PP party and Catalonia’s independentists are using the national question to whitewash their own history of corruption and enthusiasm for austerity.

Nov 24, 2017 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín

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Fake News and the Death of Democracy in Cambodia Fake News and the Death of Democracy in Cambodia

Forget tanks and rifles. Like other autocrats, Cambodia’s Hun Sen uses fake news to justify oppression.

Nov 21, 2017 / Geoffrey Cain

Tom Tomorrow Cartoon

Things Are Going Great for Trump on Parallel Earth! Things Are Going Great for Trump on Parallel Earth!

Hard at work in the greatest White House ever.

Nov 21, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

Representative Chris Collins

The Trump White House Wants You to Know It Really Doesn’t Care About Corruption The Trump White House Wants You to Know It Really Doesn’t Care About Corruption

Among Republicans, of course.

Oct 16, 2017 / George Zornick

Tom Price

Good Riddance, Tom Price. But What About the Other Grifters? Good Riddance, Tom Price. But What About the Other Grifters?

The secretary of health and human services is out. The Treasury secretary and the EPA administrator should go next.

Sep 29, 2017 / John Nichols

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Could Paul Manafort Bring Down the Whole Trump Family? Could Paul Manafort Bring Down the Whole Trump Family?

He sits atop a massive tangle of ties to Russia, pro-Russian Ukrainians, and shady New York real-estate deals.

Aug 14, 2017 / Bob Dreyfuss

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