bishop accountability The Catholic Church broke its promise to publish a list of "credibly accused" abuser priests, so Propublica did it for them Cory Doctorow
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crime pays Wells Fargo's ex-CEO will pay $17.5m in fines and never work in banking again (but he is still very, very rich) Cory Doctorow
2008 crisis Peak billionaire: a billionaire tries to purchase a party nomination to outflank anti-billionaires so he can run against another billionaire Cory Doctorow
truth-seeking Republic of Lies: the rise of conspiratorial thinking and the actual conspiracies that fuel it Cory Doctorow
coverups Phoenix's police union has a secret deal with the department to purge dirty cops' disciplinary records Cory Doctorow
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codis Lessons from testing decades of forgotten rape kits: serial rapists are common, they don't follow a pattern, they're not very bright, and they're often the same men who commit acquaintance rape Cory Doctorow
non prosecution agreements Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein has been arrested for trafficking dozens of young girls for sex Cory Doctorow
auto-godwins "I'm 10-15": the secret CBP Facebook group full of racism, sexism, and jokes about migrant deaths Cory Doctorow
pentagon Pentagon Inspector General reveals widespread retaliation against whistleblowers with impunity for the retaliators and the wrongdoers Cory Doctorow
reality winner Air Force veteran Reality Winner is serving 5 years for blowing the whistle on Russian election interference, while Trump's Russia-dealing cronies are going free Cory Doctorow
puffery Wells Fargo: We can't be sued for lying to shareholders because it was obvious we were lying Cory Doctorow