junk science Oil and tobacco lobbyist blames Trans-Atlantic slave trade on wind Thom Dunn

finance Comcast fights shareholder call for lobbying transparency, saying that it would be "burdensome" to reveal how much it spends lobbying states Cory Doctorow

banking GOP wants to get rid of overdraft fee limits Mark Frauenfelder

corruption Right to repair is under assault in New York, and you can save it! Cory Doctorow

government Meet the only lobbyist pushing for US government "disclosure" of E.T. visitation David Pescovitz

lobbying "Zinc lobby" preventing retirement of penny Rob Beschizza

Science Gun lobby has opposed research on effects of gun ownership/gun laws Maggie Koerth

LGBTQ No, you really don't need to watch the new Harry Potter Grant St. Clair

Business Insect farming startups going bankrupt Ellsworth Toohey

crooks ProPublica uncovers the Trump administration's impressive collection of conflicts of interest Jason Weisberger

politics Raw milk parties make me want to barf Jennifer Sandlin

Trump pardons "start at $1m," reports WSJ Rob Beschizza

politics Billionaires financing White House ballroom won't say how much they gave Ellsworth Toohey

"Cartoon Villain" Kyrsten Sinema, working "hand in glove with the Trump administration," bullies Arizona city to embrace AI data center Jennifer Sandlin

NYC hotels pocket billions after helping push through Airbnb ban Ellsworth Toohey

politics Hegseth's church thinks "The Handmaid's Tale" had some really good ideas about society Ellsworth Toohey

mental health AI therapists: the wiretaps that care Séamus Bellamy

politics Former Meta exec exposes Zuckerberg's transformation from Chinese censorship enthusiast to fake free speech warrior Ellsworth Toohey

music industry Record labels attempt to bankrupt Internet Archive over grandpa's dusty old 78s Ellsworth Toohey