Hunter Biden Shows How a Connected, Wealthy White Man Avoids Prison
Hunter Biden’s plea deal keeps him out of prison. Maybe Donald Trump should take some notes on how it’s done.
1619 results found for "only receipts found in Tamerlan’s pockets were receipts for his self-incriminating bomb-making materials"
Jack Smith Finds Another Candidate to Flip on Donald Trump
The superseding indictment in Trump’s classified documents case adds a new variable to the equation: a Mar-a-Lago maintenance worker who allegedly helped to obstruct justice.
Wall Street vs. Main Street: Never the Twain Shall Meet
A look at the price we pay for an economy that has become irrevocably splintered between a “real” economy and a financial markets-based economy.
Classic Why: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Iran and the Bomb, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Facts
With the June 30 deadline looming to reach a deal in the Iran nuclear talks, we revisit the good old days when everyone was still entirely misled about Iran’s nuclear program. Have those days really passed?
Nord Stream Bombing: The Plot Thickens… and Thickens
Norwegian journalist shares his perspective
For Christians Worried About AI, the Devil Is in the Data
Secular concerns about AI-generated art end when you die. With Christians, it’s more complicated.
Plastic Ocean: From Thriving Ecosystem to Trash Dumpster
Newborn babies have never touched plastic, but studies of umbilical cords show its chemical residue can be found in them. Like a dangerously virulent virus, plastics have made their way into almost everything — into the oceans, into the fish, into us.
Out of Thin Air — Breakthrough Tech Uses Water Vapor to Generate Electricity
Can a new technology that generates electricity from water vapor help combat climate change?
US-Canada Plastic Trade Deal Subverts Basel Convention
As the Basel Convention receives a major update, outsiders like the US may suddenly have to face their own trash.
Exclusive: How Trump Backers Weaponized Anthony Weiner to Defeat Clinton
Less than two weeks before the election, Hillary Clinton had opened a wide lead over her rival before a seemingly random series of events rocked the race at the most opportune time for Donald Trump. A month-long WhoWhatWhy investigation finds that there was nothing random about the circumstances that led the FBI to reopen its probe of Clinton.
BOSTON WRONGED: Hollywood Twists Boston
Hollywood has never let the truth get in the way of a good story. One cop’s tale about Boston Marathon Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s capture is a sterling example. Joanne Potter points out the plot holes.
Amid Fresh Saudi Royal Family Scrutiny, Remember 9/11
The killing and dismemberment of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside a Saudi consulate has brought unwanted attention to the oil-rich kingdom. It’s perhaps a good time to remind the public of the often ignored Saudi royal family connections to 9/11.